Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

KAIROS COMMUNITY TRUST 

The trust has kept to its principle aim of working with homeless and disadvantaged persons especially those with alcohol and drug related problems. It offers a residential programme of support at three levels - post-detox accommodation/support, rehabilitation and move-on houses. It emphasises a communal style of living in all its houses. The trust offers three stages of care to its client group.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £165,877 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets

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£3,049£2,324£725£9£11,639£-166-0.94423
31/03/22£2,549£2,184£365£7£10,914£1,10064315
31/03/21£2,903£2,103£800£7£10,549£8504.94217
31/03/20£2,931£2,391£540£21£9,749£6343.24020
31/03/19£2,911£2,322£590£21£9,209£5042.63824
31/03/18£2,945£2,320£625£19£8,619£5913.1390
31/03/17£2,891£2,078£812£24£7,994£4142.4370
31/03/16£2,649£2,048£601£23£7,182£3151.8360
31/03/15£2,565£2,090£474£49£6,581£2391.4320
31/03/14£2,601£2,107£494£45£6,106£3892.2320
31/03/13£2,417£1,968£449£33£5,612£2961.8320
31/03/12£2,412£2,209£203£47£5,163£4012.2310
31/03/11*£2,362£2,113£249£43£4,960£1,0315.9310
31/03/10*£2,498£1,926£572£39£4,711£7454.6360
31/03/09£2,100£1,800£300£37£4,139£3052340
31/03/08£1,905£1,401£504£37£3,820£7346.3300

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: -1%
Reserves/Spending: -0.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
Established: 17 years

www.kairoscommunity.org.uk

kairosoffice@kairoscommunity.org.uk

02086777292

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Mental health and addiction
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brent, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Wandsworth,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 44 employees
  • 23 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£230,220
DCMS£50,156
Maudsley Charity£24,960
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Kairos Prisoner Response
£230,220 08/06/2023
The funding will be used to provide safe abstinent housing and targeted support services to ex-prisoners leaving prison with no or unsuitable accommodation in place and who are committed to recovery ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£50,156 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
Maudsley Charity - Inreach workers: Supporting the transition to independent living for those in recovery from substance misuse
£24,960 19/07/2019
24
Kairos Community Trust provides hostel accommodation and treatment services primarily in Southwark, and supported housing for people with drug and alcohol problems and severe lifestyle challenges, in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Kairos Community Recovery Hub.
£116,658 21/03/2018
36
This project will support people who are in need of intensive support to remain free from addiction, with a view to living independently. The recovery hubs will support residents to plan and identify ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-78
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/01/2007, number: 1117763
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/10/2006, number: 05981181
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR11: 1 days late, AR10: 2 days late,
Main office

235 VALLEY ROAD
LONDON
SW16 2AF

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ( THE ''OBJECTS'') ARE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, IN PARTICULAR OF SUBSTANCE MISUSERS BY REHABILITATION, THE PROVISION OF HOUSING AND THE PROMOTION OF SMALL COMMUNITIES OF MUTUAL CARE AND SUPPORT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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