Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 9

CAMBRIDGE CHURCHES HOMELESS PROJECT

To relieve the needs of people in and around Cambridge who are rough sleeping, homeless or vulnerably housed by provision of warm secure shelter and food during the winter months, by provision of emergency, temporary and longer term accommodation for those unable to access statutory provision and by provision of pastoral and practical support to the wider homeless community.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

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

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
30/09/23	£87	£60	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	170
30/09/22	£69	£44	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120
30/09/21	£54	£29	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
30/09/20	£80	£50	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	350
30/09/19	£76	£37	£38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	300
30/09/18	£49	£41	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.cchp.org.uk

info@cchp.org.uk

07434 325562

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
Other Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for homeless & excluded people & ex-offenders

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides other finance
Provides services

Where it operates

Cambridgeshire,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
170 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

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation	£5,000
DCMS	£3,000
Co-Operative Group	£2,385

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cambridge Churches Homeless Project
£2,385	23/10/2021	We would like to offer 17 rough sleepers a good evening meal and a safe, warm place to sleep during the winter.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£3,000	21/08/2020	"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 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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to CCHP (Cambridge Churches Homeless Project)
£5,000	13/07/2020 9	to provide emergency support to homeless people (sleeping bags, food, essential toiletries, essential transport and telecommunications). In particular, this grant will cover 66 sleeping bags and a ....more to provide emergency support to homeless people (sleeping bags, food, essential toiletries, essential transport and telecommunications). In particular, this grant will cover 66 sleeping bags and a storage unit to store above items. More emergency sleeping bags are needed so that bedding can be washed and sanitised more frequently than was previously thought necessary.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

ANK RIGELSFORD Appointed: 2023

ANN-MARIE MORGAN Appointed: 2023

GEORGE ANDREW HAWKER Appointed: 2021

KEITH ALEXANDER COWLEY Appointed: 2021

GAVIN EDWARD OLIVER HOWARD (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeships: THE HOWARD FOUNDATION, GREAT LAKES OUTREACH,

REV ROBERT MICHAEL MACKLEY Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE LESS, CAMBRIDGE,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/09/2017, number: 1174768

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
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

PO Box 1454
Cambridge
CB1 0LG

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROPAGATION OF CHRISTIANITY ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE IN CAMBRIDGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE ROUGH SLEEPING, HOMELESS OR VULNERABLY HOUSED, AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY PROVIDING, OR ARRANGING FOR EMERGENCY, TEMPORARY AND LONGER TERM ACCOMMODATION WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS.

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