Overall GiG Score: 23 ?
Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

WHITECHAPEL CENTRE 

We provide services and opportunities to help individuals obtain and sustain a home and to positively change their lives.We work with homeless and vulnerably housed people; some of whom have complex needs in addition to their housing/ homeless difficulties. We provide a wide range of one to one support services in addition to services via our direct access centre and accommodation-based services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending 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
Established: 32 years

www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk

info@whitechapelcentre.co.uk

01512077617

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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
31/03/23£6,760£6,647£113£316£1,992£1,9183.5156225
31/03/22£5,713£5,534£179£246£1,880£1,8364152210
31/03/21£6,155£6,067£88£254£1,701£1,7013.4148189
31/03/20£5,364£5,303£61£281£1,613£1,6133.6154266
31/03/19£4,777£4,766£11£206£1,552£1,5523.9116238
31/03/18£3,463£3,439£23£165£1,540£1,5285.31090
31/03/17*£2,779£2,787£-8£148£1,517£1,5056.5930
31/03/16£2,755£2,859£-104£134£1,525£1,5256.4870
31/03/15£2,635£2,599£36£4£1,629£1,5987.4870
31/03/14£2,395£2,358£37£4£1,593£1,5557.9840
31/03/13£2,269£2,164£105£3£1,557£1,5248.5780
31/03/12£1,967£1,877£90£3£1,451£1,3928.9610
31/03/11£2,018£2,021£-3£3£1,362£1,3568.1690
31/03/10£2,221£2,255£-34£3£1,365£1,3547.2760
31/03/09£2,320£2,280£41£3£1,399£1,3857.3750
31/03/08£2,387£2,164£223£3£1,359£1,3287.4750
31/03/07*£1,998£1,953£44£45£1,136£1,1246.9730
31/03/06£2,009£1,941£67£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£2,113£1,848£265£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£1,962£1,520£442£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 28%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 3.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 156 employees
  • 225 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral,

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
BBC Children in Need£124,902
Steve Morgan Foundation£118,418
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£100,000
DCMS£97,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to The Whitechapel Centre
£118,418 23/05/2023
3 year grant for the Children's and Young Person's Support Worker salary
National Lottery Community Fund - Children & Young Persons activities
£9,500 10/03/2023
The organisation will use the funding to deliver a programme of therapeutic activities for young people working with supported accommodation services as their families are experiencing homelessness ....more
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Grant to The Whitechapel Centre
£8,500 16/12/2022
To provide over 100 food parcels a week to people in temporary accommodation, including household items, clothing when necessary, and travel costs to allow them to attend appointments and meetings.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Whitechapel Centre
£25,000 25/08/2021
New Beginnings Programme
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Whitechapel Centre
£25,000 24/09/2020
New Beginnings Programme
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£97,000 17/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£100,000 07/05/2020
Organisations supporting homelessness
Crisis UK - Grant to Whitechapel Centre
£5,000 09/04/2020
Accommodation, food especially for those who have no recourse to public funds (NRPF)
Crisis UK - Grant to Whitechapel Centre
£5,000 09/04/2020
Supporting those in Temporary Accommodation with Crisis Merseyside through extension of lease with provider of accommodation
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Whitechapel Centre
£25,000 19/09/2019
12
Whitechapel Women's Support Service ; targeted support for women experiencing homelessness
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Whitechapel Centre
£124,902 26/06/2019
36
This project will deliver a programme of support and activities for children and young people experiencing homelessness across Liverpool and Knowsley. It will lead to improved educational ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Older Persons Resettlement Service
£496,606 16/11/2016
60
The project aims to provide socially excluded, homeless older people who have additional support needs with high quality housing, welfare advice and resettlement support to enable them to move into ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Systems Changers
£3,000 16/10/2015
To support a member of staff to attend the Systems Changers development programme for frontline workers
Comic Relief - Homeless Welfare Rights Advice Service
£116,406 15/07/2015
36
In Liverpool, there are an increasing number of vulnerable individuals and families who are unable to access or pay for their accommodation, heat their homes, pay utility bills or purchase sufficient ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Whitechapel Centre
£228,300 07/12/2012
A homeless charity, based in Liverpool, providing an Older Persons Resettlement service, supporting people with significant histories of exclusion, in their transition from homelessness, to being ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-78
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/07/1992, number: 1013060
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/06/1991, number: 02623071
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR07: 16 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

LANGSDALE STREET
EVERTON
LIVERPOOL
L3 8DT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LIVERPOOL AND ITS ENVIRONS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, SEX, RACE POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR HEALTH, RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

LIVERPOOL

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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