Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

HARROGATE HOMELESS PROJECT LTD 

We provide short term emergency accommodation for homeless adults and some further longer term supported housing. We also provide a day centre with access to various services including food provision.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 32 years

www.harrogate-homeless-project.org.uk

CONTACT@HHPHOSTEL.ORG

01423566900

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/22£902£704£198£1£503£4758.12475
31/08/21£551£603£-51£0£305£3056.118100
31/08/20£585£597£-12£3£356£3547.12235
31/08/19£559£541£18£2£368£3668.12235
31/08/18£496£500£-4£0£0£0n/a040
31/08/17£479£478£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£470£469£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15£586£458£128£5£370£3098.1160
31/08/14£414£460£-45£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£422£375£47£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12£373£329£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11£383£273£109£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/10£482£516£-34£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/09£287£257£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/08£242£228£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/07£192£204£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/06£159£189£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£123£153£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£154£132£21£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 8.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
Who works here?
  • 24 employees
  • 75 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • North Yorkshire,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Lloyds Bank Foundation£61,501
The Shears Foundation£5,000
Co-Operative Group£3,801
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Harrogate Homeless Project Ltd
£50,000 07/12/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Harrogate Homeless Project Ltd
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Harrogate Homeless Project Ltd
£2,250 07/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Harrogate Homeless Project Ltd
£9,251 24/07/2020
Grant to Harrogate Homeless Project Ltd meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Harrogate Homeless Project
£3,801 15/11/2019
We want to offer activities for homeless and vulnerable people, including cookery, exercise, literacy, mindfulness.
The Shears Foundation - Harrogate Homeless Project
£5,000 05/08/2019
Springboard Day Service Expansion
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Harrogate Homeless Project Ltd
£99,999 26/03/2019
36
Harrogate Homeless Project Ltd. is applying for a core costs grant, to contribute towards salary costs of an additional Service Manager post and a day centre Activities Worker.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Harrogate Homeless Project Ltd
£20,380 13/08/2014
The psychotherapy project is part of a holistic support package for homeless or vulnerably housed people who find it impossible to move on, due to a range of complex and deep routed issues relating ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 28-74
  • LEE EVANS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/05/1992, number: 1011337
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/08/1991, number: 02634724
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE LUKE AND MARCUS TRUST on 13/09/2022
Main office

7 BOWER STREET
HARROGATE
HG1 5BQ

Objectives

(1)TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF HOMELESS PERSONS WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA KNOWN AS HARROGATE BY PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMODATION ADVICE AND COUNSELLING (2) TO CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO CAUSES OF AND WAYS OF RELIEVING POVERTY AND DISEASE AND TO PUBLISH FINDINGS BY LECTURES MEETINGS FILMS BOOKS EXHIBITIONS AND OTHERWISE IN ORDER TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE ADMINISTRIVE AREA OF HARROGATE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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