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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

FRESH START CHARITY 

Fresh Start Charity provide work experience to those classified as NEET (not in employment, education or training) in our shop based in Ipswich. We provide training in Retail, Hospitality, Customer Service & Warehouse management and help them to manage their mental health in the work place. We also provide a welcoming cafe for the community to reduce loneliness and provide a Community Fridge.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers including the Government recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
30/09/22£141,565£151,884£-10,31945
30/09/21£69,035£45,280£23,75530
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.freshstartcharity.org

info@freshstartcharity.org

07985460158

Charity Commission for England and Wales
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 45 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
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
DCMS£10,000
Suffolk Community Foundation£8,000
Department for Work and Pensions£6,266
Herefordshire Community Foundation£3,463
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Fresh Start and Coffee Youth Opportunities
£3,463 17/05/2022
Grant to Hadleigh Foodbank Charity
Department for Work and Pensions - PORT INDEPENDENT STORE LIMMITED
£3,133 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Department for Work and Pensions - PORT INDEPENDENT STORE LIMMITED
£3,133 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hadleigh Foodbank Charity
£10,000 10/12/2021
The funding will be used to recruit two new employees for the charity. The project aims to address a significant increase in demand for their food bank work and other community services for people on ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Hadleigh Foodbank Charity
£3,000 15/04/2021
11
Towards the ongoing costs of keeping the food bank stocked for service delivery.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Ongoing Project Costs
£5,000 05/03/2021
7
Towards the ongoing core costs of running the foodbank and the development of other projects.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Hadleigh Foodbank
£10,000 22/05/2020
12
The project will use funding to increase the supply of food parcels and toiletries and facilitate a move to a larger premises. The organisation will also use this funding to increase services to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/09/2020, number: 1191326
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

10 MILLERS CLOSE
HADLEIGH
IPSWICH
IP7 6GG

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN HADLEIGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY:A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTYB) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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