Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

THE NEHEMIAH PROJECT

Providing support and resettlement to vulnerable men recovering from addiction, whose lives often include offending and/or homelessness. Our 12 week programme offers a framework to rebuild their lives and move on through our houses to live independently without addiction.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£1,065£945£120£62£989£96212.2175
31/12/22£922£907£15£65£869£85211.3175
31/12/21£644£827£-183£56£855£82111.9142
31/12/20£950£787£163£52£1,038£88413.5135
31/12/19£763£686£77£53£875£80614.11320
31/12/18£558£536£22£47£798£75016.8120
31/12/17£428£429£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£425£368£58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£473£395£77n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£337£380£-43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£366£441£-75n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£427£447£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£359£404£-46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10*£231£381£-151n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09*£283£455£-172n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08*£546£533£13£34£1,148£1,09824.780
31/12/07£611£525£86£36£1,135£1,02523.4130
31/12/06£544£514£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£555£490£64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£532£453£79n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 18%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 28%
Liabilities/Income: 37%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 12.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 28 years

www.tnp.org.uk

enquiries@tnp.org.uk

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for addiction & substance abuse
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£120,000
National Lottery Community Fund£94,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£85,250
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£75,000
City Bridge Trust£74,963
Garfield Weston Foundation£70,000
Charles Hayward Foundation£50,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Jerusalem Trust - Cost of Living Uplift Grant
£12,000 28/06/2023
12
Evangelism and Christian mission
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to The Nehemiah Project
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Nehemiah Project
£75,000 06/04/2022
To contribute towards the cost of delivering our 12-week recovery programme 'A New Future' in our houses in south London.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Nehemiah Project
£120,000 11/03/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing rehabilitation programmes and support for ex-offenders with drug and alcohol problems, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, in London.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 18/02/2022
The Nehemiah Project rebuilding lives
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Nehemiah Project
£50,000 02/02/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of The Nehemiah Project
National Lottery Community Fund - The Nehemiah Project
£94,000 05/05/2021
The group are using funding to support their residential recovery programme for men with a history of addiction crime and homelessness. Through the recovery programme peer mentoring services and online programme beneficiaries will improve their ....more
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Nehemiah Project
£25,000 26/02/2021
Salary for a Supported Housing Worker to deliver 'A New Future' in first stage accommodation
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Nehemiah Project
£15,000 02/12/2020
12
Covid additional main grant unrestricted core costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 14/08/2020
Nehemiah transforming lives
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Nehemiah Project
£24,963 13/08/2020
towards the costs outlined in your application for the recovery programme for residents
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Nehemiah Project
£33,000 21/05/2020
12
One year core funding to support The Nehemiah Project to sustain their work to support work addressing Offending, Prison or Community Service Complex Social Issue (CSI) during COVID19
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Nehemiah Project
£50,000 08/05/2020
A grant of £50,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Nehemiah Project
£25,000 27/02/2020
Salary for a Supported Housing Worker to deliver 'A New Future' in first stage accommodation
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Nehemiah Project
£20,000 16/07/2019
refurbishment of a residential building for a charity which works with people in recovery from alcohol or substance misuse
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Nehemiah Project
£60,000 04/07/2019
36
A Supported Housing Programme for vulnerable men.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 11/10/2018
Nehemiah Supported Housing Programme
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Nehemiah Project
£174,900 12/09/2018
36
towards three years' continuation funding of an existing Supported Housing Manager post, and a new part-time Family Support Worker, providing rehabilitation programmes and support for ex-offenders with drug and alcohol problems in London
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Nehemiah Project
£75,000 13/12/2017
36
the charity's Supported Housing Programme which provides vulnerable men with every form of practical and emotional support they require in the transition from custody to community.
The MSE Charity - Grant to The Nehemiah Project
£3,500 15/11/2017
Supported Housing Programme funding budgeting modules for residents.
London Catalyst - The Nehemiah Project - 2
£3,000 23/11/2016
Family Support Programme to work with residents, and with families nominated by RAPt (the Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust)
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Nehemiah Project
£108,000 11/06/2015
36
towards three years' salary of a Supported Housing Manager at a project providing rehabilitation programmes and support for ex-offenders with drug and alcohol problems in the South East
Walcot Foundation - Financial Advice
£11,257 25/03/2015
12
Financial Advice
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Nehemiah Project
£75,000 07/01/2015
36
the charity's Supported Housing Programme which provides vulnerable men with every form of practical and emotional support they require in the transition from custody to community.
London Catalyst - The Nehemiah Project - 1
£3,000 11/06/2014
Volunteer Co-ordinator to work with vulnerable men when they first come out of prison
Tudor Trust - Grant to Nehemiah Project
£35,000 11/11/2013
24
over two years towards the salary of a supported housing manager to assist vulnerable men, including ex-offenders, in South London
Walcot Foundation - Supported Housing Programme
£10,000 13/04/2012
Supported Housing Programme
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How do they operate?

Supported Housing Programme - Stage One: 'A New Future'

Objectives: To provide a home and support to men with a history of addiction

Description: The first stage of the Supported Housing Programme introduces participants to a 12-week course, run each weekday morning. It focuses on recovery and resettlement through process groups and educational sessions

Supported Housing Programme - Stage Two: 'Move-on' Accommodation

Objectives: To provide further support to men with a history of addiction and allow them to find future education, employment and accommodation

Description: The second stage of the Supported Housing Programme gives participants a chance to receive further support, focused around finding employment, education and training, rebuilding family relationships, dealing with life stresses while remaining abstinence and finding future accommodation

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 27-74
  • ANTHONY PATRICK WATSON Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired
  • COLIN MATTHEWS (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Ceo
  • DR OLUBUNMI OLAYISADE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Resident Manager
  • EDWARD JAMES BATHGATE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Business Executive
  • GAVIN SIMON BOYLE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director
  • JOANNA SUSAN WHITAKER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Consultant
  • KAREN PENELOPE HUNTER JOHNSTON Appointed: 2012
  • MARTA MUSOLINO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • ROBERT CLARKE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Occupation Management Consultant
  • TIMOTHY BRIAN AIKENS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • WILLIAM ANSELL Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Investment Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/10/1996, number: 1058536
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/09/1996, number: 03255850
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
  • 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
  • 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; AR10: 113 days late, AR09: 24 days late, AR08: 194 days late,
Main office

47 TOOTING BEC GARDENS
LONDON
SW16 1RF

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF VULNERABLE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM HOMELESSNESS, POVERTY AND ADDICTION PRIMARILY BY RENEWING THEIR MINDS THROUGH REHABILITATION, EDUCATION AND TRAINING2. THE EMPOWERMENT OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM HOMELESSNESS, POVERTY AND ADDICTION BY ASSISTING THEM TO EMBRACE NEW LIFE STYLE PATTERNS3. THE RELIEF OF PERSONS THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES4. THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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