Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

ACCESS COMMUNITY TRUST 

To reduce social exclusion, vulnerability and homelessness by providing accommodation, education/training and practical support tailored to the individual need.
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 including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 14 years

www.accessct.org

emma.ratzer@accessct.org

01502527200

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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*£6,327£6,513£-186£0£472£4540.819827
31/12/21£5,717£5,691£26£0£591£3980.818432
31/12/20£4,272£4,181£91£0£566£4281.214834
31/12/19£3,802£3,731£71£148£474£3701.29335
31/12/18£3,528£3,614£-87£19£403£3341.19340
31/12/17£3,143£3,311£-168£19£490£3891.4930
31/12/16£2,810£2,771£38£18£658£5622.4760
31/12/15*£2,208£2,114£94£212£620£5853.3570
31/12/14£2,345£2,272£73£185£526£4882.6630
31/12/13£2,448£2,243£205£213£453£4262.3670
31/12/12£2,231£2,186£46£236£248£1911700
30/12/11?£3,427£3,225£202£282£202£1610.6940
30/06/10*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 70%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 0.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 198 employees
  • 27 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Norfolk, Suffolk,

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
Suffolk Community Foundation£242,263
National Lottery Community Fund£238,665
DCMS£30,000
Youth Music£29,487
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Youth Music - Sunrise Studios - Strike A Chord
£29,487 02/03/2023
Sunrise Studios - Strike A Chord
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Access Community Trust
£450 14/02/2023
to provide support to vulnerable individuals to overcome barriers to acquiring & sustaining accommodation and independent living throughout Suffolk
National Lottery Community Fund - Thin Ice
£10,000 10/02/2023
The funding will be used to extend their existing ‘Thin Ice’ project which provides emergency accommodation and specialist support for those that find themselves homeless or vulnerable and/or ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Crossing
£218,665 04/11/2021
The funding will cover staff and rental costs for the group's Thetford based project 'The Crossing'. Based above one of the group's two community cafe's the project offers support with issues such as ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Outdoor Horizons
£4,810 06/05/2021
11
Towards providing outdoor activity projects and camping for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Suffolk Community Foundation - The Pavilion Cafe
£3,469 05/03/2021
2
Supporting the continuation of provision of meals for those in need. C19
National Lottery Community Fund - Suffolk Action Station
£10,000 22/01/2021
12
The funding will be used to deliver weekly outdoor and forest skills for young people. The project aims to build confidence and develop education and employability related skills during the current ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - The Pavilion Cafe
£2,000 22/01/2021
Supporting the continuation of provision of meals for those in need. C19
Suffolk Community Foundation - Meals delivery for the vulnerable and socially isolating
£5,264 15/11/2020
2
To support a partnership of organisations providing emergency food provision for those in need in and around Lowestoft. Covid19.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Access Community Trust
£5,000 03/11/2020
1
To support Pink Orange across Suffolk.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Pink Orange
£7,793 03/11/2020
6
To support Pink Orange food poverty service across Suffolk.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Meals delivery for the vulnerable and socially isolating
£3,958 19/09/2020
2
To support a partnership of organisations providing emergency food provision for those in need in and around Lowestoft. Covid19.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Holiday hunger project
£24,800 20/08/2020
2
Expansion of holiday hunger project.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Access Community Trust
£97,155 09/07/2020
2
To deliver Pinkorange - healthy meals, recipes, food and video links to those primarily in receipt of Free School Meals.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£30,000 08/07/2020
"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 - Wellbeing Friendly Town Initiative
£5,000 06/07/2020
12
Towards a “Friendly Town" initiative involving up to 300 young people in Saxmundham.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Meals delivery for the vulnerable and socially isolating
£4,883 19/06/2020
1
To support a partnership of organisations providing emergency food provision for those in need in and around Lowestoft. Covid19.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Vision and Voice Partnership
£10,000 28/05/2020
11
Delivering Youth Social Action (#iwill) via Vision and Voice Partnership
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Access Community Trust
£4,883 16/04/2020
1
To support a partnership of organisations providing emergency food provision for those in need in and around Lowestoft. Covid19
Suffolk Community Foundation - Access, Kirkley & Pakefield Skills project
£19,250 13/12/2019
20
Towards - Access, a skills project in Kirkley & Pakefield.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Vision and Voice - The Suffolk Way
£20,000 04/12/2019
19
Towards Vision and Voice - The Suffolk Way.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Community Circles for Beccles and Bungay
£4,000 09/10/2019
0
Community Circles for Beccles and Bungay.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Access Employability Partnership
