Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 14

HIS PLACE

His Place serves the community of Hastings, St Leonards and further a field, through social activities, workshops, education and welfare support, addiction & MH support groups, volunteering opportunities and church activities. The services are provided through our multi-use community building which includes an Art Cafe & Community Centre, Charismatic Church, Theatre and Conference facilities.

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
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 28 years

www.hisplacehastings.co.uk

Information@hisplacehastings.org.uk

01424 423501

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
06/04/23		£277	£203	£74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
06/04/22		£63	£82	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	21
06/04/21		£64	£40	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
06/04/20		£87	£86	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
06/04/19		£50	£47	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
30/03/18		£70	£63	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/17		£54	£46	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
02/04/16		£45	£46	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
04/04/15		£79	£79	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/14		£73	£86	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
06/04/13		£42	£37	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
07/04/12		£44	£43	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
02/04/11		£52	£52	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
03/04/10		£42	£41	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
04/04/09		£45	£42	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/08	*	£33	£37	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£45	£38	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/06		£42	£39	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
02/04/05		£52	£55	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£44	£34	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Recreation
Religious Activities
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
25 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 Heritage Fund	£249,946
National Lottery Community Fund	£20,000
Sussex Community Foundation	£15,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to His Place Community
£10,000	13/12/2022	Funding was provided to enable them to continue to offer their services with the cost of living increase.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to His Place
£249,946	19/05/2022	Make a Joyful Noise - Saving Robertson Street Congregational Church, Hastings and its Music Heritage
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to His Place
£5,000	12/03/2021 12	Funding was provided to purchase tablets used to deliver education and social activities, as well as providing access for signposting and support help with service users.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental Health Help Hastings
£10,000	12/03/2021 11	The funding will be used to continue running the online and face to face support for the mental health of the community in an area of East Sussex. This support will reduce need for social services ....more The funding will be used to continue running the online and face to face support for the mental health of the community in an area of East Sussex. This support will reduce need for social services and mental health services due to peer support improvement.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Hub For All
£10,000	30/05/2019 12	The organisation will refurbish their community venue to ensure improved access for all to a variety of community activities and services with a view to providing a safe place and improving community ....more The organisation will refurbish their community venue to ensure improved access for all to a variety of community activities and services with a view to providing a safe place and improving community engagement.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

ALAN WHITTY Appointed: 2024

CAROLINE WHEELER Appointed: 2024

CHRISTINE BREWER Appointed: 2022

KEITH FORBES Appointed: 2024

NIGEL SINDEN (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: BOHEMIA WALLED GARDEN ASSOCIATION,

RANSFORD AKOWUAH Appointed: 2024

TREVOR WEBB Appointed: 2024

NICOLA ROPER Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/04/1996, number: 1054331

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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; AR08: 47 days late, AR07: 22 days late,

Main office

His Place
Church & Community Venue
Robertson Street
HASTINGS
EAST SUSSEX
TN34 1HL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;(B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND(C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE ST. LEONARDS

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