Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 5

Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 11

T.H.O.M.A.S (THOSE ON THE MARGINS OF A SOCIETY)

The charity activities include drug and alcohol rehabilitation, residential support / dispersed housing support in the community and a drop-in-centre for homeless people. Equally, it provides social enterprise, supporting people back into employment. It also educates the public about addiction and social exclusion.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Established: 18 years

http://www.thomasonline.org.uk

james.mccartney@thomasonline.org.uk

0125459240

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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	£1,511	£1,398	£113	£1	£1,468	£1,268	10.9	32	28
31/03/22	£1,412	£1,448	£-36	£0	£1,356	£1,141	9.5	38	23
31/03/21	£1,680	£1,354	£326	£0	£1,392	£1,029	9.1	34	13
31/03/20	£1,499	£1,393	£106	£1	£1,066	£722	6.2	34	40
31/03/19	£1,464	£1,342	£122	£1	£960	£676	6	32	40
31/03/18	£1,260	£1,192	£68	£0	£838	£550	5.5	34	0
31/03/17	£1,494	£1,268	£226	£0	£770	£472	4.5	35	0
31/03/16	£1,607	£1,567	£40	£8	£541	£409	3.1	44	0
31/03/15	£1,641	£1,564	£77	£54	£502	£369	2.8	40	0
31/03/14	£1,293	£1,256	£37	£56	£424	£304	2.9	33	0
31/03/13	£1,272	£1,210	£61	£49	£387	£236	2.3	28	0
31/03/12	£1,028	£983	£46	£89	£325	£160	2	23	0
31/03/11	£782	£833	£-51	£38	£281	£138	2	21	0
31/03/10	£785	£763	£22	£37	£332	£188	3	20	0
31/03/09	£799	£667	£131	£54	£317	£187	3.4	16	0
31/03/08	£640	£611	£28	£57	£185	£103	2	14	0
31/03/07	£368	£393	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 25%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 10.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 8

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Blackburn With Darwen, Bolton, Lancashire, Salford City, Trafford,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

32 employees
28 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£55,000	08/07/2020	"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 "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."
Crisis UK - Grant to THOMAS
£5,000	09/04/2020	Food, cleaning products, food containers, welfare packages for clients and a contribution to staffing and volunteer costs
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Thomas Organisation
£8,000	04/12/2018	Towards new windows at a centre providing a drop-in service for homeless people.
National Lottery Community Fund - THOMAS Works! Continuing to create opportunities
£392,109	12/07/2017 35	This project works to improve the life-chances of people affected by complex drug and alcohol addiction. It will deliver meaningful activities so that people can gain practical work experience, ....more This project works to improve the life-chances of people affected by complex drug and alcohol addiction. It will deliver meaningful activities so that people can gain practical work experience, qualifications and skills, which have been identified as being key to their sustainable recovery and reintegration into society. It will support them to take the lead in delivery to build their social networks, self-confidence, independence and life-skills in a supportive, non-judgemental environment.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to THOMAS (Those on the Margins of a Society)
£6,500	23/11/2016	Furniture for a charity working in Lancashire
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to THOMAS
£60,000	10/03/2016 36	towards three years' salary of the Business Development Manager at a project delivering social enterprises for people struggling with addiction, offending, homelessness and other issues in the ....more towards three years' salary of the Business Development Manager at a project delivering social enterprises for people struggling with addiction, offending, homelessness and other issues in the north-west of England
National Lottery Community Fund - A4A - Creating Strong Roots
£10,000	17/06/2015 12	The organisation will use the funding to develop a horticultural and social enterprise training programme aimed at male residents who are recovering from alcohol and drug addictions, or making the ....more The organisation will use the funding to develop a horticultural and social enterprise training programme aimed at male residents who are recovering from alcohol and drug addictions, or making the transition between long-term hospital care or the prison system. This will provide service users with therapeutic and educational activities to help them to improve their outdoor communal spaces and improve their chance of living independently and integrating back into their communities.
National Lottery Community Fund - THOMAS Works! - creating employment and training opportunities
£357,000	23/10/2013 36	Through training and employment, the aim of the project is to enable unemployed adults who have overcome substance misuse and prolific, persistent offending but who remain excluded from the labour ....more Through training and employment, the aim of the project is to enable unemployed adults who have overcome substance misuse and prolific, persistent offending but who remain excluded from the labour market, to gain practical work experience, qualifications and skills. Through a social enterprise, the project will create jobs for these adults where they will undertake decorating, maintenance and gardening for disadvantaged communities.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-79

CHRISTOPHER PORTER Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Solictor

DEBRA JAMESON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Solicitor

DR JACOB SKARIA Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Medical Doctor

JOHN MALOWANA-MURPHY Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Telecommunications Engineer

LEO FLOOD Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Company Director

MARGARET FULLALOVE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

NEIL MALLEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Software Engineer

THOMAS KENNEDY Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Vice-Chair, Other trusteeship: THE EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPICE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/06/2006, number: 1114489
Registered at Companies House on 28/09/2005, number: 05577388

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

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
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

T H O M A S
St. Annes RC Presbytery
France Street
BLACKBURN
BB2 1LX

Objectives

A TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION AMONGST PERSONS SUFFERING AS A RESULT OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE AND HOUSING NEED, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE AND ADVICE OF ALL KINDS INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT AND ACCOMMODATION TO THE HOMELESS AND EDUCATIONAL, LEGAL AND MEDICAL ADVICE, COUNSELLING AND ASSISTANCE.B TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE EFFECTS OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE AND HOUSING NEED.C TO PURSUE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE WHICH THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY THINK FIT TO PURSUE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANY OF THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES MENTIONED ABOVE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

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