Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
    • Narrow trustee age band: -2
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Mainly male board: -1
    • Grant maker support: +8
    Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

    DIRECT HELP & ADVICE LTD. 

    Direct Help via specialist advice, advocacy and representation for families and individuals facing crisis, to prevent and alleviate homelessness, debt and housing difficulty.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
    • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
    • The Board is predominantly male
    • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
    Established: 25 years

    www.dhadvice.org

    info@dhadvice.org

    01332287850

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
    UN SDGs
    ?

    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£1,545£1,373£173£0£1,203£1,20310.546110
    31/03/22£1,314£1,114£200£0£1,030£1,03011.141112
    31/03/21£1,551£1,181£370£0£830£8308.437108
    31/03/20£1,526£1,440£86£0£420£4203.549122
    31/03/19£1,486£1,451£35£0£335£3352.850104
    31/03/18£1,196£1,231£-35£0£300£3002.9410
    31/03/17£1,095£1,080£15£1£392£3924.4310
    31/03/16£989£1,002£-13£0£353£2963.5260
    31/03/15£1,171£1,203£-32£5£366£3373.4260
    31/03/14£1,134£1,129£5£4£398£2622.8360
    31/03/13£1,423£1,523£-100£6£393£2492500
    31/03/12£1,968£2,065£-97£5£493£3582.1450
    31/03/11?£2,817£2,834£-17£14£589£1730.7720
    31/03/09£3,251£3,122£129£44£833£6622.51020
    31/03/08£2,272£2,261£10£45£704£6783.6850
    31/03/07£1,853£1,632£221£28£438£3782.8630
    31/03/06*£1,268£1,187£81£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£966£932£34£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04*£830£826£3£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: 36%
    Liabilities/Income: 43%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
    Reserves/Spending: 10.5 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
    Quick Ratio: 2.8
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    How it operates
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England And Wales,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • 46 employees
    • 110 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
    DCMS£92,844
    Access to Justice Foundation£55,805
    AB Charitable Trust£20,000
    Alex Ferry Foundation£5,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Access to Justice Foundation - Community Justice Fund Wave Three
    £14,672 22/11/2022
    Wave three of the Community Justice Fund aims to support organisations delivering social welfare advice services to people most impacted by the cost-of-living crisis.
    Access to Justice Foundation - Improving Outcomes Through Legal Support (IOTLS) grant
    £41,133 23/05/2022
    The funding programme aims to support organisations working to sustain and improve access to early social welfare and family legal support and advice, to enable users to resolve these problems as ....more
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Allestree Community Managed Library
    £3,753 24/10/2020
    We aim for Allestree Community Managed Library to become a real community hub that all local residents can access, enjoy and benefit from.
    Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
    £0 19/10/2020
    A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
    Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
    £5,000 19/06/2020
    community grant
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £92,844 18/06/2020
    "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
    AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Direct Help & Advice Ltd
    £20,000 27/06/2019
    A restricted grant of £20,000 towards legal advice services. Direct Help & Advice provides specialist advice, advocacy and representation for families and individuals to prevent and alleviate ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Erewash Job Club
    £8,640 22/02/2019
    12
    This funding will be used to run employment and support services for people on benefits or looking for work. The project aims to support people with Universal Credit and job seeking.
    AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Direct Help & Advice
    £10,000 31/10/2017
    £10,000 towards the salary of a Solicitor/ Caseworker. Direct Help & Advice provides specialist advice, advocacy and representation for families and individuals to prevent and alleviate ....more
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Direct Help and Advice (DHA)
    £70,600 10/03/2016
    24
    towards three years' salary of a Housing Caseworker who works with vulnerable individuals and families in Derby to help prevent and alleviate homelessness and financial difficulty
    National Lottery Community Fund - Derbyshire Bi-lingual Crisis Buddy Service (DBCBS)
    £499,328 03/03/2016
    60
    Ex-clients of the service who are bi-lingual will be trained to become crisis buddies and advocates for those who identify themselves as BAMER and are in need of help and support due to hardship ....more
    Comic Relief - Families in Crisis
    £96,452 15/07/2015
    36
    There is an increasing number of families under the threat of homelessness due to cuts in funding, support and services across Derbyshire. A grant will enable a Families Casework Coordinator to ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Opportunities for All
    £420,274 01/07/2015
    36
    Working with a range of partners this project aims to reduce social and economic exclusion by engaging disadvantaged people in a range of activities to connect, engage and enjoy life within their ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Opportunities for All
    £297,056 07/05/2012
    48
    This is a continuation and expansion of a project by Derbyshire Housing Aid Limited that supports and enables disadvantaged and isolated people from Erewash in Derby to rebuild their confidence, ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Bridging the Advice Gap
    £436,492 15/07/2010
    36
    This project based in Derby delivers both direct legal advice services and strategic development, including campaigning on housing policy and practice issues and establishing new legal precedents to ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (6)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 51-64
    • URSULA CAMERON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Training & Coaching Business Owner
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/01/1999, number: 1073231
    • Registered at Companies House on 20/01/1998, number: 03495233
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Other Regulators
    • Financial Conduct Authority
    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
    • 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
    19 returns made; AR06: 0 days late, AR04: 95 days late,
    Main office


    Objectives

    (A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPOVERISHED, HOMELESS OR THREATENED WITH HOMELESSNESS, AND/OR WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS(B) TO OPERATE AS A HOUSING TRUST FOR THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION AND/OR TEMPORARY, SHARED AND SETTLED ACCOMMODATION FOR THOSE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING POVERTY, POOR HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. TO CARRY OUT SUPPORT, COUNSELLING, ACTIVITIES AND TRADING ANCILLARY TO ACCOMMODATION WHICH DEVELOP THE SKILLS AND ABILITIES OF PERSONS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING POOR HOUSING AND/OR HOMELESSNESS TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND ENHANCE THEIR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.(C) TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE ADVICE AND GUIDANCE ON HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, AND/OR SOCIAL WELFARE ISSUES AND/OR RELATED TOPICSTHE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION, TEMPORARY AND SETTLED ACCOMMODATION FOR THOSE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING POOR HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESSTO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS WHO THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED AND UNABLE TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE OR SUPPORT SCHEMES WHERE SUCH PERSONS MAY RECEIVE WORK EXPERIENCE AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR PERIODS SUITABLE FOR THEIR NEEDS SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE BETTER SOCIAL INTEGRATION AND/OR IMPROVED CHANCES OF SECURING EMPLOYMENT

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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