Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

EMMAUS SUFFOLK LIMITED 

DEVELOPMENT OF EMMAUS COMMUNITIES IN THE SUFFOLK AREA.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • 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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/09/22£526£553£-27£171£233£1813.91878
30/09/21£338£335£4n/an/an/an/an/a82
30/09/20£442£255£187n/an/an/an/an/a201
30/09/19£269£229£40n/an/an/an/an/a80
30/09/18£198£224£-26£0£0£0n/a080
30/09/17£152£131£20£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£85£73£12£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£33£20£13£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£14£9£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£2£1£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12*£3£1£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£2£0£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10?*£9£0£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 32.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 30.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 18%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 77%
Reserves/Spending: 3.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 4
Asset Split ?
Established: 15 years

www.emmaussuffolk.org.uk

hello@emmaussuffolk.org.uk

01473225627

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 18 employees
  • 78 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£259,450
Suffolk Community Foundation£87,280
DCMS£49,131
Masonic Trust£31,000
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£26,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 29/07/2022
Wellbeing Hubs
Suffolk Community Foundation - Felixstowe Hub
£2,000 18/06/2021
Supporting the Felixstowe Hub.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Royal Oak Community Cafe
£2,500 13/05/2021
12
Towards food costs and the training of volunteer staff to operate the Royal Oak Community Cafe.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Royal Oak Community Cafe
£2,500 15/04/2021
12
Towards food costs and the training of volunteer staff to operate the Royal Oak Community Cafe.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 21/01/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Suffolk Community Foundation - The online Hub
£7,000 11/01/2021
3
Towards the Online Belonging Hub.
National Lottery Community Fund - Emmaus Suffolk 'People in the Lead'
£249,500 15/12/2020
36
Emmaus Suffolk (ES) will use the funding to employ a mental health support worker supporting those taking part in the programme and increase beneficiary reach with a new hub.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£17,196 03/12/2020
The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Freemasons COVID-19 Community Fund
£30,000 03/12/2020
Grant to support a Micro Housing project over one year, leasing a house from a local housing association that can accommodate 3 homeless people. The beneficiaries will be supported to gain the skills ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£31,935 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
Suffolk Community Foundation - Project Turn Around
£19,630 26/05/2020
11
Towards Project Turn Around - Supporting those who have offended, in Ipswich and Felixstowe, or are on day release from prison.
CAF - Grant to Emmaus Suffolk
£2,000 13/05/2020
Grant to Emmaus Suffolk to support the organisation through COVID19
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£26,000 07/05/2020
Organisations supporting homelessness
Suffolk Community Foundation - Covid-19 Boredom pack delivery service
£5,000 24/04/2020
2
To support a Covid-19 Boredom pack delivery service for those in emergency housing. Covid19
Suffolk Community Foundation - Covid-19 Boredom pack delivery service
£5,000 09/04/2020
2
To support a Covid-19 Boredom pack delivery service for those in emergency housing. Covid19
National Lottery Community Fund - Belong Felixstowe
£9,950 05/02/2020
6
The funding will be used to run a community audit that will help identify some of the root causes of unemployment, poor mental health, depression and social isolation in the coastal town of ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Felixstowe Belonging Hub (FBH)
£23,650 31/10/2019
17
To support Felixstowe Belonging Hub.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Workshop @ Sailmakers
£20,000 02/08/2019
12
Towards an up-cycling workshop at Sailmakers (Ipswich) for those who are homeless.
National Lottery Community Fund - Emmaus in the Community
£9,850 23/11/2018
12
The organisation will use the funding to improve the service and create a strengths review with the help of the beneficiaries in order to better support homeless people.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Vantastic mobile emporium
£3,350 19/10/2018
11
Towards the cost of operating Vantastic Mobile Emporium.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 49-67
  • ALOK RUIA Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Businessman
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/02/2009, number: 1128051
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/09/2008, number: 06686196
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR12: 1 days late, AR10: 58 days late,
Main office

The Dales
216 Dales Road
IPSWICH
IP1 4JY

Objectives

THE ALLEVIATION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE EMMAUS MOVEMENT AS PUBLISHED FROM TIME TO TIME BY EMMAUS UK, TO THOSE IN NEED WITHOUT DISTINCTION BY:1 THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, OR ASSISTANCE IN SUCH PROVISION, FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE IPSWICH AREA AND SUCH OTHER PLACES AS MAY SEEM APPROPRIATE FROM TIME TO TIME ('THE BENEFICIARIES')2 THE REHABILITATION OF THE BENEFICIARIES AS APPROPRIATE AND THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, EMPLOYMENT TRAINING) AND WORK OPPORTUNITIES AND SATISFACTION FOR THE BENEFICIARIES WITH THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS TO ENABLE THEM TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT IN THE FUTURE AND THEREBY DEVELOP A SENSE OF SELF WORTH AND DIGNITY THROUGH HAVING A SELF-SUPPORTING LIFE3 THE SUPPORT OF THE WORK OF OTHER EMMAUS COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS OR OTHER AGENCIES IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS WHETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY THE EXCHANGE OF RESOURCES, INFORMATION AND EXPERTISE WITH OTHER EMMAUS PROJECTS WORLDWIDE4 THE FULFILLING OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME E RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS BEING CHARITABLE AND WHICH THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD

Data Sources

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