Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

RESTORE NORTHAMPTON

Working with social support agencies, businesses and faith and community groups to provide joined-up services. Our focus are those experiencing financial crisis and food poverty - all we do is accessible to people of any ethnic, social or religious background. Other activities include a community Allotment, a home-improvement support scheme and a financial management/budgeting course.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£203£199£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£248£153£96n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£141£179£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£258£136£122n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£108£108£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£86£80£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£101£105£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£51£64£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£86£49£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.restorenorthampton.org.uk

anya@restorenorthampton.org.uk

01604328046

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Allotments & gardens
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northamptonshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£269,968
Northamptonshire Community Foundation£59,749
CAF£5,000
Masonic Trust£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Northampton Foodbank
£2,000 31/07/2024
7
To support Restore's Foodbank with food & other essential items.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Northampton Foodbank and Hub
£3,000 27/03/2024
10
The Hub is set up with a modern coffee shop feel to encourage people to chat and build community. Staff and volunteers come alongside guests to support them with their goals, as well as ensuring they receive free refreshments during the session, and ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to Re:Store Northampton
£4,286 07/12/2023
Ongoing wraparound support service to continue the delivery of HSF vouchers.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Family Hub
£5,000 04/07/2023
We would like to continue the work of our Family Hub which was launched last year and builds upon our existing award winning work with families in crisis by providing a welcoming cafe space in which families can receive further support and build ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - HSF3 - capacity support
£5,444 30/01/2023
Delivery of phase 3 of the Household Support vouchers and providing support to beneficiaries
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to Re:Store Northampton
£5,000 21/11/2022
We are requesting funding for our Growbaby project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Restore Allotment
£9,467 22/07/2022
The funding will be used to run an allotment programme including training to grow vegetables for vulnerable adults. The project aims to equip the participants with new skills reduce isolation boost confidence and improve mental health.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£2,500 01/06/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Restore Allotment Project
£5,000 06/05/2022
to continue and develop our allotment project which trains and equips vulnerable adults to grow their own vegetables in our community allotment space.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - launch the Restore ‘Family Hub’
£15,974 08/04/2022
to launch the Restore ‘Family Hub’ to support disadvantaged families
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to Re:Store Northampton
£5,000 18/01/2022
To continue to operate the food bank, offering emergency food provision to individuals, couples and families across Northampton
National Lottery Community Fund - Restore Families
£252,607 29/10/2021
The funding will be used over a period of five years towards the costs of running a range of separate but linked projects that will continue to offer crisis support to families living in poverty. The group will provide clothing equipment and ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Northampton Food Bank
£3,000 12/08/2021
food bank offering emergency food provision to individuals, couples and families
National Lottery Community Fund - Restore Northampton - Disabled Toilet
£7,894 16/04/2021
The funding will be used to install a disabled toilet for the service users. The project aims to improve the facilities and make it more accessible for members.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to Re:Store Northampton
£3,045 22/01/2021
Units of technology
CAF - Grant to Restore Northampton
£5,000 18/06/2020
3
Grant to Restore Northampton to support the organisation through COVID19
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Northampton Food Bank
£3,000 02/04/2020
6
To cover a proportion of the currently unfunded salary of their Charity Director.
National Lottery Community Fund - Nest
£8,543 25/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to run play sessions for families. The project aims to improve community by providing a space for local people to come together and to provide support.
National Lottery Community Fund - The HUB
£497,848 15/03/2016
60
A new safe community space called The HUB for vulnerable adults and families who have experienced poverty, to address their immediate needs and to gain skills to support them towards stability and independence. The majority of those accessing ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Re:store COOK (Cookery & Food Hygiene course for adults in poverty)
£10,000 29/07/2015
12
The group will use the funding to deliver cookery classes for the benefit of families facing food poverty. This will help develop beneficiaries understanding of budgeting, menu planning, nutrition and skills in cookery.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • BENJAMIN SUMMERS Appointed: 2024
  • DANIEL WALTER Appointed: 2020
  • MARVEE-LISA BOOKER Appointed: 2024
  • MICHAEL JOHN STURGESS Appointed: 2022
  • NICOLA SMITHERS Appointed: 2024
  • RACHAEL ADDO-DEBRAH Appointed: 2024
  • SAMANTHA JANE RAJAGOPAL (Chair) Appointed: 2013
  • THOMAS JOYNER Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/11/2013, number: 1154625
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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
9 returns made; AR16: 2 days late,
Main office

42 Sheep Street
Northampton
NN1 2LZ

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS STATEMENT OF BELIEFS, IS THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING IN NORTHAMPTON AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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