£20,000 02/08/2019
12
Towards the Access Employability Partnership.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Access Community Trust
£9,900 26/02/2019
Memories Carved In Stone
National Lottery Community Fund - POP Place of Pride LGBT Youth Group
£8,965 21/02/2019
12
The organisation will use funding to create a youth group for the LGBT+ community. Activities will be designed by the participants but will include mindfulness, arts and culture, sporting and ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Your Space
£10,000 29/11/2018
12
To develop a Community Hub in Saxmundham.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Social Snacks
£5,000 19/11/2018
12
To support the Social Snacks project.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Rapid Intervention Fund
£3,000 23/10/2018
12
To support a Rapid Intervention Crisis fund - used to provide anything to make the home warm and lift people out of fuel poverty.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Community Hub Saxmundham
£3,999 19/10/2018
12
To redevelop a building and garden into a support and advice hub for local people.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Education and environment project
£4,976 03/10/2018
12
Towards the education and empowerment project.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Crossing
£207,343 08/08/2018
36
The project will run a day centre which will be a sustainable community resource, helping people to overcome essential social problems and re-integrating them into their community. This will create a ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Access Community Trust
£67,400 27/06/2018
24
The project will deliver activity sessions for children and young people affected by poverty and deprivation. The project will increase personal safety, help the young people to build positive ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Marram Green
£7,500 30/05/2018
11
In recognition of the community coffee shop.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Workspace to Workplace
£20,000 22/05/2018
11
Grant to Access Community Trust
Suffolk Community Foundation - "You're Ruining My Social Life"
£9,400 16/01/2018
12
To create "you're ruining my social life" a piece of theatre for presentation in schools which focuses on staying safe online.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Transition Ambassadors Plus+
£4,997 10/10/2017
9
To progress the Transition Ambassadors project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Coppice Court Happy Café & Community Hub
£10,000 04/10/2017
12
This group will use the funding to purchase a range of IT equipment and furniture which will enable them to create a café and social hub within one of their supported houses complex, providing an ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Access Community Trust
£20,000 03/03/2017
To host an employment programme.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Access Community Trust
£97,400 09/06/2016
36
towards three years' salary of the Wellbeing Practitioner at a project providing support services for vulnerable and socially excluded people in Suffolk and Norfolk
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Access Community Trust
£20,000 22/04/2016
Equipment and furniture for a charity in Lowestoft
National Lottery Community Fund - Sam's Coffee House and Enterprise Lounge
£10,000 20/01/2016
12
This organisation will use the funding to renovate, purchase and install fittings and appliances for its social enterprise cafe. This will enable the organisation to reach young people aged 16-25 who ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Bridge View Information and Advice Centre
£534,931 12/08/2015
47
A project to provide a drop-in service in Lowestoft for people experiencing issues including homelessness, social exclusion, substance misuse difficulties, mental illness and low skills. The project ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Access Community Trust
£58,201 12/01/2015
24
Towards staffing costs during the opening of a new building which will support young people towards independent living, education and employment.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to St Johns Housing Trust
£50,000 14/03/2012
towards the renovation of a disused public house into a wellbeing centre in a disadvantaged area of Suffolk
National Lottery Community Fund - Bridge View Information and Advice Centre
£414,247 09/02/2011
48
This project will build on work at the Bridge View Information and Advice Centre. The centre provides support for the whole community but particularly for people who are homeless, have mental health ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-73
  • BRADLEY ADNAMS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: International Development Of Adnams Plc
  • DAVID ELLIS Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Chief Accountant
  • STEVEN WRIGHT (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Police Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/04/2010, number: 1135640
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/01/2010, number: 07140266
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR22: 111 days late, AR15: 28 days late, AR10: 419 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from LOWESTOFT ELDERLY PEOPLE'S WELFARE COMMITTEE on 20/03/2023
Main office

Sams
131-132 Bevan Street East
LOWESTOFT
Suffolk
NR32 2AQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT BY PREVENTINGPEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSEPEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTOSOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

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