Overall GiG Score: 17 ?
Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

FALCON SUPPORT SERVICES E.M LTD 

FALCON SUPPORT SERVICES E.M LTD HELPS HOMELESS AND DISADVANTAGED VULNERABLE ADULTS LIVING IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND. THE CHARITY PROVIDES HOUSING SUPPORT SERVICES, COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND RECOVER SERVICES TO HELP PEOPLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMUNITY. WE STRIVE TO RE-CONNECT THE MOST EXCLUDED AND BELIEVE THAT WHERE YOU ARE TODAY DOES NOT DEFINE YOUR TOMORROW.
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
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 20 years
(23 years as a company)

www.falconsupportservices.org.uk

jane.fele@falconsupportservices.org.uk

01509268699

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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£2,805£2,826£-21£37£489£3961.78812
31/03/22£2,403£2,404£-2£11£510£4432.27310
31/03/21£2,342£2,180£162£15£512£4592.56910
31/03/20£1,750£1,663£87£0£350£2471.85410
31/03/19£1,346£1,288£58£0£263£1841.74515
31/03/18£1,259£1,253£6£0£205£1781.7400
31/03/17£1,163£1,143£19£0£199£1882370
31/03/16£1,012£1,035£-22£2£180£1681.9370
31/03/15£905£833£72£18£202£1872.7340
31/03/14£769£740£29£15£120£1161.9290
31/03/13£509£426£84£16£163£762.2150
31/03/12£519£512£7£15£80£70.2190
31/03/11£479£501£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£442£422£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£382£390£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£329£307£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£254£242£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£215£208£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£262£273£-11£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 36%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 81%
Reserves/Spending: 1.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
Who works here?
  • 88 employees
  • 12 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leicestershire,

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£450,688
DCMS£192,295
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£75,000
The Pilgrim Trust£45,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 05/11/2021
Neos House- The young people's project
Cheshire Community Foundation - Supporting the Health and Wellbeing of Homeless and Disadvantaged People in North West Leicestershire
£4,992 18/10/2021
Falcon Support Services EM Ltd supports homeless people to move onto living independently and works to relive hardship for people living in extreme poverty. This project will provide targeted health ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Drop In and Annex Service
£450,688 28/01/2021
36
The funding will be used by the project over a three year period to help develop and deliver a specialist service for sex workers looking for safe spaces where they can access housing support for ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Falcon Support Services
£15,000 06/01/2021
purchase vehicle to a charity supporting homeless people in Leicestershire
Sport England - TGC CF This Girl Can @ The Falcon centre
£8,773 16/12/2020
11
This project will deliver exercise and fitness sessions, along with walking and horse riding for women and girls aged 16+.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£148,426 03/07/2020
"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
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£75,000 07/05/2020
Organisations supporting homelessness
DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
£29,246 29/10/2019
To reduce womens homelessness by increasing Falcon Support Services specialist support services for women, increasing the provision of female only bed spaces in the supported accommodation and ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
£14,623 29/10/2019
To reduce womens homelessness by increasing Falcon Support Services specialist support services for women, increasing the provision of female only bed spaces in the supported accommodation and ....more
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Falcon Support Services e.m ltd
£45,000 19/09/2019
24
Women's Action Project; Specialist Drop In Service for Sex Workers focusing on early action and health
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Support and Engagement Development
£49,933 01/03/2019
24
We provide supported accommodation and community projects to those that are homeless, at risk of homelessness. We want support to expand a new housing model where we are the bridge between landlords ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Service User Action Group
£9,114 03/08/2018
12
A series of workshops and training sessions will be funded for homeless people. The project aims to equip them with life skills, activities and tools for re-entering employment and arranging housing.
Sport England - Getting Active @ The Falcon Centre
£10,000 30/05/2018
22
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Getting Active @ The Falcon Centre. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000 21/05/2018
Community Drop In service
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Falcon Support Service EM Ltd
£75,000 07/12/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing drop in support services for people who are homeless in Leicestershire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Falcon Support Services
£13,069 29/06/2016
12
A hostel and support charity for homeless individuals in Charnwood. They have identified the need to raise their profile and increase donations. The grant will cover costs of the CRM database, video ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-64
  • JANE ANN GRAY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired Nurse & Educator
  • JASON KING Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Housing Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/04/2004, number: 1103101
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/03/2001, number: 04177320
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • 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; AR05: 67 days late,
Main office

The Falcon Centre
29 Pinfold Gate
Loughborough
LE11 1BE

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS EXPERIENCED BY HOMELESS YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 16-25 YEARS WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF CHARNWOOD AND THE COUNTY OF LEICESTERSHIRE BY THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY AND OTHER TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION AND BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ADVICE SERVICES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF NEED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF CHARNWOOD AND THE COUNTY OF LEICESTERSHIRE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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