Overall GiG Score: 8 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +5

ROBES PROJECT 

The Robes Project is a volunteer run Charity, working with churches across Southwark and Lambeth to offer a helping hand out of homelessness.Our mission is to enable those who find themselves homeless to access various means of support and accompany our guests on their journey to rebuild their lives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 7 years

http://robes.org.uk/

robes.admin@robes.org.uk

02074075623

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UN SDGs
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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
30/04/23£196£231£-35n/an/an/an/an/a540
30/04/22£286£336£-49n/an/an/an/an/a750
30/04/21£318£293£25n/an/an/an/an/a750
30/04/20£280£215£65n/an/an/an/an/a750
30/04/19£214£222£-8n/an/an/an/an/a750
30/04/18£279£228£52£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 540 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lambeth, Southwark,

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
DCMS£50,000
The London Community Foundation£10,000
United Saviours Charity£5,000
Crisis UK£5,000
CAF£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£50,000 02/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Robes Project
£10,000 10/07/2020
The funding is to provide support to our 23 guests who are in emergency accommodation and 14 ex-guests. This includes food, laundry and mobile phone costs; making and delivering care packages; and ....more
CAF - Grant to The Robes Project
£2,000 30/04/2020
Grant to The Robes Project to support the organisation through COVID19
United Saviours Charity - COVID-19
£5,000 20/04/2020
5
The funding is to provide food, laundry support and phone top-ups to 10 guests who have been placed in temporary accommodation. These guests continue to need material support from Robes during the ....more
Crisis UK - Grant to Robes
£5,000 09/04/2020
Food vouchers, laundry, tech, project costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/08/2017, number: 1174060
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE ROBES PROJECT on 24/04/2019
Main office

Southwark Cathedral Office
Montague Chambers
Montague Close
LONDON
SE1 9DA

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF SOUTHWARK AND LAMBETH BY THE PROVISION OF WINTER NIGHT SHELTERS,FOOD AND ADVICE,SUPPORT AND RE-SETTLEMENT SERVICES SO AS TO HELP THEM RE-BUILD THEIR LIVES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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