Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 12
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 27 ?

FRAMEWORK HOUSING ASSOCIATION 

Framework exists to meet the needs of homeless and vulnerable people by providing outreach, accommodation, support, treatment, care, training, resettlement and tenancy sustainment services. The service user group includes people with drug, alcohol and mental health problems and those with complex needs.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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£55,854£55,292£562£300£29,792£29,7926.51,321107
31/03/22£50,505£49,404£1,101£253£27,257£27,2576.61,237121
31/03/21£47,533£45,292£2,241£196£25,726£25,7266.81,118135
31/03/20£45,315£44,500£815£174£24,349£24,3496.6927222
31/03/19£42,508£42,402£106£155£23,285£23,2856.6916261
31/03/18£38,356£38,237£119£182£22,917£22,9177.27730
31/03/17*£35,182£33,910£1,272£169£22,536£22,53687250
31/03/16£31,248£31,235£13£179£21,666£21,6668.37060
31/03/15£28,679£28,227£452£176£21,062£5,7292.47120
31/03/14£27,762£26,976£786£164£20,610£5,9992.76840
31/03/13£26,024£25,282£742£216£20,111£6,9073.36330
31/03/12£24,914£22,958£1,956£218£19,082£7,0273.75400
31/03/11£25,936£24,556£1,380£222£17,126£5,1042.55210
31/03/10£25,508£24,204£1,304£148£15,630£5,0492.55450
31/03/09£21,876£20,536£1,340£184£14,295£6,7343.94920
31/03/08£19,166£17,878£1,288£180£12,955£6,8664.64910
31/03/07£17,659£16,188£1,471£201£11,667£3,6942.74720
31/03/06*£17,151£15,424£1,727£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£17,470£14,149£3,322£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£15,559£13,222£2,337£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 66%
Liabilities/Income: 105%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 6.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5
Asset Split ?
Established: 27 years

www.frameworkha.org

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
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
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Derbyshire, Leicester City, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire, Sheffield City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 1,321 employees
  • 107 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£455,661
DCMS£200,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£132,816
Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Framework
£1,501 21/10/2023
The Super Supper Club is a provision we are looking to offer our service users going forward. This will give them a safe environment to come and chat to staff and have something warm to eat and drink.
National Lottery Community Fund - Skills Plus
£455,661 24/08/2023
This funding will be used to continue its support to those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire. Through the Skills Plus project they ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Framework Housing Association
£132,816 27/04/2023
Nature in Mind
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Framework
£2,033 22/10/2022
The Framework Breakfast Club project will provide a breakfast for each service user, helping them start the day on the right track and helping their mental and physical health.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Framework Housing Association
£50,000 08/06/2022
Construction of supported living accommodation for people with mental health difficulties
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000 11/06/2021
Building Better Futures
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£200,000 30/06/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Homeless to Home
£494,530 22/03/2019
36
The project will enable and empower beneficiaries to move from supported living into supported accommodation or independent tenancies.This will reduce social isolation through working together and ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Framework Housing Association
£79,700 23/01/2019
Nature in Mind: creating access and involvement in local natural and community heritage
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 28/11/2017
Homeless to Home
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Framework
£77,325 14/06/2017
36
The project will offer a programme of workshops to better equip vulnerable and homeless young people to manage their lives. The aims are to increase confidence and self-esteem, improve communication ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - D2N2/1/2 - Opportunity and Change - A pathway to work
£2,400,826 04/07/2016
36
This project aims to support people with multiple and complex needs (MCN) to move closer to the labour market. It will focus on those who are furthest from the labour market, helping them towards ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Workshop
£90,290 02/06/2016
12
The Workshop
National Lottery Community Fund - D2N2/1/2 Opportunity and Change - A Pathway to Work
£49,640 06/11/2015
12
This grant will be used to develop plans for a project to support people who are out of work with multiple and complex needs to gain new skills and move into employment. The development funding will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Nature In Mind
£294,100 16/12/2014
36
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Nottingham - Multiple and Complex Needs
£9,903,531 18/03/2013
96
This is a project by an organisation serving the development of the Multiple and Complex Needs partnership in the Nottingham area.
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Coordinator for Framework Housing Association
£192,967 09/11/2011
36
The East Midlands project will continue to support individuals into volunteering opportunities to build confidence and self-esteem, reduce isolation and better their chances of social inclusion. ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-74
  • NEIL DUNCAN JONES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Esg (Environmental, Social And Governance) Manager
  • NIGEL TURNER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chairman For Truenoord
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/02/1997, number: 1060941
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/02/1997, number: 03318404
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Financial Conduct Authority
  • Homes England
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
  • 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; AR17: 1 days late, AR06: 2 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HOMELESS EYECARE on 08/12/2021
Main office

VAL ROBERTS HOUSE
25 GREGORY BOULEVARD
NOTTINGHAM
NG7 6NX

Objectives

(A) TO HOUSE, TREAT, REHABILITATE, EDUCATE, TRAIN AND CARE FOR PERSONS IN NEED WHO ARE HOMELESS (OR THREATENED WITH THE PROSPECT OF BECOMING HOMELESS) AND / OR SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, DISABILITY, OLD AGE, ALCOHOLISM, DRUG ADDICTION, OFFENDING BEHAVIOUR OR ANY OTHER MENTAL OR PHYSICAL INFIRMITY;(B) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, RESOURCES AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT AND / OR BENEFIT PERSONS IN NEED WHO ARE HOMELESS (OR THREATENED WITH THE PROSPECT OF BECOMING HOMELESS) AND / OR SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, DISABILITY, OLD AGE, ALCOHOLISM, DRUG ADDITION, OFFENDING BEHAVIOUR OR ANY OTHER MENTAL OR PHYSICAL INFIRMITY;(C) THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE OR IMPROVEMENT OF PROPERTIES FOR THE HOUSING, TREATMENT, REHABILITATION, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND CARE OF PERSONS IN NEED WHO ARE HOMELESS (OR THREATENED WITH THE PROSPECT OF BECOMING HOMELESS) AND / OR SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, DISABILITY, OLD AGE, ALCOHOLISM, DRUG ADDITION, OFFENDING BEHAVIOUR OR ANY OTHER MENTAL OR PHYSICAL INFIRMITY (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE OR IMPROVEMENT OF A PUBLIC AMENITY IN THE VICINITY OF A LANDFILL SITE WHERE IT IS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT); AND(D)TO PROMOTE FURTHER STUDY OF THE NATURE, EXTENT AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE SAID SOCIAL PROBLEMS SET OUT ABOVE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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