Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

HORSHAM MATTERS LIMITED

Relief, support and care to individuals suffering from mental, emotional or physical need. Support to those experiencing poverty including fuel, food, housing and financial.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/03/23£677£605£72£262£625£5031019150
31/03/22£585£563£21£261£554£4118.72280
31/03/21£665£554£111£238£533£4189.11780
31/03/20£438£417£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£698£687£11£301£400£3856.725350
31/03/18£767£822£-55£404£389£3675.4300
31/03/17£887£896£-9£428£444£4235.7290
31/03/16£820£827£-8£344£453£4085.9290
31/03/15£754£741£13£274£461£3676180
31/03/14£700£541£159£197£452£3778.4130
31/03/13£325£278£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£294£295£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£319£87£232n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£100£86£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£1£0£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£1£0£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 52.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 43.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 80%
Reserves/Spending: 10 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 4.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 18 years

www.horsham-matters.org.uk

info@horsham-matters.org.uk

0300 124 0204

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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£432,644
Sussex Community Foundation£25,350
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
CAF£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Horsham District Foodbank
£10,000 17/11/2023
Funding was provided towards upscaling their services to meet needs.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Horsham District Foodbank
£51,744 26/09/2023
Continuation of Managing Director, FI Advocacy & Budgeting Assistant, Foodbank Asst, Vol Dev and Debt Advisor and New FI role
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Horsham Matters
£7,000 11/11/2022
Funding was provided towards rent costs.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Horsham District Foodbank
£5,000 11/10/2022
Emergency grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Support Centre
£10,000 24/06/2022
The funding will be used to cover the rent costs in order to continue providing crisis support to people living in poverty including a foodbank service financial advice and counselling. The project aims to enable the group to support the needs of ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Horsham Matters
£3,690 23/10/2021
We would like to provide a weekly home-cooked nutritious meal for individuals and families who are isolated and experiencing hardship.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Horsham District Foodbank
£360,411 05/10/2021
Range of pathfinder staffing
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Horsham District Foodbank
£10,389 23/07/2021
Community Support Manager on-costs
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - Horsham Matters Keyworker for Foodbank - May 2021
£1,000 18/05/2021
Towards funding the provision of budget & financial management advice which will be available to all Foodbank users.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Horsham Matters
£3,350 28/01/2021
Horsham Matters Ltd provide relief, support and care to people suffering from mental, emotional or physical need. They run a network of Foodbanks across the District. Funding was provided for white goods and essential electronic household equipment ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 Foodbank Support
£10,000 22/05/2020
1
This project will use funding to provide a Foodbank delivery with a non-contact doorstep delivery model providing emergency food parcels for those on low incomes and households with complex needs.
CAF - Grant to Horsham Matters Ltd
£5,000 27/04/2020
3
Grant to Horsham Matters Ltd to support the organisation through COVID19
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Horsham District Foodbank
£5,100 07/04/2020
CV emergency costs: salary costs, delivery costs
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Horsham Matters
£5,000 06/04/2020
Horsham Matters run a network of food banks. Covid-19 immediate response, implementing a food bank delivery service. Seeking funds to cover some of our lost income (charity shop closed) and increased costs, including vehicle usage and vehicle costs.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Horsham Matters
£6,078 29/11/2017
We want to buy an IT system for youth workers to access anywhere so they can see emergency contacts and medical info for improved safety.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Horsham Matters
£5,000 14/07/2017
0
Horsham Matters aims to deliver projects that provide practical support to those who are in need in the local area. Funding was provided to replace a door and create a covered outdoor area in their rear yard.
Sport England - Mobile Skate Ramps & Trailer
£10,000 08/07/2015
18
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Mobile Skate Ramps & Trailer'. This project is a Skateboarding project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
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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: 54-74
  • CAROLYN WATSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • GUY SHERLOCK Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant
  • HELEN PITT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • JAMES PESTELL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • LINDA JANE EMERY (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Recruitment
  • NICOLA BARBER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant
  • REV THOMAS MURRAY Appointed: 2012, Occupation: N/A
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/09/2006, number: 1116253
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/04/2006, number: 05796693
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • 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; AR10: 1 days late, AR07: 86 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from STEYNING AREA YOUTH SERVICE on 12/07/2022
Main office

Horsham Matters Ltd
Community Support Centre
1 Redkiln Close
HORSHAM
RH13 5QL

Objectives

• The prevention or relief of poverty, through the provision of goods, services and facilities to those experiencing hardship regardless of their faith• The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship of other disadvantage regardless of their faith• The advancement of the Christian religion by providing resources that enable churches and individual Christians to work together and by any other appropriate means

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, WEST SUSSEX.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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