Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 6

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 8

SOUTHAMPTON ADVICE & REPRESENTATION CENTRE

The provision of advice and representation in the fields of Welfare Benefits & Employment Law for residents of the Southampton and Eastleigh areas.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 18 years

www.sarc.org.uk

admin@sarc.org.uk

02380431435

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£258	£265	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22	£252	£251	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/21	£280	£252	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/20	£257	£237	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/19	£273	£235	£38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/18	£262	£241	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£248	£268	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£261	£276	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£244	£247	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£239	£228	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£208	£220	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£249	£230	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£280	£269	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£318	£313	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£311	£323	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£303	£285	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£304	£298	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Southampton City,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

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

Henry Smith Charity	£164,900
Access to Justice Foundation	£40,061
Alex Ferry Foundation	£40,000
DCMS	£2,900

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£10,000	28/12/2022	community grant
Access to Justice Foundation - Community Justice Fund Wave Three
£12,196	22/11/2022	Wave three of the Community Justice Fund aims to support organisations delivering social welfare advice services to people most impacted by the cost-of-living crisis.
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£10,000	06/12/2021	community grant
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£10,000	06/12/2021	community grant
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£10,000	15/12/2020	community grant
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to SARC
£164,900	16/09/2020 36	towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing advice, support, and tribunal representation in the fields of welfare benefits and employment law to vulnerable and disadvantaged ....more towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing advice, support, and tribunal representation in the fields of welfare benefits and employment law to vulnerable and disadvantaged people in Southampton.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£2,900	08/09/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£27,865	16/07/2020	A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Southampton Advice and Representation Centre Ltd
£119,600	07/09/2017 36	towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of the Welfare Benefits Adviser at a project providing specialist advice and representation to disadvantaged communities in Hampshire
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Southampton Advice and Representation Centre Ltd
£70,500	17/09/2015 24	towards two years' salary of a Welfare Benefits Advisor at a project providing a specialist advice and representation service in and around Southampton

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-76

CATHERINE MCEWING Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Bank Official

DAVID GREGORY WRIGHTON Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Industrial Chaplain, Other trusteeships: SPRINGBOARD EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING GROUP, SOUTHAMPTON VOLUNTARY SERVICES, CHANDLER'S FORD METHODIST CHURCH, CHANDLER'S FORD CHAPLAINCY,

DAVID IAN GOODALL Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Senior Project Leader

DERRICK CHARLES MURRAY Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Accountant

DR JOE ROBERT ATKINSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Academic

JOHN BREAR (Chair) Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Human Resoures Manager

MUHAMMAD SAFI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Carer

ROBERT JOHN STOKES Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE NEW MEDWAY STEAM PACKET COMPANY LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/02/2006, number: 1112999
Registered at Companies House on 04/10/2005, number: 05582643

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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

17 returns made; all on time

Main office

11 PORCHESTER ROAD
SOUTHAMPTON
HAMPSHIRE
SO19 2JB

Objectives

(A) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING IN SOUTHAMPTON & EASTLEIGH, OR SUCH OTHER AREAS IN HAMPSHIRE AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DEFINE. THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION IN THE FIELDS OF WELFARE BENEFITS FOR ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CLAIMANTS OR EMPLOYMENT LAW RIGHTS FOR EMPLOYEES. THIS ADVICE OR REPRESENTATION WILL BE OF A STANDARD THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE ACCESS DUE TO FINANCIAL OR SOCIAL CONSTRAINTS. ALL SUPPORT MAY BE WITHDRAWN IF A BENEFICIARY REFUSES TO ABIDE BY SARC'S PROCEDURES INCLUDING SARC'S EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROCEDURE.(B) EDUCATION IN RELATION TO RIGHTS & ENTITLEMENTS IN THE FIELDS OF WELFARE BENEFITS AND EMPLOYMENT LAW.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN SOUTHAMPTON & EASTLEIGH OR SUCH OTHER AREAS IN HAMPSHIRE.

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