Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

OFF THE STREETS 

'The relief of poverty for the benefit of people who are homeless or rough sleepers in Southend-on-Sea and the surrounding area, in particular but not exclusively, by providing short term accommodation and supporting and assisting those homeless persons who want to escape homelessness by providing signposting/advocacy and provide support for up to 6 months to enable rough sleepers to move on
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 5 years

https://www.offthestreetsessex.org.uk/home

offthestreetssouthend@yahoo.com

07399530662

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/12/22£154,913£99,228£55,6850
31/12/21£140,453£59,515£80,9380
31/12/20*£71,858£36,453£35,40535
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Southend-on-sea,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
National Lottery Community Fund£229,480
The Clothworkers Foundation£33,000
DCMS£26,433
Essex Community Foundation£17,500
The Foyle Foundation£10,000
Co-Operative Group£4,072
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£10,000 28/11/2023
towards the charity’s ongoing work supporting the homeless
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Off the Streets
£5,000 15/02/2023
towards the operating costs of a Southend based charity helping rough sleepers off the streets and into independent living
National Lottery Community Fund - Trinity Ave Shelter
£220,000 16/12/2022
This funding will support Off The Streets to refurbish and furnish a former hotel to be used to provide emergency and transitional accommodation for people rough-sleeping in Southend. The project ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Off the Streets
£3,000 30/11/2022
Grant uplift 'Cost of Living crisis': purchase a refurbishment of building for a charity supporting people experiencing homelessness in Essex
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Off the Streets
£30,000 01/02/2022
purchase a refurbishment of building for a charity supporting people experiencing homelessness in Essex
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Off The Streets
£4,072 23/10/2021
We would purchase a new van for outreach, so that we could take food, water and first aid kits, etc, to people sleeping rough. We would also like to buy food, rucksacks, sleeping bags and roll mats.
National Lottery Community Fund - Off the Streets
£9,480 02/07/2021
The funding will be used to improve the group's capacity to support the homeless. The project aims to improve quality of life wellbeing and raise awareness of the services available. Started by ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£26,433 22/09/2020
"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
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Off the Streets
£3,500 12/05/2020
to provide support, food and associated item to the homeless in Southend during the COVID19 crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Off the Streets
£5,000 20/09/2019
Towards the costs of providing support services for homeless people in Southend
Essex Community Foundation - Core Funding
£4,000 20/06/2019
12
Towards the running costs of a shelter for homeless people within Southend
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

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

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/07/2019, number: 1184331
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; AR20: 114 days late,
Main office

3 Trinity Avenue
Westcliff-on-Sea
Essex
SS0 7PU

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR ROUGH SLEEPERS IN SOUTHEND-ON-SEA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING SHORT TERM ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORTING AND ASSISTING THOSE HOMELESS PERSONS WHO WANT TO ESCAPE HOMELESSNESS BY PROVIDING SIGNPOSTING/ADVOCACY AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR UP TO 6 MONTHS TO ENABLE ROUGH SLEEPERS TO MOVE INTO MORE PERMANENT ACCOMMODATION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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