Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

NUMBER EIGHT(TAMWORTH) 

The relief of those in need in particular young mothers (and expectant mothers) through the management of safe and secure accommodation for their benefit with the aim to ensure and develop their good health and wellbeing (of both mother and their babies) and life skills including through education, training, employment, self care and home care in the Tamworth area of Staffordshire.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£312,274£233,167£79,1075
31/03/22£213,675£205,743£7,9325
31/03/21£210,727£207,466£3,2615
31/03/20£168,416£150,841£17,57510
31/03/19£6,853£0£6,8538
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for young people
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Staffordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 5 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
Henry Smith Charity£118,800
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Masonic Trust£15,000
National Lottery Community Fund£8,736
Crisis UK£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Number Eight (Tamworth)
£118,800 15/03/2023
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing accommodation support for recent and expecting mothers and their children in Tamworth, Staffordshire.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Number Eight (Tamworth)
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 30/06/2022
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Number Eight (Tamworth)
£50,000 08/12/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Number Eight (Tamworth)
National Lottery Community Fund - Young homeless mum and scared.
£8,736 15/05/2020
6
The funding will be used to provide extra sessional staff to work with vulnerable young expectant mums and those with babies who are currently homeless enabling participants to receive support and ....more
Crisis UK - Grant to Number Eight
£5,000 09/04/2020
Furniture costs for accommodation refurbishment for young mothers

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/07/2018, number: 1179171
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

8 St John Street
TAMWORTH
B79 7EX

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED IN PARTICULAR YOUNG MOTHERS (AND EXPECTANT MOTHERS) THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT OF SAFE AND SECURE ACCOMMODATION FOR THEIR BENEFIT WITH THE AIM TO ENSURE AND DEVELOP THEIR GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBEING (OF BOTH MOTHER AND THEIR BABIES) AND LIFE SKILLS INCLUDING THROUGH EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, SELF CARE AND HOME CARE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more

Giving is Great