Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 2
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +2
    Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

    FRIENDS OF MARY SEACOLE HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED 

    The Friends of Mary Seacole Housing Association work to prevent and relieving hardship and distress amongst persons who are in need by reason of homelessness, for the public benefit in the Luton area. We provide supported semi-independent accommodation for single people and provided life skills, credited and non accredited training and social activities to support the users back into independency.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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£1£7£-6n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/22£7£15£-8n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/21£39£35£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/20£43£34£8n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/19£27£37£-10n/an/an/an/an/a5
    31/03/18£38£56£-17£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£36£29£7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16*£31£24£7£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 9 years

    HTTP://MARYSEACOLEHA.COM/THE-FRIENDS/

    mail@maryseacole.com

    01582415651

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    GiG Classification
    • Services for homeless & excluded people & ex-offenders
    How it operates
    • Provides other finance
    Where it operates
    • Luton,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People

    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
    Crisis UK - Grant to Friends of Mary Seacole
    £9,500 11/05/2020
    Development of web based services
    Crisis UK - Grant to Friends of Mary Seacole
    £4,751 09/04/2020
    IT equipment for social isolation
    Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Community Tea House - Females Complex Needs
    £4,999 29/06/2017
    11
    Grant to The Friends of Mary Seacole

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (6)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/02/2015, number: 1160265
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    8 returns made; AR16: 8 days late,
    Main office

    12 Cardiff Road
    LUTON
    LU1 1QG

    Objectives

    TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF HOMELESSNESS PEOPLE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE LUTON AREA, BY PROVIDING SUPPORTED / SEMI-INDEPENDENT ACCOMMODATION.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    LUTON AREA

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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