Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

THE ICOLYN SMITH FOUNDATION 

The Icolyn Smith Foundation (Oxford Community Soup Kitchen) provides the following:A warm welcoming environmentA hot 3 course meal for 2 daysSecond hand clothing and new underwearChristmas food parcelCaring support, advice, referrals and a listening ear.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

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

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
01/04/23£23£14£9n/an/an/an/an/a6
01/04/22*£6£14£-8n/an/an/an/an/a0
01/04/21£17£7£10n/an/an/an/an/a8
01/04/20£18£22£-4n/an/an/an/an/a20
01/04/19£13£13£0n/an/an/an/an/a20
01/04/18£22£14£8£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/17£26£13£13£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/16£27£11£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£8£12£-5£0£0£0n/a00
30/03/14£12£11£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

icolynsmithfoundation.co.uk

icolynsmithfoundation@gmail.com

07931244411

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Poverty relief
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Oxfordshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 6 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Indigo Trust - Working with the homeless and vulnerable in Oxford City through the Oxford Community Soup Kitchen
£2,000 03/03/2021
Unrestricted funding to supports its work with the homeless and vulnerable in Oxford
National Lottery Community Fund - Oxford Community Soup Kitchen
£10,000 27/11/2020
6
The group will use the funding to purchase PPE and containers so that food can be safely distributed to people who are homeless. This will help vulnerable people who have been hit hardest by the ....more
Indigo Trust - Working with the homeless and vulnerable in Oxford City
£2,000 04/01/2018
Unrestricted core funding.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/06/2013, number: 1152639
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR22: 1 days late,
Main office

16 Dickens Close
Bicester
OX26 2NG

Objectives

1.THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE OXFORD AREA BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH HOT FOOD AND CLEAN DRY CLOTHES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS2.THE RELIEF OF THE POOR LIVING IN OXFORD EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GOODS OR SERVICES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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