Overall GiG Score: 20 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11

SPITALFIELDS CRYPT TRUST 

Mission:

Our mission is to enable people with complex drug and alcohol addictions to achieve lasting recovery and a more fulfilling life.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Comment by the Charity:
    SCT\'s current Board of Trustees can be found here: https://www.sct.org.uk/about/team/
Established: 25 years

www.sct.org.uk

info@sct.org.uk

020 7613 5677

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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£2,814£2,779£35£1,543£1,363£1,15255475
31/03/22£2,598£2,607£-10£1,316£1,328£1,1375.27492
31/03/21£2,416£2,406£10£1,192£1,338£1,19467181
31/03/20£2,564£2,594£-30£1,260£1,328£1,2235.77423
31/03/19£2,606£2,538£68£1,283£1,358£1,2545.99125
31/03/18£2,434£2,422£12£1,155£1,290£1,1975.9880
31/03/17£2,480£2,348£132£1,113£1,278£1,2046.2840
31/03/16*£2,315£2,379£-64£910£1,146£1,0995.5580
31/03/15£2,355£2,377£-22£1,070£1,210£1,1485.8600
31/03/14£2,314£2,203£110£980£1,232£1,1526.3560
31/03/13£2,056£2,023£33£931£1,121£1,0906.5530
31/03/12£1,735£1,661£74£823£1,089£1,0617.7460
31/03/11£1,768£1,612£155£664£1,015£1,0137.5410
31/03/10£1,507£1,484£22£620£859£8116.6510
31/03/09£1,361£1,491£-131£566£837£8246.6450
31/03/08*£1,315£1,334£-18£509£968£9398.4450
31/03/07*£1,304£1,205£100£432£986£910.9420
31/03/06£1,145£1,089£56£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,176£964£212£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£951£922£29£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 129%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 56%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 28%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
For over 50 years we have met the needs of our local community, serving the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in society, motivated by our inclusive Christian ethos. People coming to us often have multiple and complex needs. Many will have experienced homelessness, poverty, mental illness and the criminal justice system. We aim to address peoples’ needs holistically – from housing, employability, health to social connections – all of which need careful attention to make sure people recover in the long-term. Through our services, and by working with others, we aim to provide the UK’s most effective and compassionate recovery programme.
Who works here?
  • 54 employees
  • 75 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

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
City Bridge Trust£143,368
Henry Smith Charity£140,000
Crisis UK£140,000
DCMS£99,832
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£55,000
Joseph Rank Trust£45,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Joseph Rank Trust - Spitalfields Crypt Trust
£45,000 29/07/2022
To fund the core costs of the charity
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to Spitalfields Crypt Trust
£1,500 29/07/2022
Choices life long recovery group.
National Lottery Community Fund - Choices Long-Term Recovery Community
£10,000 10/12/2021
The funding will be used to restart face to face wellbeing and creative sessions for people in recovery from addiction in Hackney. The project aims to support positive mental health and wellbeing.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Spitalfields Crypt Trust
£140,000 11/08/2021
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing support and accommodation-based solutions for homeless people in recovery from addiction in East London.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Spitalfields Crypt Trust
£92,000 27/07/2021
24
£92,000 over two further and final years (£45,000; £47,000) for the salary of a full time Addiction Counsellor (35 hpw) and associated costs.
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Spitalfields Crypt Trust
£55,000 20/04/2021
Trauma/psychologically informed care and accommodation-based solutions to support homeless people with complex needs.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Spitalfields Crypt Trust
£48,808 13/08/2020
towards the costs outlined in your application for the homelessness drop-in project including salary costs (Director of Services role, Drop-in Manager, Project Worker, Drop-in Assistant and Tutor)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 31/07/2020
Provision of emotional and personal support at our addiction recovery facility in Hackney for chronically street homeless men.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£99,832 29/07/2020
"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
Crisis UK - Grant to SCT (Spitalfields Crypt Trust)
£135,000 30/06/2020
Pilot of ‘Addiction Recovery meets Homeless Health’ for between three and five people who are chronically street homeless with addiction issues and complex needs, but not ready to commit ....more
London Catalyst - Spitalfields Crypt Trust (SCT) - 2
£3,000 05/05/2020
Addiction recovery for the homeless
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Spitalfields Crypt Trust
£2,560 24/04/2020
A grant of £2,560 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Crisis UK - Grant to Spitalfields Crypt Trust
£5,000 09/04/2020
24 x Laptops and Mobiles for clients
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 07/03/2019
Developing the Drop-In - the evidence-based transformation of SCT’s Drop-In
National Lottery Community Fund - Choices Recovery Community
£9,798 27/02/2019
12
The project will deliver a peer led recovery programme that is designed to support people who have mental ill health or are experiencing the effects of substance misuse.
National Lottery Community Fund - SCT Primary Programme
£449,000 08/08/2018
36
This project is for people with addictions and that have experienced homelessness. The project will offer people a warm safe place to live providing three meals a day while they take their first ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Recovery Hub IT Project
£9,000 14/02/2018
12
This project will provide computer classes to develop the skills, confidence and employability of people who are homeless or experiencing addiction, poverty, isolation, and other related challenges.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 26/09/2017
SCT Continuing Care
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Spitalfields Crypt Trust
£30,000 22/05/2017
Building redevelopment and refurbishment for a charity in London which provides accommodation and rehabilitation for people with alcohol and/or drugs misuse issues
National Lottery Community Fund - Your Time Driving into the Future
£10,000 12/07/2012
12
This is a project by a community organisation in Hackney. The group will use the funding to purchase a transit van to support the expanding DIY gardening and building maintenance services they ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Spitalfields Crypt Trust
£118,000 14/03/2012
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of the Manager of a project based in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets that provides training and personal development opportunities for ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards their homeless drop-in centre services.
£1,000 21/07/2010
Towards their homeless drop-in centre services.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-72
  • RAJUL GILL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Tax Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/06/1999, number: 1075947
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/03/1999, number: 03734793
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Spitalfields Crypt Trust
116-118 Shoreditch High Street
LONDON
E1 6JN

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE THE CARE, WELFARE,TREATMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HOMELESS,SUFFERING FROM ALCOHOL AND/OR DRUG ADDICTION AND RELATED PROBLEMS, OR IN A STATE OF POVERTY, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT AND ACCORDING TO CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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