Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 12

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Static board: -3
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 13

WHITEFIELD CHARITY SK CORPORATION

Established in 1986, The Soup Kitchen is a resource for the homeless, elderly, lonely and vulnerable in London. We provide free nutritious meals, clothing and unprecedented mental health support to nearly 150 people each day in London. We aim to tackle some of the core issues of homelessness in an environment that is welcoming to everyone.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female
The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/12/22		£372	£375	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	400
31/12/21		£394	£321	£74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	400
31/12/20		£451	£306	£145	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	150
31/12/19		£223	£155	£68	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	400
31/12/18		£163	£86	£77	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	400
31/12/17		£134	£66	£69	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£88	£65	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£66	£69	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£76	£83	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£83	£78	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£97	£112	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£66	£63	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£66	£53	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£43	£50	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£44	£48	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£58	£35	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06		£32	£35	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£19	£34	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	*	£45	£32	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 21%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000

Established: 28 years

www.soupkitchenlondon.org

info@soupkitchenlondon.org

02075802791

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General 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

Camden,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
400 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

Camden Giving	£42,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£12,450
DCMS	£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,752
Co-Operative Group	£5,445
Crisis UK	£5,000
The London Community Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - NG8
£9,752	28/07/2023	The funding will be used to deliver various activities over the summer holiday for young people. The project aims to raise self esteem and aspirations whilst reducing anti-social behaviour.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Evolve Nottingham CIC
£5,445	23/10/2021	Our project will provide opportunities for local women to experience the benefits of physical activity on their health and wellbeing. Making friends, laughing and getting active together.
Camden Giving - The Whitefield Charity SK Corporation
£20,000	24/05/2021	The Whitefield Charity SK Corporation
Camden Giving - The Soup Kitchen London
£10,000	21/10/2020 12	This funding is to expand the mental health drop-in clinic, in an effort to address mental health and give them a pathway back to employment.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	12/08/2020	"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 "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 Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Whitefield Charity SK Corporation
£12,450	26/06/2020 12	Personal Livery Giving Award 2020 (unrestricted)
Camden Giving - The Whitefield Charity SK Corporation (Soup Kitchen London) - Covid19 Charity Fund
£6,000	09/04/2020	This grant will allow them to continue to operate a takeaway service 6 days a week for our homeless friends at breakfast and lunchtime, and make sure they have hot and nutritious food available to ....more This grant will allow them to continue to operate a takeaway service 6 days a week for our homeless friends at breakfast and lunchtime, and make sure they have hot and nutritious food available to them - anxiety amongst our guests as most other places that feed homeless people have closed. A large part of this grant will go towards disposable supplies (takeaway containers, cups, utensils) and a large part will go towards our food cost.
Camden Giving - The Whitefield Charity SK Corporation (Soup Kitchen London) - Covid19 Charity Fund
£6,000	09/04/2020	This grant will allow them to continue to operate a takeaway service 6 days a week for our homeless friends at breakfast and lunchtime, and make sure they have hot and nutritious food available to ....more This grant will allow them to continue to operate a takeaway service 6 days a week for our homeless friends at breakfast and lunchtime, and make sure they have hot and nutritious food available to them - anxiety amongst our guests as most other places that feed homeless people have closed. A large part of this grant will go towards disposable supplies (takeaway containers, cups, utensils) and a large part will go towards our food cost.
Crisis UK - Grant to Whitefield Charity SK Corp
£5,000	09/04/2020	Food costs for feeding at soup kitchen
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Whitefield Charity SK Corporation
£5,000	08/04/2020	This emergency funding will be used to cover the monumental increase in food and supply costs. As our numbers have skyrocketed and other places have closed, we have had to increase the amount of food ....more This emergency funding will be used to cover the monumental increase in food and supply costs. As our numbers have skyrocketed and other places have closed, we have had to increase the amount of food we purchase. We also now operate a takeaway only service and have had to purchase all new supplies in order to facilitate the new service.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-69

CONSTANCE JACKSON (Chair) Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Management Consultant

JANET MARIE BAGBY Appointed: 2001, Occupation: Homemaker

JENNIFER MILLS-KNUTSEN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: None

MICHAEL BROWN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: None

RENEE KUO Appointed: 2017, Occupation: None

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/01/1996, number: 1051770
Registered at Companies House on 13/11/1995, number: FC018908

Gift Aid

NOT 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; AR04: 10 days late,

Main office

WHITEFIELD MEMORIAL CHURCH
79A TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD
LONDON
W1T 4TD

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF THE POOR,HANDICAPPED AND AGED,THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING FOR EMPLOYMENT AND THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING TO PERSONS DEPENDENT ON DRUGS OR ALCOHOL.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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