Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

YOUR PLACE (LONDON) LIMITED 

Your Place (London) Limited provides a home and support for people experiencing homelessness in London. We work collaboratively with residents to build a better future for themselves, through the provision of personalised support, education and life skills opportunities. Our goal for all residents is to move on from homelessness for good.
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
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
Established: 12 years

www.caritasanchorhouse.org.uk

s.selliah@caritasanchorhouse.org.uk

02074766062

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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£5,304£5,534£-230£245£10,313£10,27522.38625
31/03/22£4,584£4,547£37£221£10,542£10,50427.76736
31/03/21£4,437£3,659£778£216£10,506£10,46434.36234
31/03/20£3,541£3,377£164£162£9,728£9,70134.55443
31/03/19£3,194£2,858£335£137£9,564£9,41339.55132
31/03/18£2,481£2,509£-28£134£9,229£9,08943.5450
31/03/17*£2,967£3,011£-44£269£9,256£9,03736460
31/03/16*£2,393£2,812£-419£265£9,270£8,30335.4500
31/03/15?£4,191£3,329£862£508£9,712£7,25626.2460
31/12/13*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 54%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 22.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 86 employees
  • 25 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
National Lottery Community Fund£199,863
City Bridge Trust£174,674
DCMS£93,781
The Clothworkers Foundation£50,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Women's Lead and Development Worker
£199,863 04/07/2022
The project is using funding to develop services for women who are homeless in Newham. The funding will cover the salary of a Women's Lead and Development worker plus a Support Worker. These roles ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Caritas Anchor House
£50,000 21/10/2021
refurbishment of building for a charity supporting people experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping in London
Cheshire Community Foundation - Mental Health Programme reources
£4,975 21/10/2021
We are a 140-bed hostel operating in response to the problem of homelessness in the borough of Newham, providing a holistic support structure for homeless adults. As part of our Mental Health ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Caritas Anchor House
£150,000 15/04/2021
36
£150,000 over three years (3 x £50,000) towards the full-time salary of the Mental Health Lead and development of the organisation’s trauma informed approach.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Caritas Anchor House
£4,486 24/10/2020
We aim to improve the mental wellbeing, confidence and self-esteem of people experiencing homelessness to live and work independently.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£93,781 23/07/2020
"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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Caritas Anchor House
£24,674 28/05/2020
A grant of £24,674 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 Caritas Anchor House
£5,000 24/04/2020
Empowering those who experience homelessness
Rank Foundation - Resilience Fund Caritas Anchor House 2020
£5,000 17/04/2020
To help with the delivery of new programmes
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Caritas Anchor House
£10,000 16/04/2020
12
Emergency Covid Additional Grant unrestricted core costs
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Caritas Anchor House
£5,000 03/04/2020
The funding is for our initial response to Covid-19 to provide food and additional cleaning.
Crisis UK - Grant to Caritas Anchor House
£5,000 03/04/2020
Deep cleaning of hostel and additional food and resources for residents
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - COVID19 Rapid Response Fund Grant to Caritas - Anchor House
£5,000 28/03/2020
12
To support the organisation to continue to operate their homeless and rough sleepers accommodation.
Trust for London - Caritas Anchor House
£25,000 26/02/2020
24
The funding is to enable its Employment Engagement Specialist to promote User Voice, in partnership with Citizens UK, to influence provision of affordable accommodation; representation of people with ....more
London Catalyst - Caritas Anchor House - 2
£4,000 07/05/2019
Your Space
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Caritas - Anchor House
£75,000 17/10/2018
36
Aspirations Programme - Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Switch Project
£9,400 07/03/2018
12
This project will renovate and refurbish their lounge, creating a warm and welcoming space for homeless people to enjoy social activities and events.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Caritas Anchor House
£40,000 09/03/2017
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Caritas Anchor House
£100,000 24/02/2016
25 move-on studio flats and training facilities for a charity which works with homeless people in London
National Lottery Community Fund - Back to Work:Innovation and Impact
£299,960 04/11/2015
36
This project will continue and expand their existing work to address a range of issues which affect homeless people who use the Anchor House facility either to stay as a resident or access the ....more
London Catalyst - Caritas Anchor House - 1
£5,000 26/08/2015
'Your Space' community outreach for isolated marginalised people
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Anchor House
£100,000 12/09/2012
towards the building costs of 25 move-on flats in the London Borough of Newham for single homeless people
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Caritas Anchor House
£178,000 05/07/2012
Towards the costs of providing accommodation, rehabilitation, education and skills-training for homeless people with complex and multiple needs, including the salary of the manager of the complex ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-68
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/06/2012, number: 1147794
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/05/2012, number: 08075329
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Homes England
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
  • Investing charity funds 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
10 returns made; AR17: 0 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR13: 290 days late,
Main office

81 BARKING ROAD
LONDON
E16 4HB

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S CHARITABLE OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: TO FURTHER THE GENERAL CHARITABLE WORKS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH BY PROVIDING SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SUFFERING, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, THE PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION INCLUDING SOCIAL HOUSING AND OTHER CHARITABLE ACTS WHICH PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES IN NEED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS AND NONE. TO THIS END THE CHARITY'S ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARDS HOMELESS PEOPLE, SEAFARERS, FORMER PRISONERS, FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS IN NEED IN ORDER TO RE-ESTABLISH THEMSELVES SPIRITUALLY AND SOCIALLY. NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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