Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 9

Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 10

WEST KENT DEBT ADVICE

West Kent Debt Advice (WKDA) is an independent charity providing advice and practical assistance to all who find themselves in debt or financial difficulty in West Kent. Our service is completely free and impartial and our work is supported and funded by local churches acting together.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/12/22	£102	£112	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/12/21	£103	£110	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/12/20	£133	£112	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/12/19	£87	£97	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/12/18	£73	£85	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	70
31/12/17	£100	£74	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£57	£61	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£74	£61	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£68	£56	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£71	£59	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£76	£54	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	£44	£49	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	£36	£36	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09	£79	£46	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years

www.wkda.org.uk

info@crosslightadvice.org

01732 300 425

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social & legal advocacy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex, Kent,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
50 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

Henry Smith Charity	£20,000
DCMS	£7,500
The Grocers' Charity	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to West Kent Debt Advice
£20,000	05/12/2023	towards two years‘ running costs of an organisation providing debt and benefit advice for disadvantaged communities in West Kent.
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant - West Kent Debt Advice
£5,000	07/12/2022	to support the costs of fully trained debt advisers and 40 volunteers based in Tonbridge but supporting clients across the West Kent region.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£7,500	25/09/2020	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.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to West Kent Debt Advice
£20,000	28/09/2012	the salary of the Case Worker

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-71

BENJAMIN SPRING Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Treasurer

HELEN JANE ADAM Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Family Mediator

MICHAEL JOHN O'DRISCOLL Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Director

PAUL CROUCH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Finance Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/09/2008, number: 1125756
Registered at Companies House on 11/08/2008, number: 06669672

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Financial Conduct Authority

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; all on time

Main office

TONBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH
DERWENT ROAD
TONBRIDGE
TN10 3HZ

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE (A) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIPAMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE BY THEPROVISION OF FREE ADVICE, COUNSELLING, AND SUPPORT; (B) TO ADVANCE THEEDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THEIRPERSONAL FINANCES; (C) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEPUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENTS OF BELIEF APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, EAST SUSSEX, KENT.

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