Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 13

GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES

Providing food, practical assistance and support services to meet the needs of people and families who are homeless and disadvantaged in and around Wolverhampton.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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
31/12/23	£968	£940	£29	£29	£771	£753	9.6	23	45
31/12/22	£849	£803	£46	£0	£743	£694	10.4	17	35
31/12/21?	£834	£517	£317	£0	£697	£408	9.5	19	35
31/03/20?	£626	£648	£-22	£0	£141	£132	2.5	10	60
31/03/18	£227	£216	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	£224	£179	£45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Show more rows -->

Show financials table -->

Download accounts

Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 25%
Liabilities/Income: 26%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 9.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 3.8

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 9 years

gsmwolverhampton.org.uk

admin@gsmwolverhampton.org.uk

01902 399955

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community food services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Birmingham City, Dudley, Sandwell, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton,

Who it helps

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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£50,000
DCMS	£15,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£7,500
Co-Operative Group	£5,441

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Good Shepherd Services
£2,304	21/10/2023	We would like to ensure that everyone has food to eat or cook at home. We will provide nutritious meals to those who need it and quality, healthy produce for families to cook at home.
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£2,500	06/04/2023	community grant
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	06/04/2023	Good Shepherd Wolverhampton
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Good Shepherd Food Service
£3,137	23/10/2021	We want to tackle food waste by giving it to those who would otherwise go hungry in our community.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	20/08/2021	Good Shepherd Services
Tudor Trust - Grant to Good Shepherd Service
£2,000	04/01/2021	as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£15,000	19/08/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
National Lottery Community Fund - Good Shepherd Dining
£7,500	22/05/2020 11	The funding will be used to enable the organisation to meet the demand in its services in providing hot meals essential items and support for people who are currently homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Good Shepherd Services
£2,558	15/11/2019	We want to buy additional basic items to provide wholesome hot meals to those in need, using donated food.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Good Shepherd Services
£25,000	07/11/2019	refurbishment of a building for a charity which works with homeless people in Wolverhampton
Tudor Trust - Grant to Good Shepherd Service
£108,280	20/03/2019 36	over three years towards salary and running costs for a charity working to support entrenched street sleepers in Wolverhampton
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	11/10/2018	Good Shepherd Services

Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

ASHLEY CLEWS Appointed: 2024

BROTHER CHARLES SEARSON Appointed: 2018

DR JAMIE MACKRILL Appointed: 2023

JAMIE GREEN Appointed: 2023

JOHN FRAZER Appointed: 2024

LISA CARTER Appointed: 2024

NIGEL TINSLEY (Chair) Appointed: 2016

VIVIENNE MARJORIE BROWN Appointed: 2018

LYNNE MORAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/03/2016, number: 1165909

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
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

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

65 Waterloo Road
Wolverhampton
WV1 4QU

Objectives

THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN WOLVERHAMPTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING FOOD, OTHER ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED.

Data Sources

Watch Inspiring Videos

Save the upside down forest

Change the ending - the pain of Alzheimers

Help Dads in prison stay in touch with their children