Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

EVOLVE HOUSING + SUPPORT 

Evolve Housing + Support provides housing and support for vulnerable homeless people across the London Boroughs of Bromley, Croydon and Lambeth and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea that enables customers to gain self confidence and realise their full potential.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 21 years

www.evolvehousing.org.uk

enquiries@evolvehousing.org.uk

02071019960

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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£16,340£12,813£3,527£134£14,688£14,49213.619121
31/03/22£13,473£15,585£-2,113£110£11,161£11,0458.521017
31/03/21£13,845£13,617£228£195£13,273£13,14411.62336
31/03/20£13,214£13,398£-185£173£13,045£12,94011.623231
31/03/19£13,500£12,142£1,358£184£13,230£13,1031323178
31/03/18£13,324£12,924£400£220£11,872£11,75910.92050
31/03/17£10,499£9,946£554£103£10,501£10,44312.61840
31/03/16£10,373£9,736£636£56£9,948£9,91512.21770
31/03/15£9,395£8,727£667£256£10,169£10,14113.91650
31/03/14*£8,538£8,086£452£306£12,834£12,796191070
31/03/13£8,259£7,963£296£96£12,183£12,14518.3980
31/03/12£7,119£6,851£268£110£11,887£11,88720.81090
31/03/11£5,651£6,397£-746£77£11,100£11,10020.8850
31/03/10£5,601£5,498£103£97£11,846£11,83025.8880
31/03/09£5,058£5,050£8£71£11,743£11,68727.8920
31/03/08£8,593£4,484£4,108£1,202£11,735£11,64531.2810
31/03/07£4,789£4,720£69£1,265£5,666£3,4608.81160
31/03/06?£3,355£3,399£-44£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05?£785£773£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£284£283£0£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 59%
Liabilities/Income: 128%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 13.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 191 employees
  • 21 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • 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
National Lottery Community Fund£457,507
DCMS£39,000
Walcot Foundation£13,780
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Psychological Wellbeing To Empower London's Homeless
£457,507 22/12/2021
The project is using funding to continue offering a health and wellbeing service to homeless people aged 18 – 65 living in its supported accommodation across Croydon Lambeth Bromley Wandsworth ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£39,000 19/08/2020
"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
Walcot Foundation - COVID19 - Improving Digital Access for Residents
£13,780 15/05/2020
12
Evolve Housing and Support want to remove barriers to advice, mental health support, education and training by providing WiFi to individual rooms in Lambeth supported housing. By installing WiFi ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Evolve Housing + Support
£69,000 21/03/2019
24
£69,000 over a further two years (£35,000; £34,000) towards the organisation's mental health services for homeless clients.
National Lottery Community Fund - Health and Wellbeing Service
£495,734 23/05/2018
36
This is a health and wellbeing service for homeless people living in the organisation's supported accommodation. It will offer confidential drop-in clinics to address mental health needs, substance ....more
LandAid Charitable Trust - Croydon Affordable Housing Project
£75,000 31/03/2018
8
Using modular construction methods we are looking to build new high quality, affordable accommodation in Croydon for single homeless people in employment to move on to after completing our programme ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Evolve Housing + Support
£83,192 02/03/2018
24
Mentoring for young people showing signs of disengagement or at risk of low attainment or school exclusion. Through 1:1 and group support and activities, young people will be better engaged at ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Evolve Housing + Support
£55,000 11/05/2017
£55,000 for a third and final year for a full-time Wellbeing Manager plus running costs to deliver mental health support services for homeless people living at Evolve Housing + Support units.
Walcot Foundation - Money Mapping Programme
£23,315 17/11/2015
12
Money Mapping Programme
National Lottery Community Fund - South London YMCA Work and Learning Programme
£362,050 02/04/2015
36
This is a new project delivered by South London YMCA (SLYMCA) that aims to improve the life chances of hundreds of homeless people staying in SLYMCA's supported accommodation over the life of the ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Evolve Housing + Support
£98,700 28/01/2015
24
£98,700 over two years (£50,300; £48,400) for a Well-being Manager plus running costs to establish a mental health support service for homeless people living at the South London YMCA.
Walcot Foundation - Horizons Mentoring Project
£10,000 09/08/2013
Horizons Mentoring Project
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-67
  • EVONNE HUDSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Assistant Director Of Housing Management
  • PAUL PERKIN (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
  • SIMON MCGRATH Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Human Resources Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/08/2003, number: 1099051
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/06/2003, number: 04796537
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Homes England
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
  • Investment
  • 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
20 returns made; AR14: 0 days late,
Main office

16 - 20 Kingston Road
South Wimbledon
London
SW19 1JZ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE:1. TO PROVIDE, IMPROVE AND MANAGE HOUSES OR HOSTELS PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION AND ASSOCIATED AMENITIES FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.2. TO RELIEVE OR ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE SOUTH LONDON BOROUGHS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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