Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 7

Spending declining: -1
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 3

ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES

Workplace Matters provides chaplaincy services to a range of public, private and voluntary sector organisations as well as those in the communities in which we work. It seeks to improve peoples wellbeing and life chances, whether in the workplace or in the lives of those we work with through the airport and on the canals and waterways.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Spending is declining

Established: 15 years

www.workplacematters.org.uk

admin@workplacematters.org.uk

01727818144

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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	£167	£126	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	105
31/03/22?	£197	£174	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	110
31/12/20	£182	£146	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	118
31/12/19	£231	£210	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	108
31/12/18	£187	£159	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	98
31/12/17	£157	£140	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£246	£218	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£202	£203	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£198	£201	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£233	£246	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£166	£172	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	£203	£203	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	£223	£164	£60	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
General Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
105 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Tudor Trust - Grant to Workplace Matters (COVID19 Grant)
£1,500	20/04/2020 2	as emergency funding to help waterways chaplains support vulnerable people living on rivers and canals during the Coronavirus crisis
Tudor Trust - Grant to Workplace Matters
£2,000	11/01/2021	as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Tudor Trust - Grant to Workplace Matters
£70,000	02/07/2020 36	over three years as continuation funding towards Waterways Chaplaincy salaries, to support vulnerable people living aboard boats on waterways in the UK
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000	18/10/2018	Waterways Chaplaincy
John Ellerman Foundation - Towards salary of a Senior Chaplain for the Waterways Chaplains programme
£60,000	28/09/2017 36	Towards the salary of the Senior Waterways Chaplain to continue their work supporting the growing number of marginalised and vulnerable people found on Britain's waterways and in surrounding areas
Tudor Trust - Grant to Workplace Matters
£55,000	04/11/2016 36	over three years towards the salary of a second senior waterways chaplain supporting people living on rivers and canals in England and Wales

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 62-79

DES SCOTT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant

MICHAEL JOHN HART Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired Administrator, Other trusteeships: THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S ANGLICAN COMMUNION FUND, THE FRIENDS OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S ANGLICAN COMMUNION FUND, ANGLICAN ALLIANCE,

REV DAVID JOHN MIDDLEBROOK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Clerk In Holy Orders, Other trusteeships: THE ST ALBANS DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE, CHEW'S FOUNDATION AT DUNSTABLE, ST ALBANS WOODLAND BURIAL TRUST, THE CHELLINGTON CENTRE, STEVENAGE PIONEER YOUTH TRUST,

TONY CHARLES (Chair), Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: THE VENTURERS NORFOLK BROADS CRUISE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/10/2009, number: 1132125
Registered at Companies House on 03/07/2009, number: 06951383

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
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

13 returns made; all on time

Main office

ST. ALBANS DIOCESAN OFFICE
41 HOLYWELL HILL
ST. ALBANS
AL1 1HE

Objectives

The Charity's objects are: Through the Chaplaincy at London Luton Airport:4.1 To advance the Christian religion for the public benefit in particular, but not exclusively:4.1. 1 By facilitating appropriate worship and pastoral care for those of all faiths and none and lending emotional, spiritual and practical support to those in need.4.1.2 By promoting and raising awareness and understanding of ethical and spiritual issues affecting working practices and the workplace in partnership with those of other cultures and faiths.4.2 To relieve financial hardship either generally or individually of people from anywhere in the world by making grants of money for providing such persons with urgent goods or services or facilities which they could not otherwise afford through lack of means.4.3 To promote any other charitable purposes that the trustees from time to time determine.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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