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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

RAVEN HOUSE TRUST LIMITED 

Provides food, furniture, household goods, to people in need. Enables recycling of furniture through a free collection service. The furniture is sold at affordable prices or given away to vulnerable individuals or families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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
30/09/22*£175£134£41n/an/an/an/an/a7
30/09/21£148£114£35n/an/an/an/an/a12
30/09/20£180£170£10n/an/an/an/an/a9
30/09/19£123£136£-13n/an/an/an/an/a6
30/09/18£142£136£6£0£0£0n/a04
30/09/17£124£138£-13£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£86£103£-16£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£141£143£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£151£152£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£140£123£17£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£172£170£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£86£102£-17£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10£82£96£-14£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£146£159£-13£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08£154£157£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07*£63£71£-8£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06£149£154£-6£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£84£58£26£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£107£133£-26£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 30 years

www.ravenhouse.org

RAVENHOUSETRUST1@GMAIL.COM

01633762999

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for homeless & excluded people & ex-offenders
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport City, Torfaen,
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 7 volunteers

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
National Lottery Community Fund£17,875
Co-Operative Group£2,316
Masonic Trust£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Raven House Trust
£2,316 21/10/2023
We aim to continue helping those in need to escape food poverty by providing a food bank for the community. We also aid those going from homelessness into homes, with free furniture packages.
National Lottery Community Fund - WALES COL - Raven House Trust Community Support
£10,000 24/05/2023
Raven House Trust Ltd in Newport will respond to an increase in demand for their food bank and furniture bank by increasing provision and continue to support people in need. The £10000 grant will ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 21/11/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - RHT Aid Referral Project
£7,875 08/07/2021
Raven House Trust Limited in Newport will use £7875 to supply people with recycled furniture to help alleviate financial difficulties. Their support will include people who are homeless or fleeing ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 52-74
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/01/1994, number: 1031971
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/01/1994, number: 02886655
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 61 days late, AR07: 15 days late,
Main office

276-278 CROMWELL ROAD
CASNEWYDD
NP19 0HT

Objectives

(1) TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF HOMELESS PERSONS IN NEWPORT, GWENT, BY THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATION (2) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AMONGST SUCH HOMELESS PERSONS (3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONGST SUCH HOMELESS PERSONS TO ENABLE THEM TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NEWPORT, GWENT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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