Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 13
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +13

SOPHIE HAYES FOUNDATION 

Supporting women survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery to achieve the goal of complete and sustainable freedom. Adhering to best practices in coaching, facilitation and training to renew survivor confidence, purpose, and employability. Providing workshops, coaching, access to vocational work placements, internships, volunteer opportunities, training, and formal education.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 12 years

www.sophiehayesfoundation.org

info@sophiehayesfoundation.org

07871055114

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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£535£513£23£40£119£370.9925
31/12/21£341£484£-143n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/12/20£450£242£209n/an/an/an/an/a36
31/12/19£136£192£-56n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/12/18*£144£107£37£0£0£0n/a062
31/12/17£45£46£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£59£19£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£3£8£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£25£13£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£4£0£4£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 15%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 18%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 31%
Reserves/Spending: 0.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 4.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 9 employees
  • 25 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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£826,981
Henry Smith Charity£190,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Rosa UK£15,692
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Sophie Hayes Foundation
£190,000 05/12/2023
towards three years‘ running costs of an organisation providing support for people who are survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery across England.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Sophie Hayes Foundation
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Rosa UK - SWU-SOPHAY-2022
£15,692 27/10/2022
£15,692 has been awarded to Sophie Hayes Foundation to support the organisation with management training and database IT training for key members of staff.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£50,000 04/02/2022
Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Sustainable Freedom through Employability
£744,727 27/01/2022
The funding will be used to support women survivors of trafficking to achieve independence through employment or education and specifically to expand the group's digital remote programme to reach ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Freedom Quilt Project
£108 28/10/2021
To support women survivors of human trafficking who are in safe houses across the UK.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sophie Hayes Foundation
£50,000 08/09/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Sophie Hayes Foundation
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 21/08/2020
1000 Women, 1000 Days
National Lottery Community Fund - Day 46 Programme COVID-19 Response
£82,254 18/06/2020
5
Sophie Hayes Foundation will use the funding to enable them to adapt their project to meet new and emerging needs of women who have survived trafficking through mentoring support.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 07/03/2019
Pathways to independence for survivors of human trafficking in the UK
National Lottery Community Fund - Day 46 Programme
£130,658 22/03/2017
35
This group will expand a pilot project in more locations in England for victims of human trafficking. When a person who has experienced human trafficking is identified, they are given a 45 day period ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards employability coach for the Day 46 programme
£1,000 04/11/2016
Towards an employability coach for the Day 46 programme to help survivors of trafficking with training, education and employment.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 42-67
  • MAMOONA SHAH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Events And Conferences Lead
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/12/2011, number: 1145176
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/12/2011, number: 07886303
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR18: 67 days late,
Main office

107-111 Fleet Street
London
Greater London
EC4A 2AB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO:1) RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEED OF ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING OR OTHER RELATED FORMS OF HUMAN EXPLOITATION; AND2) PROMOTE AWARENESS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ITS CAUSES, MANIFESTATIONS AND ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES AND TO ASSIST IN THE REDUCTION AND ERADICATION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN ALL ITS ASPECTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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