Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 7

TRANSOM TRUST

Providing supported housing to those from a homeless or vulnerable background

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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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
30/09/22	£105	£106	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
30/09/21	£67	£67	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/09/20	£74	£55	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
30/09/19	£32	£35	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
30/09/18	£22	£14	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	8
30/09/17	£13	£8	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

transomtrust.org.uk

transomtrust@outlook.com

07549625948

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for homeless & excluded people & ex-offenders

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
11 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

Sussex Community Foundation	£12,976
Henry Smith Charity	£7,500
The Foyle Foundation	£4,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Fundraising & Partnership Support
£7,976	09/01/2023 5	Funding was provided towards increased running costs and to recruit/train additional staff and volunteers to help meet demand.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Transom Trust
£5,000	11/03/2022	Funding was provided towards the staff costs of a part-time project manager.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£4,000	03/12/2021	towards core costs to provide supported accommodation for people experiencing homelessness in the Hastings area, specifically the continuation of the Project Manager post
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Transom Trust
£7,500	07/08/2020 12	towards one year's salary and on costs of a part time Project Manager for charity providing supported accommodation for people experiencing homelessness in Hasting, East Sussex.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

JULIA MARGARET ACOTT Appointed: 2023

MICHAEL SCARLETT Appointed: 2016

STEVE YOUNG Appointed: 2018

SUSAN PATRICIA WORTHING (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH ORE,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/09/2016, number: 1169244

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Hastings Centre
The Ridge
HASTINGS
East Sussex
TN34 2SA

Objectives

3. OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARETHE RELIEF OF ADULTS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP INCLUDING PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ADDICTIONS, HOMELESSNESS, LONELINESS AND MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE COUNTY OF EAST SUSSEX, BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, SHOWING CHRIST’S LOVE IN ACTION.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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