Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +6
    Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

    WDGB LTD 

    The charity provides bonds in lieu of private housing rent deposits for homeless people in North Somerset. It also has a twice weekly drop-in clinic for homeless or likely to be made homeless people who are referred to us by other local agencies. These clinics are used for signposting, support and practical assistance.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    Established: 12 years

    www.keysteps.org.uk

    office@wdgb.org.uk

    01934617617

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    UN SDGs
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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
    31/03/23£55£52£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/22£47£51£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/21£65£51£14n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/20£58£57£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/19£67£62£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/18£65£53£12£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£57£54£3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£57£54£3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£29£75£-46£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£60£73£-14£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£154£57£97£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Listed activities
    • Accommodation/Housing
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • North Somerset,
    Who it helps
    • The General Public/Mankind

    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
    Henry Smith Charity£62,500
    Quartet Community Foundation£20,800
    The Foyle Foundation£4,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to KeySteps
    £62,500 11/08/2021
    36
    towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing advice and support to homeless people and those at risk of becoming homeless in Weston-Super-Mare and across ....more
    The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
    £4,000 20/09/2019
    towards core costs during the year end March 2020 for the charity which supports homeless people in North Somerset into accommodation
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to KeySteps (formerly WDGB)
    £20,800 15/07/2019
    Second year payment of a three-year award from the Henry Smith Charity towards a service providing advice and support to homeless people and those at risk of becoming homeless in Weston-super-Mare ....more
    Quartet Community Foundation - Safer, Healthier, Happier in Homes
    £3,500 23/11/2018
    11
    Towards the drop-in Homelessness Surgeries (giving information and practical help to homeless/vulnerably-housed people) and ongoing support to secure and maintain a tenancy for the long-term.
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to KeySteps (formerly WDGB)
    £20,200 27/06/2018
    First year payment of a three-year award from the Henry Smith Charity towards a service providing advice and support to homeless people and those at risk of becoming homeless in Weston-super-Mare and ....more
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to KeySteps
    £62,000 13/06/2018
    36
    towards three years' continuation funding of a project providing advice and support to homeless people and those at risk of becoming homeless in Weston super Mare and across North Somerset
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to KeySteps (formerly WDGB)
    £20,000 12/07/2017
    Third year of a 3 year grant towards the running costs of a project providing practical help and services to homeless people and those at risk of homelessness
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to KeySteps (formerly WDGB)
    £19,700 15/07/2016
    Second year of a 3 year grant towards the running costs of a project providing practical help and services to homeless people and those at risk of homelessness
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Key Steps (WDGB Ltd)
    £75,000 17/03/2016
    36
    The charity works with homeless people by helping them move into and keep safe and suitable accommodation. The grant will contribute towards the the salary of the Support Worker and Administrator, ....more
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to KeySteps
    £59,200 11/06/2015
    36
    towards three years' running costs of a project providing practical help and services to homeless people and those at those at risk of homelessness in north Somerset
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Key Steps
    £17,760 28/08/2013
    WDGB supports homeless people in North Somerset. This grant will provide additional hours for the Support Worker to help homeless people to secure and keep private tenancies.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 53-76
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/02/2012, number: 1146111
    • Registered at Companies House on 22/12/2011, number: 07889611
    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
    • Investment
    • 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
    11 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    St Johns Hall
    The Boulevard
    WESTON-SUPER-MARE
    BS23 1NA

    Objectives

    THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY ARE TO RELIEVE POVERTY WITHIN THE AREA OF NORTH SOMERSET ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION,BY SUCH CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.THESE ARE ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE 2006 ACT. FOR AS LONG AS THE CHARITY IS REGISTERED AS A CHARITY IN ENGLAND AND WALES,ITS PURPOSES MAY ONLY BE ALTERED WITH THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE COMMISSION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO SUCH CONSENT.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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