Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

THE STOREHOUSE PROJECT

The Storehouse Project is a registered charity now in its 15th year. At the heart of the Storehouse is our Christian values and this underpins all the work we carry out. We currently provide furniture, household items, food, toiletries and clothing to those most in need in our local area. We provide mentoring, pastoral support and much more.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit
31/03/23		£91,369	£93,664	£-2,295
31/03/22		£91,369	£93,664	£-2,295
31/03/21	*	£74,850	£92,905	£-18,055
31/03/20		£70,669	£55,268	£15,401
31/03/19		£71,569	£36,838	£34,731

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.storehouseproject.org

info@storehouseproject.org

07816623612

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Provides financial or material assistance

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Lancashire, St Helens, Wigan,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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

Forever Manchester	£15,189
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
DCMS	£9,996
Co-Operative Group	£9,150

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Storehouse Project
£3,684	21/10/2023	We would like to help people improve their mental wellbeing through the provision of arts and crafts groups and wellbeing classes in our local community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sweet Dreams Project
£10,000	28/10/2021	The funding will be used to provide basic furniture for people in crisis. The project aims to improve the wellbeing of disadvantaged groups through immediate and practical support.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Storehouse Project
£5,466	23/10/2021	We'd like to open a café for anyone to come and get free tea, coffee and toast, provide christmas hampers and the purchase canvas wardrobes for people in need.
Forever Manchester - Furniture support
£5,000	18/03/2021	To purchase furniture for referred clients
Forever Manchester - Christmas Hamper Appeal 20
£5,286	20/11/2020	Food hampers and welfare support
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,996	15/07/2020	"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."
Forever Manchester - Look left, Look Right
£4,903	06/05/2020	Emergency food, household items and welfare support for homeless and struggling

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

APRIL DAVIES Appointed: 2018

CHRISTOPHER PORTER Appointed: 2024

JANE MILLER Appointed: 2018

JULIE SMITH Appointed: 2018

NOLAN GEORGE BRADSHAW (Chair) Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/02/2018, number: 1177004

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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR21: 49 days late,

Main office

31 CRANK ROAD
BILLINGE
WIGAN
WN5 7DT

Objectives

“The prevention or relief of poverty in the North West of England by providing items such as clothes, furniture and food to individuals in need and/or charities, or others working to prevent or relieve poverty. The relief of financial hardship among people in the North West of England by providing such persons with goods which they could not otherwise afford through lack of means and by recycling and providing furniture, clothes and other household items.To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people in the North West of England from being socially excluded, by relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded because of age, special educational needs, poor educational or skills attainment, relationship and family breakdown, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or poor housing and assisting them to integrate into society.”