Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

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:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • 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 Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£512£171£341£40£530£926.4220
31/12/22£155£99£56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£140£60£81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20*£72£36£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 23.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 55%
Liabilities/Income: 126%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 17%
Reserves/Spending: 6.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
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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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community food services
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 supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Clothworkers Foundation£33,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
DCMS£26,433
The Foyle Foundation£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,480
Essex Community Foundation£8,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2024 Grant - Off the Streets
£5,000 19/06/2024
To support a seaside hostel in Southend, helping individuals and families who find themselves homeless. The new night shelter will support an estimated 176 rough sleepers yearly and find the guests permanent accommodation.
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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 20/01/2023
Stepping Stone House
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 residents of the town the project assists rough ....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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....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 (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CHRISTOPHER JAMES THOMAS Appointed: 2024
  • DEREK GEORGE THOMAS Appointed: 2019
  • ELAINE VICTORIA PRIEST (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • GARY PAUL WATTS Appointed: 2024
  • KAREN FIELDS Appointed: 2019
  • KIRSTY FIELDS Appointed: 2019
  • NICHOLAS EMMET THOMAS PERRY Appointed: 2020
  • SALLY MORTIMORE Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/07/2019, number: 1184331
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
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 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

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