Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 14

OPEN HOUSE SHAFTESBURY

Distribution of emergency aid, including food parcels.Provide advice and assistance with completing benefit & housing claims, personal budgeting & letters to utilities & other creditors.Allocation & delivery of donated furniture & white goods etc. to qualifying clients.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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

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	£34,004	£23,530	£10,474	50
31/03/22	£20,518	£28,682	£-8,164	30
31/03/21	£42,546	£21,590	£20,956	30
31/03/20	£0	£0	£0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.openhouseshaftesbury.co.uk

info@openhouseshaftesbury.co.uk

01747852994

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Dorset, Wiltshire,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
50 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to Open House
£3,000	01/12/2022	Core costs for charity providing debt advice, essential household items and food for local people facing poverty
National Lottery Community Fund - Open House Shaftesbury
£10,000	23/09/2022	The funding will be used towards running costs that will enable the organisation to continue to provide a community drop in service which includes support in areas such as emergency food aid and ....more The funding will be used towards running costs that will enable the organisation to continue to provide a community drop in service which includes support in areas such as emergency food aid and benefits advice. The project aims to reduce the effects of poverty alleviate loneliness and meet the increased demand for their service.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALAN THOMAS KIRKHAM Appointed: 2019

HELEN JUPP Appointed: 2021

SHEELA UPTON Appointed: 2021

ANDREW STEWART BADDELEY (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: FATHER'S HOUSE SHAFTESBURY,

GORDON CLOWREY Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: THE SANCTUARY - 24/7 WORSHIP, PRAYER AND PROPHECY,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/07/2019, number: 1184625

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
Paying staff
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; all on time

Main office

OPEN HOUSE
CHRISTYS LANE
SHAFTESBURY
DORSET
SP7 8PH

Objectives

THE CIO IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SHAFTESBURY, GILLINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES, TO BE DEFINED AS THE AREA COVERED BY THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISHES WITHIN THE SHAFTESBURY TEAM MINISTRY, THE BENEFICE OF GILLINGHAM AND MILTON ON STOUR, THE ST BARTHOLOMEW BENEFICE AND THE PARISH OF FONTMELL MAGNA (THE SPECIFIED AREA). SUCH ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED OUT WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS:(1) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, SUPPORT AND INFORMATION. (2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY

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