Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 3

Good reserves management: +3

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 8

YORK ROAD PROJECT

We help a homeless person have a place to call home by providing: 1. Immediate, safe, short-term accommodation; they should never need to sleep rough!2. Experienced, compassionate staff; trained to understand the causes of homelessness3. Skilled support, tailored to their precise situation, that helps them find a long-term home. Only York Road Project provides all 3 things in our locality

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

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
31/03/23	£814	£797	£17	£0	£643	£349	5.3	15	3
31/03/22	£881	£776	£105	£0	£626	£344	5.3	22	3
31/03/21	£999	£808	£191	£0	£521	£387	5.8	24	3
31/03/20	£776	£742	£34	£0	£330	£274	4.4	18	3
31/03/19	£697	£635	£63	£0	£296	£255	4.8	21	10
31/03/18	£622	£597	£25	£0	£234	£210	4.2	18	0
31/03/17	£533	£553	£-19	£0	£209	£191	4.2	20	0
31/03/16	£332	£323	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 54%
Reserves/Spending: 5.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 5

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 9 years

www.yorkroadproject.org.uk

info@yorkroadproject.org.uk

01483728739

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Shelter for homeless, vulnerable & excluded people

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Surrey,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

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

Community Foundation for Surrey	£14,518
Crisis UK	£4,329
Co-Operative Group	£3,804

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to York Road Project
£1,710	21/10/2023	Post-pandemic, we are seeking support with the cost of re-shaping and operating our resource and recovery centre. We offer workshops, recovery advice and more.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Project Harker
£10,000	07/12/2022	Funding for a bespoke database for a homelessness charity to provide an integrated platform to record and monitor impact
Co-Operative Group - Grant to York Road Project
£2,094	23/10/2021	We aim to open the day centre on Saturdays after the pandemic. Having an extra day open on Saturdays would provide a further safe communal space, along with activities and food/drink.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Covid 19 Response - Homelessness
£4,518	03/04/2020	Funding toward the purchase of equipment and food for a Woking based charity that helps house and feed the homeless, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Crisis UK - Grant to York Road Project
£4,329	03/04/2020	Change to food provision, materials for mental health and laundry service
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to York Road Project
£5,000	25/07/2019	purchase of computers and furniture for a charity which works with homeless people in Surrey
Co-Operative Group - Grant to York Road Project
£2,519	29/11/2017	We want to pay for local homeless and marginalised adults to go to Woking Leisure centre and take part in sport with coaches and equipment.
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Human Language
£15,800	24/04/2017 6	Human Language' project - Rewriting organisational signs and policy documents to help change mind-sets and internal language.
National Lottery Community Fund - Welcome to York Road Project
£9,870	03/04/2017 12	Digital storytelling will help to build skills and confidence amongst a group of homeless individuals. This will support them to share their personal story with a wider audience, encouraging them to have a voice, challenge stigma and contribute to ....more Digital storytelling will help to build skills and confidence amongst a group of homeless individuals. This will support them to share their personal story with a wider audience, encouraging them to have a voice, challenge stigma and contribute to wider conversation regarding improvements to homeless services.
Lankelly Chase Foundation - SystemsChangers
£3,000	19/07/2016 12	To support a member of staff to attend the Systems Changers development programme for frontline workers

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

ANDREW WILLIAM HUMPHREYS BSC Appointed: 2015

ANDREA NORMAN-WALKER Appointed: 2022

DAVID OLIVER Appointed: 2020

FILIPPO ZANASI Appointed: 2022

NATHAN BENNETT Appointed: 2020

TIMOTHY HENTY (Chair) Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/07/2015, number: 1162835

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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

8 returns made; all on time

Main office

1 York Road
WOKING
GU22 7XH

Objectives

The Objects of York Road Project are to relieve need, distress and financial hardship among homeless people over the age of 18 within the Borough of Woking and environs, without discrimination, by: i) Providing temporary housing to assist those who are homeless, at risk of being homeless or recovering from homelessness ii) Providing housing related support such as information, advice, training and onward referral or signposting to enable them to live more independent lives in the communityiii) Assisting homeless people’s integration into the community by educating the local community concerning the nature, causes and effects of homelessness.”

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