Finance Score: 11
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 17
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +14
Overall GiG Score: 33 ?

EMMAUS TRANSFORMATION TRUST 

Religious services, relief of the poor and needy, the homeless and the vulnerable, coffee drop in mornings, toddlers groups, youth groups, social events, pastoral care, mentoring, marriage courses, parenting courses, community investment.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 26 years

www.lighthousewoking.org

info@lighthousewoking.org

01483834574

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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£814£592£221£0£554£3026.111200
31/03/22£624£573£50£0£332£2665.612100
31/03/21£515£326£189£0£248£1063.914300
31/03/20£161£159£2n/an/an/an/an/a180
31/03/19£98£84£14n/an/an/an/an/a150
31/03/18?£105£109£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/17£148£142£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16£119£149£-31£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£180£142£38£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/14£158£148£10£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/13£200£231£-31£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/12£173£146£26£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/11£130£126£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/10£113£110£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/09*£111£99£13£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/08£96£97£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/07*£97£100£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/06*£81£78£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/05£64£67£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/04*£64£66£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 55%
Reserves/Spending: 6.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 25.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 11 employees
  • 200 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£269,990
The Trussell Trust£182,965
Community Foundation for Surrey£137,130
Joseph Rank Trust£30,000
Co-Operative Group£13,787
CAF£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - Jigsaw Storehouse
£10,000 29/02/2024
11.741935483871
Funding to support a Woking based project providing baby and child resources and equipment.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Woking Foodbank
£32,000 23/10/2023
Referral agency manager, 20hpw
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Woking Foodbank
£2,493 21/10/2023
We'd like to purchase a larger used electric van to take food out into the community where people live. This will require servicing, charging and maintenance, which will be ongoing.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Lighthouse Woking: Core Costs
£250,000 27/09/2023
This funding will support The Emmaus Transformation Trust to provide support services via their community hubs in Woking for the local community. The project aims to provide cost-of-living support ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - Ukrainian Hub
£8,718 02/02/2023
Funding for continued support of a busy Ukrainian Hub offering a range of support and services to displaced Ukrainian people in and around Woking.
Joseph Rank Trust - The Lighthouse, Woking
£30,000 30/01/2023
To fund the core costs of the charity
Community Foundation for Surrey - CRM system and website
£6,450 07/12/2022
Funding for a new CRM database to replace a manual system.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Ukrainian Hub
£4,190 24/10/2022
Funding towards an established Ukrainian Hub providing support to displaced Ukrainian families.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Lighthouse (Nurture Project)
£2,334 22/10/2022
Nurture in The Lighthouse offers free weekly wellbeing workshops for women, promoting self-care, resilience, self-esteem and friendship. We also offer 1:1s, care calls, support and signposting.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Woking Foodbank
£3,310 22/10/2022
We would like to employ a person to set up and run a community market based in Woking for access to fresh market goods.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Woking Foodbank
£5,000 13/10/2022
Emergency grant
Community Foundation for Surrey - The Nurture Project
£5,000 10/10/2022
Funding is towards staff costs for Emmaus Transformation Trust's Nurture Project for women in Woking facing hardship, helping them to become more resilient, to make friends and gain in self esteem.
National Lottery Community Fund - Jigsaw Hub
£10,000 16/09/2022
This project will contribute to the salary of a the Jigsaw Hubs manager who support families from across Surrey who are disadvantaged marginalised or vulnerable. They Hub provides a range of ....more
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Woking Foodbank
£81,535 22/06/2022
0.6 Citizen Advice worker
Community Foundation for Surrey - The Lighthouse
£10,000 05/04/2022
Funding towards the core costs of a charity offering advice, support and relief for people experiencing poverty and disadvantage in and around Woking.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Woking Foodbank
£2,800 23/10/2021
We would purchase fresh fruit and vegetables to add to our food parcels that contain long-life donations.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Jigsaw
£10,000 20/10/2021
11
Funding towards the salary costs to enable the Jigsaw Project to support disadvantaged families with young children in the Woking Borough.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Funding to create a lasting Hub for families in Woking, to tackle physical and mental health challenges as well as addressing issues of poverty
£46,590 28/06/2021
23
Funding to create a lasting Hub for families in Woking, to tackle physical and mental health challenges as well as addressing issues of poverty
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - Food and essentials
£9,766 16/02/2021
Funding towards core costs and project costs for a number of activities supporting disadvantaged families amid the Coronavirus pandemic
CAF - Grant to Emmaus Transformation Trust
£10,000 09/07/2020
3
Grant to Emmaus Transformation Trust to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Foodbank and Jigsaw
£9,990 29/05/2020
3
This project will use funding to continue operating the foodbank and delivering food to families who are struggling during lockdown. It will also support families in financial need with pre-school ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - Covid 19 Response - Food and Essentials
£5,000 01/04/2020
Funding toward the purchase of supplies for their clients, by a charity, based in Woking, that offers school items to children living in poverty, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Jigsaw - School shoes and buggy repair projects
£5,000 01/04/2020
11
Funding towards a project offering school shoes and backpacks to children living in poverty based in Woking.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Nurture Project for Disadvantaged Women - Building Resilience, Confidence and Self-Esteem
£9,800 17/12/2019
13
Nurture Project for Disadvantaged Women - Building Resilience, Confidence and Self-Esteem
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Lighthouse
£2,851 15/11/2019
We want to buy new mattresses for cots and moses baskets to give to needy families in order to reduce the risk of SIDS.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Jigsaw
£6,616 16/07/2019
11
Coordinator salary for a charity providing clothing, equipment and toys for disadvantaged pre-school children in Woking.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Woking Foodbank
£32,215 25/06/2019
36
Warehouse rent, fit out, seasonal labour
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Woking Foodbank
£32,215 25/06/2019
Warehouse rent, fit out, seasonal labour
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£5,000 21/01/2019
Improved self perception, increased self confidence, higher resilience, better self care, increased well-being, higher aspirations. Build skills in the areas of social confidence, boundaries, ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - Nurture
£5,000 19/12/2018
12
One-to-one sessions, and group courses that support women and girls with increasing confidence and self esteem, building resilience, and improving health and wellbeing.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Jigsaw
£5,000 05/06/2018
11
Operational costs and Coordinator for a project which provides clothing and toys and equipment to disadvantaged local people.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Jigsaw - Operational costs and Coordinator
£6,500 22/09/2016
12
Operational costs and Coordinator for a project which provides clothing and toys and equipment to disadvantaged local people.
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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 36-67
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/06/1998, number: 1069902
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/04/1998, number: 03549934
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR09: 32 days late, AR07: 158 days late, AR06: 64 days late, AR04: 92 days late,
Main office

The Lighthouse
8-10 High Street
Woking
GU21 6BG

Objectives

4.1 The Charity’s objects (Objects) are, for the public benefit and in accordance with Christian principles, to:4.1.1 promote social inclusion by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society; and 4.1.2 advance such other charitable purposes as the trustees see fit from time to time.4.2 For the purpose of this clause socially excluded means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one of more of the following factors: unemployment; financial hardship; youth or old age; ill health (physical or mental); substance abuse or dependency including alcohol and drugs; discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment; poor educational or skills attainment; relationship and family breakdown; poor housing (that is housing that does not meet basic habitable standards); crime (either as a victim of crime or as an offender rehabilitating into society).4.3 Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.4.4 Article 4.1 may be amended by special resolution but only with the prior written consent of the Commission.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WOKING

Data Sources

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