Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 5

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 1

SPENCER CONTACT

COLLECTION OF DONATED FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS FOR GIVING TO PEOPLE IN NEED

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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		£199	£187	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/22		£156	£200	£-43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	33
31/03/21		£187	£189	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	43
31/03/20		£148	£192	£-43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	49
31/03/19		£178	£156	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	34
31/03/18		£153	£126	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£251	£128	£123	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£247	£134	£113	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£162	£127	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£158	£120	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£125	£121	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£159	£126	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£220	£121	£99	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£291	£130	£161	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£205	£101	£104	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£253	£94	£159	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£113	£93	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£71	£94	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£102	£90	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£85	£85	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 26 years

www.spencercontact.com

mail@spencercontact.com

01604587589

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Northamptonshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
40 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to Spencer Contact
£2,000	27/01/2023	Christian furniture re-use charity operating in Northampton.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000	22/10/2021	Operational costs for 2021/22
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£20,000	01/05/2020	Operating Costs for 2019/20
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	05/12/2018	The costs of operating our service during 2018/19
Garfield Weston Foundation - WAF award
£31,000	05/10/2018	Spencer Contact Van Fund 2017/18
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	29/06/2017	Spencer Contact - Furniture Re-Use Charity

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

SAM BAXTER Appointed: 2017

ERIC JAMES LIGHTFOOT Appointed: 2015

JOHN PHILIPS Appointed: 2013

PHILIP STILES

PETER DERRICK BURDITT (Chair) Appointed: 2019

SONJA SUZANNE LIGHTFOOT Appointed: 2015

STEVE POLLOCK Appointed: 2019

DR RICHARD BARRETT, Other trusteeship: ROMANS ONE ELEVEN TRUST (R1 11),

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/06/1998, number: 1070072

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR06: 2 days late,

Main office

Mr Steve Scarsbrook
SPENCER CONTACT
GLADSTONE CLOSE
NORTHAMPTON
NN5 7AY

Objectives

(1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF FURNITURE, OTHER HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORIES AND / OR SERVICES CALCULATED TO REDUCE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS. (2) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS REQUIRING TREATMENT INCLUDING PERSONS SUFFERING FROM EMOTIONAL DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND (3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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