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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

THE BASIC LIFE CHARITY 

Activities to individuals and groups within the community
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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
31/12/22£251£228£23n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/21£265£218£47n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/20£244£183£61n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/19£173£157£16n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/12/18£150£145£4£0£0£0n/a020
31/12/17£122£119£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£108£116£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15*£90£100£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14*£92£81£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£81£77£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£57£75£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£47£62£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£37£50£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£24£28£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£30£22£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07*£38£32£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06*£37£39£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05*£28£28£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04*£40£26£14£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 24 years

http://www.basic.org.uk

basiclife@live.co.uk

01394271000

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
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
  • 20 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£49,000
Suffolk Community Foundation£14,539
Masonic Trust£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 18/11/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Suffolk Community Foundation - Suffolk's Hardship Fund - R4
£5,000 29/03/2021
0
Suffolk's Hardship Fund - R4.
Suffolk Community Foundation - BASIC Covid Support
£3,039 12/02/2021
2
Support for the Emergency Covid Response Centre.
Suffolk Community Foundation - BASIC Community Pop-Up Shops.
£4,500 04/01/2021
11
Towards funding the organisations Basic Community Pop-Up Shops in 2021.
National Lottery Community Fund - Basic Life Covid Response
£49,000 04/05/2020
6
The Basic Life Charity use funding to continue delivering free food to those who need it in Felixstowe and surrounding coastal villages for six months utilising their links with Fair Share and local ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Pop-Up Shops
£2,000 31/03/2020
Towards the costs of providing Pop-Up Shops and food to support those in need. Covid19

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/02/2000, number: 1079263
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR15: 131 days late, AR14: 131 days late, AR08: 4 days late, AR07: 670 days late, AR06: 1035 days late, AR05: 1400 days late, AR04: 29 days late,
Main office

30 Seaton Road
Felixstowe
IP11 9BP

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IRRESPECTIVE OF RACE OR RELIGION WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE PROVISION OF THE BASICS OF LIFE, BEING THOSE OF SHELTER, FOOD, EDUCATION, RECREATION AND CHRISTIAN SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND BY ANY OTHER SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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