Finance Score: 8

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Liabilities <10%: +3
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 20

JAMES' PLACE CHARITY

James' Place works to save the lives of men in suicidal crisis. The charity offers free, life-saving treatment to suicidal men.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
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 low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end but this has been generated by an income surplus in the latest year and spending has been increasing rapidly

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		£2,820	£1,408	£1,412	£157	£3,883	£2,382	20.3	24	40
31/03/22		£1,180	£980	£200	£99	£2,516	£2,055	25.2	19	10
31/03/21		£1,298	£751	£547	£82	£2,309	£2,309	36.9	13	0
31/03/20		£621	£575	£47	£21	£1,753	£1,753	36.6	10	100
31/03/19		£610	£423	£187	£30	£1,707	£1,707	48.4	5	0
31/03/18		£279	£206	£73	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£790	£210	£580	£109	£1,447	£1,447	82.7	1	0
31/03/16	*	£179	£42	£137	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£212	£73	£139	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£108	£72	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£22	£61	£-39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£49	£43	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£84	£72	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£48	£72	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£931	£325	£606	£284	£606	£606	22.3	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 11.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 18%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 61%
Reserves/Spending: 20.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 17 months
Quick Ratio: 6.8

Asset Split ?

Established: 16 years

https://www.jamesplace.org.uk/

finance@jamesplace.org.uk

020 3488 8404

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

24 employees
40 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

The October Club	£690,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£60,000
Prudence Trust	£10,000
DCMS	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to James' Place Liverpool
£1,359	22/10/2022	We would like to run a Peer Support Group. This would be a safe space for the men we support to discuss their experiences and work with with our therapists after sessions.
Prudence Trust - Scoping for targeted marketing project
£10,000	26/05/2022	This grant supports 6 months of scoping work on a proposed campaign for suicide prevention among target groups of young men and associated growth of programmes to meet the demand this would create.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000	20/05/2022	James' Place London
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000	30/04/2021	James' Place London
LUND TRUST - Towards core costs
£500	12/04/2021	Towards core costs
The October Club -
£690,000	31/10/2020
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000	22/05/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-70

MARCHIONESS OF MILFORD HAVEN Appointed: 2007

PETER ANTHONY FLYNN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director, Pwc

RICHARD ANDREW SWALLOW Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

RORY CIARAN O'CONNOR Appointed: 2022

STEVE ANDREW ASPINALL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

HARRY WENTWORTH-STANLEY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor

NICHOLAS PHILIP WENTWORTH-STANLEY Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Company Director

PROFESSOR TAMAR JUDITH THOMPSON OBE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Health Professional

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/12/2007, number: 1121891
Registered at Companies House on 09/11/2007, number: 06423497

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
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

15 returns made; AR16: 2 days late, AR15: 35 days late, AR13: 103 days late, AR12: 41 days late, AR11: 9 days late, AR10: 15 days late, AR09: 5 days late,

Main office

20 Bunhill Row
LONDON
EC1Y 8LP

Objectives

3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE SAVING OF LIVES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RELIEVING SICKNESS, DISEASE AND HUMAN SUFFERING AND ENDEAVOURING TO ENSURE THAT THOSE WITH ANY FORM OF DEPRESSION OBTAIN TREATMENT AND SUPPORT, TO HELP PREVENT SUICIDE AMONGST YOUNG PERSONS IN PARTICULAR; AND3.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INTO THE CAUSES OF DEPRESSION, SUICIDE AND RELATED MATTERS WITH A VIEW TO:(A) CREATING GREATER AWARENESS OF THE CAUSES OF SUICIDE AND THE PREVALENCE OF SUICIDE AMONGST YOUNG PERSONS IN PARTICULAR, TO ENSURE THAT WARNING SIGNS OF SUICIDE ARE ACTED UPON;(B) ENCOURAGING RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF SUICIDE AMONGST YOUNG PERSONS IN PARTICULAR, AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; AND(C) HELPING TO LESSEN THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSION TO ENABLE THOSE WITH DEPRESSION TO OBTAIN TREATMENT AND APPROPRIATE SUPPORT; AND3.3) TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO BENEFIT SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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