Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 7

Support Score: 8

Fundraising costs high: -3

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 12

THE HASTINGS COMMUNITY TRUST

The Objects of the Charity are to: advance the Christian faith; relieve persons who are in condition of need, hardship or distress; educate and assist young people through their leisure time activities so as to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacity; advance education in family life, in marriage and family relationships; and advance Christian religious education and training.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity

Financial issues to consider:

Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/23		£1,528	£1,431	£98	£370	£1,848	£1,112	9.3	39	200
31/08/22		£1,135	£1,259	£-125	£331	£1,750	£1,146	10.9	42	250
31/08/21	*	£1,036	£1,058	£-22	£349	£1,875	£1,145	13	38	305
31/08/20		£1,518	£1,090	£429	£228	£1,897	£1,075	11.8	24	180
31/08/19		£1,020	£1,053	£-33	£282	£1,468	£1,036	11.8	23	220
31/08/18	*	£1,152	£1,079	£73	£308	£1,501	£1,052	11.7	26	0
31/08/17	*	£1,040	£997	£43	£351	£1,428	£184	2.2	17	0
31/08/16		£916	£874	£42	£311	£1,366	£1,293	17.7	22	0
31/08/15		£855	£833	£22	£288	£1,343	£169	2.4	12	0
31/08/14?		£1,168	£1,092	£76	£328	£1,321	£1,282	14.1	12	0
31/03/13		£742	£581	£161	£99	£1,245	£1,148	23.7	10	0
31/03/12		£719	£511	£207	£63	£1,085	£901	21.1	7	0
31/03/11		£600	£570	£30	£65	£877	£841	17.7	8	0
31/03/10		£581	£545	£36	£76	£847	£769	16.9	10	0
31/03/09		£630	£646	£-15	£83	£811	£789	14.7	13	0
31/03/08		£628	£644	£-16	£99	£826	£826	15.4	12	0
31/03/07	*	£645	£514	£130	£129	£842	£842	19.6	11	0
31/03/06	*	£595	£591	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05	*	£514	£573	£-59	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	*	£479	£505	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 34.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 25.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 26%
Liabilities/Income: 42%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 60%
Reserves/Spending: 9.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 8.4

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 24 years

www.kings1066.org

hello@kings1066.org

01424755990

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Trussell Trust	£299,018
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	£80,000
Sussex Community Foundation	£15,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hastings Foodbank
£20,000	23/11/2022	Emergency grant
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hastings Foodbank
£10,000	11/11/2022	Funding was provided for food purchase and staff costs.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hastings Foodbank
£144,018	18/10/2022	1 FTE CA adviser
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hastings Foodbank
£5,000	12/10/2022	Emergency grant
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Covid-19 Food Charity Grant Scheme
£80,000	21/05/2020	The aim of this activity is to provide immediate support for a limited period of time to keep food charities and front-line charities that provide food aid open and supporting those most vulnerable due to the economic impacts of Covid-19.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hastings Foodbank
£5,000	06/05/2020	CV emergency costs: food purchase
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Hastings Community Trust (King's Church)
£5,000	06/04/2020	Hastings Community Trust run Hastings Foodbank, Baby Basics and several other projects that support the most vulnerable at all times. Funding is for volunteer expenses, including transport costs for delivery service or food and baby products and ....more Hastings Community Trust run Hastings Foodbank, Baby Basics and several other projects that support the most vulnerable at all times. Funding is for volunteer expenses, including transport costs for delivery service or food and baby products and admin support including equipment to allow people to work remotely.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hastings Foodbank
£5,000	01/04/2020	CV emergency costs: salary costs
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hastings Foodbank
£60,000	10/12/2019 24	Renovation of Foodbank centre
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hastings Foodbank
£60,000	10/12/2019	Renovation of Foodbank centre
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hastings Foodbank
£5,000	31/10/2018 12	Lease of van for food bank
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Hastings Foodbank
£5,000	31/10/2018	Van lease

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-71

ELIZABETH MARGARET NEVEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Fellow Of Chartered Institute Of Legal Executives

MARTIN HUGH CLARKE (Chair) Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Chairman Of Trustees And Director

NATALIE ANNE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Communications Manager And Social Action Manager

OLIVER RAYMOND DYER Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor

PAUL RACKSTRAW Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/06/2000, number: 1081252
Registered at Companies House on 11/05/2000, number: 03990390

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Fundraising Regulator

First registered: , current status: Large charity (levy unpaid)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR21: 74 days late, AR18: 93 days late, AR17: 30 days late, AR07: 2 days late, AR06: 7 days late, AR05: 2 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

THE HASTINGS CENTRE
THE RIDGE
HASTINGS
TN34 2SA

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY SUCH MEANS AS THE CHARITY SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME; 2. TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF LOCAL NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY OR DISASTER OR BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL MEDICAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES 3. TO EDUCATE AND ASSIST YOUNG PERSONS THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITY THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED 4. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN FAMILY LIFE IN MARRIAGE AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE ORGANISATION OF COURSES FOR THE TEACHING OF THE SKILLS OF PARENTHOOD 5. TO ADVANCE CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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