Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 10
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

KING'S ARMS PROJECT (BEDFORD) 

Friday Night Meeting - drop in for homeless & rough sleepersThe Nightshelter - overnight accommodation for homeless & rough sleepersMeaningful Activities Coordinator - access training & employmentRough Sleepers Outreach Service - helping rough sleepers access services & supportMove-On HousingRefugee Support
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 13 years

www.kingsarmsproject.org

info@kingsarmsproject.org

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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£1,763£1,636£128£63£448£27723315
31/12/21£1,827£1,750£77£53£320£1701.2425
31/12/20£1,542£1,535£8£54£243£1381.14778
31/12/19£1,348£1,411£-62£56£235£1100.94166
31/12/18£1,387£1,379£8£54£298£11414165
31/12/17£1,369£1,350£19£61£290£1511.3440
31/12/16£1,085£1,049£36£59£271£1571.8370
31/12/15£845£839£7£35£235£1702.4270
31/12/14£774£771£3£29£228£1562.4260
31/12/13£749£738£11£19£225£1362.2230
31/12/12£741£716£25£18£214£861.4260
31/12/11£596£585£11£19£189£280.6300

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 28%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 62%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bedford,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 33 employees
  • 15 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
Home Office£384,704
The Clothworkers Foundation£40,000
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£30,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust£29,820
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation£18,340
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to King's Arms Project
£40,000 18/10/2023
Refurbishment of new premises for a charity which works with homeless, isolated and displaced people in Bedford
Home Office - Resettlement Programme - Post Arrival Support
£384,704 19/04/2021
The UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS) started in March 2021 and reaffirms the UKs ongoing commitment to refugee resettlement. Resettlement relies on collaborative working with local authorities to ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - King's Arms Project
£29,820 14/10/2020
6
to continue to provide support for refugee families, advice for vulnerable migrants, assist with accommodation for refused asylum seekers and English classes.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - The Pathways Programme
£8,000 23/09/2020
5
Grant to King's Arms Project
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£8,000 23/09/2020
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
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£30,000 07/05/2020
Organisations supporting homelessness
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Stream 1 - Delivery or Support Costs
£5,340 23/04/2020
3
Grant to King's Arms Project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£25,000 20/03/2020
Bedford's only Nightshelter
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to King's Arms Project
£5,000 13/11/2019
11
From Outreach to Opportunity for vulnerable homeless women in Bedford
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Move-On Housing and Pathways to Employment
£28,802 01/03/2019
12
With almost 30 years of experience in working with the homeless, we are in an exceptional position to move clients away from life controlling addictions and into lives of safety and opportunity where ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 05/12/2018
Core Costs at the Nightshelter
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to King's Arms Project
£5,000 23/05/2018
11
Providing outreach, accommodation and opportunity to vulnerable disadvantaged/homeless women
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - English Language Learning for Syrian Refugees
£3,000 11/07/2017
11
Grant to King's Arms Project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 20/06/2017
Core Costs
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Supporting Vulnerable Women through Outreach, Accommodation and Opportunity.
£5,000 13/06/2017
11
Grant to King's Arms Project
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to King's Arms Project
£25,714 17/02/2016
24
The charity supports homeless and rough sleepers. The grant will provide a new initiative of move-on housing, in order to meet the increasing need for homeless accommodation and support across the ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to King's Arms Project
£55,200 11/09/2014
36
towards three year's running costs of a night shelter for homeless people in Bedfordshire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to King's Arms Project
£20,000 31/05/2013
The charity provides support to the homeless in Bedford. The grant will support the costs of training courses. Participants will be better able to maintain tenancies, improve skills, be able to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-63
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/01/2011, number: 1139956
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/11/2010, number: 07433621
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

Bedford Guild House
56 HARPUR STREET
BEDFORD
BEDFORDSHIRE
MK40 2QT

Objectives

4. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE: (A) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG THE HOMELESS OR THOSE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN INDEPENDENT LIVING MEANINGFUL OCCUPATION ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE AND TO BECOME CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN BEDFORD AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY. (B) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN BEDFORD AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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