Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

CALDERDALE SMARTMOVE LTD 

Calderdale SmartMove's objective is to find vulnerable and homeless clients in Calderdale (over 400 individuals and families each year) private rented accommodation then offer up to 12 months floating support.We are the sole organisation in Calderdale to offer a Bond Guarantee Scheme.Additionally, we offer free informal education for our clients, funded from external grants and donations
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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£513£536£-23£24£498£4481015150
31/03/22£549£465£84£26£522£43411.215150
31/03/21£637£509£128£13£436£4039.51790
31/03/20£567£516£50£58£308£2836.618140
31/03/19£479£505£-26n/an/an/an/an/a140
31/03/18£491£460£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£433£396£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£405£411£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£379£388£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£419£406£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£392£387£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£316£335£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£287£268£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£288£301£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£260£282£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£292£300£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£270£295£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£248£214£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05?*£200£194£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04*£307£216£90£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 10 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 26
Asset Split ?
Established: 27 years

www.calderdalesmartmove.org.uk

finance@calderdalesmartmove.org.uk

01422361515

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
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 human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Calderdale,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 15 employees
  • 150 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
Community Foundation for Calderdale£69,138
Leeds Community Foundation£29,892
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
DCMS£17,396
The Clothworkers Foundation£11,500
CAF£7,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Calderdale SmartMove
£1,113 21/10/2023
We would like to supply gardening tools, equipment and plants to develop and improve our community allotments for both our clients and the local community.
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to Calderdale SmartMove
£7,985 16/12/2022
Grant to Calderdale SmartMove
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Young People Engagement
£4,125 02/12/2022
Grant to Calderdale SmartMove
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to Calderdale SmartMove
£3,500 30/11/2022
Grant to Calderdale SmartMove
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Food Parcel Scheme
£4,100 08/07/2022
Grant to Calderdale SmartMove
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to Calderdale SmartMove
£4,140 01/07/2022
Grant to Calderdale SmartMove
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Mental and Physical Health Training Programme
£4,960 28/06/2022
Grant to Calderdale SmartMove
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Continuation of Core Homelessness Service
£5,000 15/11/2021
Grant to Calderdale SmartMove
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 05/11/2021
Homeless and Vulnerably Housed Support
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Food Bank Support
£2,000 09/03/2021
Grant to Calderdale SmartMove
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Covid Response
£33,328 12/02/2021
Grant to Calderdale SmartMove
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,896 25/09/2020
"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
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£7,500 21/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
CAF - Grant to Calderdale Smartmove
£7,000 21/04/2020
3
Grant to Calderdale Smartmove to support the organisation through COVID19
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Calderdale Smartmove
£11,500 24/02/2020
purchase of a vehicle for a charity that works with the homeless in West Yorkshire
Leeds Community Foundation - Volunteering Expansion Programme
£29,892 24/09/2019
23
We are seeking funding for 17 additional hours per week for our Volunteer Manager to recruit and support the expanded team and ensure we use their skills to maximum effect.
National Lottery Community Fund - SmartSkills for Life
£145,768 23/01/2019
48
The project will deliver a homelessness support services across the Borough of Calderdale, providing housing support and accommodation for homeless and vulnerably housed individuals and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Improvements to disabled facilities
£9,800 06/09/2017
12
The group will install disabled facilities at their premises to enable people with mobility issues, and people with severe physical and mental health problems, to access their support services and ....more
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£4,320 01/06/2017
Advice, information and support regarding housing, physical and mental health, life skills and welfare benefits for homeless and vulnerable people.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Calderdale SmartMove
£55,100 11/06/2015
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of the Volunteer Co-ordinator and SmartSkills Co-ordinator at a project providing support to homeless people in a deprived area of West ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Calderdale Smartmove Ltd
£69,999 12/11/2014
provides information advice support as well as learning opportunities to homeless & vulnerably housed people across Calderdale
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Calderdale SmartMove
£56,300 13/06/2012
36
towards three years' funding of the Volunteer Co-ordinator and the SmartSkills Co-ordinator at a project providing support to homeless people in West Yorkshire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Calderdale Smartmove Ltd
£25,000 29/03/2011
the salary and on-costs of the Volunteer Co-ordinator
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-66
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/01/1997, number: 1060378
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/03/1996, number: 03180389
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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; AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 11 days late,
Main office

CALDERDALE SMARTMOVE
15 Harrison Road
HALIFAX
HX1 2AF

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE NEEDY AND EITHER HOMELESS OR INADEQUATELY HOUSED IN WEST YORKSHIRE, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PROMISSORY BONDS OR OTHER ASSISTANCE TO SAID PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF ACCOMMODATION

Defined Area of Benefit:

WEST YORKSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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