Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

THE SOCIETY OF ST JAMES 

The relief of poverty, sickness, hardship and distress in particular but not exclusively of persons who are homeless, unemployed or who have substance addictions by the provision of housing, rehabilitation, care, support, education, training and employment opportunities; in order to improve individuals life opportunities and the quality of life and to contribute to the wider community
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 dynamic in terms of composition

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£15,268£14,824£444£73£4,186£4,1863.428047
31/03/22£13,773£13,561£212£77£3,974£3,9743.524910
31/03/21£12,022£11,679£342£67£3,728£3,7283.822949
31/03/20£10,556£10,434£122£66£3,307£3,3073.820649
31/03/19£10,511£10,412£99£52£3,196£3,1963.7220200
31/03/18£9,988£9,828£160£35£3,053£3,0533.72170
31/03/17£8,395£8,286£109£65£2,919£2,9194.22050
31/03/16£7,311£7,210£101£81£2,795£2,7954.71840
31/03/15£8,073£7,990£83£86£1,935£1,9352.92080
31/03/14£7,601£7,548£52£90£1,870£1,8132.92270
31/03/13£6,542£6,485£57£110£1,791£1,7113.21770
31/03/12£6,133£5,968£165£81£1,706£1,3452.71370
31/03/11£5,442£5,277£166£72£1,534£1,1592.61260
31/03/10£5,442£5,336£106£72£1,355£1,0742.41320
31/03/09£5,596£5,505£91£90£1,204£8701.91450
31/03/08£4,407£4,343£64£119£1,197£8342.31250
31/03/07£3,045£3,171£-126£96£1,188£8513.2930
31/03/06£2,887£2,697£190£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£2,538£2,333£205£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£2,282£2,184£98£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 75%
Liabilities/Income: 83%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 3.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 29 years

www.ssj.org.uk

info@ssj.org.uk

02380634596

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for homeless & excluded people & ex-offenders
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, Portsmouth City, Southampton City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 280 employees
  • 47 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£192,138
DCMS£137,500
Ministry of Defence£66,667
CareTech foundation£250
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£33,333 10/02/2023
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£33,333 10/02/2023
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Re-Fit Portsmouth
£57,604 28/10/2022
This funding will be used by the Society of St James to continue to provide a programme of daily diversionary sporting and leisure activities alongside training education and employment opportunities ....more
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Grant
£250 04/08/2021
Match funding Grant awarded to registered charity in the UK to support the applicant's fundraising efforts
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 11/08/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Housing Asylum Seekers (HAS)
£134,534 12/12/2019
36
The project will use the funding to provide safe and secure accommodation for asylum seekers and refugees in the City of Southampton, through a partnership between the Society of St James (SSJ) and ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
£85,000 02/10/2019
To embed gender and trauma-informed practice across Society of St Jamess projects (SSJ) in Hampshire. To commission female-only local provider, Aurora New Dawn, to provide gender and trauma-informed ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
£42,500 02/10/2019
To embed gender and trauma-informed practice across Society of St Jamess projects (SSJ) in Hampshire. To commission female-only local provider, Aurora New Dawn, to provide gender and trauma-informed ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Saints4Sport
£272,346 30/08/2018
60
This project offers free sport, education and employment activities to the most disadvantaged and vulnerable adults in Southampton (and their carers where relevant), helping them to improve their ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 10/05/2017
Building Brighter Futures Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Re-Fit
£338,234 27/07/2016
36
Following a successful two year pilot in partnership with Pompey in the Community they will provide a sports and education rehabilitation programme for vulnerable adults (18+) at risk of ....more
Sport England - Sport For Change
£9,464 07/07/2016
11
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Sport For Change. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
National Lottery Community Fund - Saints4Sport
£272,339 17/04/2013
60
The aim of this continuing project is to improve the health of homeless and vulnerable adults in Southampton by overcoming the financial and social barriers preventing them from participating in ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-72
  • DAVID WATSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Energy Markets Policy Regulation And Strategy Lead
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/01/1995, number: 1043664
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/01/1995, number: 03009700
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Homes England
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
  • Investment
  • 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; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE DRAYTON AND FARLINGTON ACTION GROUP on 25/10/2022
Main office

The Society of St. James
125 Albert Road South
Southampton
SO14 3FR

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF PERSONS WHO ARE HOMELESS, UNEMPLOYED OR WHO HAVE DRUG, ALCOHOL OR OTHER SUBSTANCE ADDICTIONS BY THE PROVISION OF HOUSING, REHABILITATION, CARE, SUPPORT, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; IN ORDER TO IMPROVE INDIVIDUALS' OPPORTUNITIES AND QUALITY OF LIFE AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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