Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 11

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 15

THE MARGINS PROJECT

The charitable activities of The Margins Project are to relieve need, hardship and distress of persons who are in need by reason of their social and/or economic circumstances, in particular those who are facing homelessness and poverty, through a range of services including providing a safe space where they are encouraged to explore and develop their potential and progress to recovery.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/03/23	£223	£281	£-58	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	21
31/03/22	£186	£235	£-49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21	£255	£229	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/20	£210	£245	£-35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/19	£210	£254	£-44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/18	£244	£215	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£224	£184	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£190	£154	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£156	£149	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£101	£89	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years

https://unionchapel.org.uk/projects/margins

amanuel@unionchapel.org.uk

02077049050

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Camden, Hackney, Islington,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
21 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

Cloudesley	£169,405
Henry Smith Charity	£75,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government	£20,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£15,000
CAF	£8,000
The Grocers' Charity	£5,000
The London Community Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Cloudesley - Grant to The Margins Project
£1,000	23/10/2023	Cloudesley Partner top-up grant - cost of living 2023
Cloudesley - Grant to The Margins Project
£2,000	19/09/2023	Cloudesley Partner welfare grant 2024
Cloudesley - Grant to The Margins Project
£70,000	16/05/2023	PGF Round 2 Extension Funding - Margins Plus
Cloudesley - Grant to The Margins Project
£5,000	27/09/2022	Principal Grant - cost of living uplift. Related grant: 360G-Cloudesley-H9407
Cloudesley - Grant to The Margins Project
£2,000	27/09/2022	Cloudesley Partner welfare grant 2023
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to The Margins Project
£75,000	10/02/2022 36	towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing support for individuals who are experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness in the London Borough of Islington and surrounding areas.
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-The Margins Project
£5,000	16/12/2021	Towards core costs to deliver drop-in services like shower, food, laundry to meet basic survival necessities.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	05/11/2021	The Margins Project
Cloudesley - Grant to The Margins Project
£2,000	21/09/2021	Cloudesley Partner Welfare Grant 2022 - Awarded Sep 2021
Cloudesley - Grant to The Margins Project
£87,405	22/09/2020	Margins Plus
CAF - Grant to The Margins Project
£8,000	29/06/2020 3	Grant to The Margins Project to support the organisation through COVID19
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£20,000	07/05/2020	Organisations supporting homelessness
The London Community Foundation - Grant to The Margins Project
£5,000	15/04/2020	The funding is for food, Personal Protection Equipment and Mobile Phones to provide to services users and other vulnerable members of the community
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Margins Project
£15,000	20/11/2019 12	The Margins Project in Islington provides a range of support to people who are homeless or very vulnerably housed. It is requesting support towards its new Services Manager who will be managing its ....more The Margins Project in Islington provides a range of support to people who are homeless or very vulnerably housed. It is requesting support towards its new Services Manager who will be managing its service development and the gaining of AQS accreditation.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

FAZIL KAWANI Appointed: 2023

DR ANGELA BURNETT Appointed: 2023

LEON CHNG Appointed: 2023

REV ROBERT VAUGHAN JONES (Chair) Appointed: 2020

SUE LUKES Appointed: 2023

JEAN APPLEYARD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Accountant, Other trusteeship: UNION CHAPEL PROJECT,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/07/2013, number: 1153070

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
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; all on time

Main office

19B Compton Terrace
LONDON
N1 2UN

Objectives

TO RELIEVE NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO ARE FACING HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY, THROUGH A RANGE OF SERVICES INCLUDING PROVIDING A SAFE SPACE WHERE THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXPLORE AND DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL AND FEEL EMPOWERED TO PROGRESS TOWARDS THEIR RECOVERY.

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