Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 20

ST PAUL'S HOSTEL

St. Paul's Hostel provides a 24-hour direct access hostel for homeless aged 16 or over in the City of Worcester. The charity provides support to clients across the county with a wide range of issues which caused their homelessness and provide the support and care necessary to enable our clients to assume the level of independence for which they are capable of taking responsibility.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

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	*	£1,451	£1,482	£-31	£5	£1,256	£1,242	10.1	33	20
31/03/22		£1,379	£1,314	£65	£0	£1,219	£1,177	10.7	22	30
31/03/21		£1,299	£1,193	£106	£0	£1,113	£1,060	10.7	16	100
31/03/20		£931	£941	£-10	£0	£927	£915	11.7	15	111
31/03/19		£885	£838	£48	£0	£949	£924	13.2	16	110
31/03/18		£896	£899	£-3	£0	£872	£842	11.2	18	0
31/03/17	*	£752	£902	£-150	£0	£868	£836	11.1	21	0
31/03/16		£1,370	£1,426	£-56	£215	£976	£911	7.7	31	0
31/03/15	*	£1,488	£1,423	£65	£119	£1,050	£909	7.7	34	0
31/03/14		£1,525	£1,408	£117	£12	£951	£785	6.7	50	0
31/03/13		£1,460	£1,364	£96	£41	£831	£678	6	36	0
31/03/12		£1,239	£1,208	£31	£6	£540	£500	5	37	0
31/03/11		£1,099	£1,081	£17	£6	£509	£468	5.2	31	0
31/03/10		£1,018	£975	£42	£3	£492	£491	6	26	0
31/03/09		£961	£857	£104	£2	£449	£445	6.2	24	0
31/03/08		£879	£783	£96	£7	£346	£344	5.3	23	0
31/03/07	*	£846	£832	£14	£2	£250	£249	3.6	22	0
31/03/06		£856	£836	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£787	£785	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£726	£735	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 10.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 2.9

Asset Split ?

Established: 29 years

www.stpaulshostel.co.uk

finance@stpaulshostel.co.uk

01905 723729

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing

GiG Classification

Services for homeless & excluded people & ex-offenders

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Worcestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

33 employees
20 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	£532,656
DCMS	£104,563
Garfield Weston Foundation	£30,000
The Aim Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - St Paul's Hostel
£480,656	29/06/2023	Funding will be used to expand the charity’s Trauma Informed therapeutic services which support the residents of their hostel and supported housing in Worcester to enhance their life chances and ....more Funding will be used to expand the charity’s Trauma Informed therapeutic services which support the residents of their hostel and supported housing in Worcester to enhance their life chances and break out of the cycle of homelessness.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000	29/10/2021	St Paul's Hostel - Core Costs Application
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - St Paul's Hostel, Worcester - 01/09/21
£1,000	21/09/2021	Points Based Rewards Scheme
National Lottery Community Fund - St Paul's Hostel
£10,000	02/07/2021	The funding will be used to contribute towards the salary of the resettlement support workers. The project aims to improve care and support to those using its service.
The Aim Foundation - Grant to St Paul's Hostel
£2,000	24/02/2021	Covid 19 Response - unrestricted gift
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£104,563	24/06/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to St Paul's Hostel
£2,630	18/05/2020	COVID19 : purchase televisions for a charity working with homeless people and rough sleepers in Worcestershire
The Aim Foundation - Grant to St Paul's Hostel
£3,000	29/04/2020 12	COVID-19 Response - unrestricted
National Lottery Community Fund - Project WYE Severn (as in Y7) (Development Grant)
£42,000	01/10/2019 12	Project WYE Severn (as in Y7)
National Lottery Community Fund - St Paul's Hostel Tree of Life
£385,311	02/11/2016 36	This is a continuation of an existing project which aims to enhance the life chances of homeless or vulnerably housed people by improving their social integration. It will have a focus on improving ....more This is a continuation of an existing project which aims to enhance the life chances of homeless or vulnerably housed people by improving their social integration. It will have a focus on improving the basic skills of homeless people, as many have poor literacy and numeracy levels, and for most managing budgets to sustain accommodation, enter and stay in work and ultimately escape homelessness is a challenge. Numeracy, literacy and art-based activities will be offered through the project.
National Lottery Community Fund - St. Paul's Hostel - Lifeskills Project
£192,698	14/12/2011 36	This project will see St Paul's Hostel Worcester continue its programme of support for homeless people. Access to education, training and employment opportunities will be provided alongside numeracy ....more This project will see St Paul's Hostel Worcester continue its programme of support for homeless people. Access to education, training and employment opportunities will be provided alongside numeracy and literacy, creative writing, drama workshops and sports. There are opportunities to learn skills such as bricklaying, carpentry, husbandry and horticulture, while within the hostel's kitchen there is the chance of learning to prepare, plan and purchase food._x000B_

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-66

CLAIRE BRIDGES (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Town Planner

DANIEL DE SAULLES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

DAVID GLOVER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

DEBBIE MORRIS Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Lecturer

FRANCES MARTIN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

KARL DEVERE ARCHER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director

MATTHEW ANTHONY ROTHWELL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director

PHILIP FOWLER Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Company Director

SAMANTHA TURNER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/02/1995, number: 1043921
Registered at Companies House on 12/01/1995, number: 03009035

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 13 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR15: 24 days late, AR07: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from CHS FOUNDATION LIMITED on 21/09/2022

Main office

ST. PAULS HOSTEL
TALLOW HILL
WORCESTER
WR5 1DB

Objectives

TO RELIEVE EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR GENERALLY PERSONS IN THE WORCESTER AREA WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORCESTER AREA

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