Overall GiG Score: 19 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

QUEEN'S HALL ACTION ON POVERTY 

The prevention and relief of poverty for the public benefit in Wigan, Leigh and surrounding areas, by working with people who are experiencing homelessness, poverty, crisis or worklessness: providing support, practical skills and good quality social housing.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are 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:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 11 years

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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£2,469£2,451£19£122£451£4432.265110
31/03/22£3,034£3,028£5£99£432£3921.66688
31/03/21£2,695£2,677£17£45£427£3191.46479
31/03/20£2,413£2,350£62£58£410£2911.564102
31/03/19£1,693£1,573£120£66£347£2992.339100
31/03/18*£1,048£968£80£50£227£1932.4260
31/03/17£966£914£52£107£147£1111.5220
31/03/16?*£515£479£37£51£95£872.2190
31/08/15*£743£685£58£94£58£390.7170
31/08/14*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 52%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 2.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 65 employees
  • 110 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lancashire, Wigan,

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£220,470
Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity£48,968
Garfield Weston Foundation£11,500
Forever Manchester£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£450 18/01/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 29/10/2021
Weston Charity Award Winner 2020/21 Bonus Award
National Lottery Community Fund - The Food Community
£210,470 16/09/2021
The organisation aims to provide a safe solid building block for people in crisis to begin to construct a new life and become valuable members of society. They offer a large number of services to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Steps to Employment
£10,000 04/06/2021
The funding will support homeless people with complex needs enabling them to improve their skills and confidence to obtain accommodation and develop skills into employment or training. The project ....more
Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity - Grant to Queen's Hall Action on Poverty
£48,968 30/07/2020
12
Towards funding support for people move from emergency accommodation with an Independent Living Mentor (COVID-19 response)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500 12/06/2020
Weston Charity Award Winner 2020/21
Forever Manchester - Queen's Hall Action on Poverty T/A The Brick
£5,000 01/05/2020
Food and hygiene parcels
Crisis UK - Grant to Queen's Hall Action on Poverty T/A the Brick
£4,000 09/04/2020
Funds to purchase basic furniture, starter packs, bedding, microwaves, 'fridges, 'phones, TV/radios for people moved from congregate to selfcontained Temporary Accommodation
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Queen's Hall Action on Poverty
£62,061 06/08/2018
36
providing a wide range of support to homeless and vulnerable people by supporting them to move into accommodation and developing skills for rebuilding their lives. The grant will fund the salary and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - ReBUILDing Lives
£87,424 02/10/2017
35
This Wigan-based charity will use this funding to tackle the need for affordable furniture and food provision throughout the holiday period. Working in partnership with Unify Credit Union and St ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Queen's Hall Action on Poverty
£2,760 04/08/2017
We're offering life and employment skills training and need refurbished computers which provide IT skills and improve confidence.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Queens Hall Action on Poverty
£2,980 04/08/2017
We need funds to offer a brighter future to those who are, for a variety of reasons, struggling with their circumstances.
National Lottery Community Fund - Inspire to Attain
£496,158 03/03/2016
60
A project to provide support to people in Wigan who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, in severe hardship and needing support to re-engage themselves in their communities. The project will ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Queen's Hall Action on Poverty
£62,061 09/09/2015
36
providing a wide range of support to homeless and vulnerable people by supporting them to move into accommodation and developing skills for rebuilding their lives. The grant will fund the salary and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-73
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/07/2013, number: 1153055
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/04/2013, number: 08503176
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
  • 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; AR18: 93 days late, AR16: 100 days late, AR15: 0 days late, AR14: 450 days late,
Main office

St. Georges C Of E
Water Street
WIGAN
Lancashire
WN1 1DN

Objectives

The prevention and relief of poverty for the public benefit in Wigan, Leigh and surrounding areas, by working with people who are experiencing homelessness, poverty, crisis or worklessness: providing support, practical skills and good quality social housing.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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