Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 9

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 8

SUSSEX HOMELESS SUPPORT

We provide a number of charitable services to homeless and rough sleepers including running street kitchens to provide food and clothing. We currently run 7 days a week giving volunteers a chance to work together on these projects. Since March 2020 the first Covid-19 lock down we stepped up our services, this was made possible by extra vounteers over 300 and support from businesses and groups.

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 multiple prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 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
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£87,068	£94,318	£-7,250	200
31/03/22		£83,296	£98,237	£-14,941	200
31/03/21	*	£153,365	£108,703	£44,662	300
31/03/20		£77,812	£92,433	£-14,621	300
31/03/19		£87,686	£61,810	£25,876	20

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

https://www.facebook.com/groups/sussexhomeles

SHS@URS3X.COM

07774266244

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community food services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
200 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

Co-Operative Group	£22,314
Sussex Community Foundation	£10,000
CAF	£5,000
Crisis UK	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sussex Homeless Support
£3,934	22/10/2022	We plan to tackle rough sleeping, homelessness and food poverty.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sussex Homeless Support
£9,191	23/10/2021	We'd like to continue to supply basic food and essentials to the homeless and vulnerable, enable advice and housing applications, vet care for pets, and ongoing support.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sussex Homeless Support
£5,000	11/06/2021	Sussex Homeless Support provide hot meals and food parcels to homeless people in Brighton and Sussex. They deliver support and essentials to the homeless community of Brighton and Sussex. Including ....more Sussex Homeless Support provide hot meals and food parcels to homeless people in Brighton and Sussex. They deliver support and essentials to the homeless community of Brighton and Sussex. Including vulnerable people in temporary accommodation. Funding was provided towards the costs of running their street kitchen, foodbank and delivery service.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sussex Homeless Support
£9,189	24/10/2020	We would like to upgrade our freezers so that more of the food we collect can be given to homeless people and ensure less food is wasted.
CAF - Grant to Sussex Homeless Support
£5,000	24/04/2020 3	Grant to Sussex Homeless Support to support the organisation through COVID19
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sussex Homeless Support
£5,000	14/04/2020	Funding for getting food, shelter and basic necessities, to homeless people. Running their Soup Kitcen, the nightly kitchen and delivering daily food parcels to the vulnerable and key workers in ....more Funding for getting food, shelter and basic necessities, to homeless people. Running their Soup Kitcen, the nightly kitchen and delivering daily food parcels to the vulnerable and key workers in need. Funding is for food bank set up and ensuring vehicles are road worthy.
Crisis UK - Grant to Sussex Homeless Support
£5,000	09/04/2020	Food and general costs

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

AMBER ROFFEY-JOHN Appointed: 2017

STEVE SPENCER Appointed: 2020

TIM ROGERS (Chair) Appointed: 2017

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/10/2017, number: 1175229

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
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

5 returns made; AR21: 212 days late,

Main office

Sussex Homeless Support
45 Goodwood Way
BRIGHTON
BN2 4PW

Objectives

“THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF PEOPLE IN NEED BECAUSE THEY ARE HOMELESS AND ROUGH SLEEPING BY THE PROVISION OF COLLECTING FOOD AND USEFUL HOUSEHOLD ITEMS THEN DELIVERING THEM TO HOMELESS PEOPLE, USING FOOD COLLECTED TO RUN STREET KITCHENS TO GIVE FOOD TO HOMELESS AND OTHER RELEVANT MEANS TO RELIEVE THEIR SUFFERING INCLUDING THE COLLECTION AND PROVISION OF HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, AFTER TESTING, TO HOMELESS PEOPLE GETTING INTO THEIR FIRST HOMES OR HOSTELS.”

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