Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 10

No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 12

FREE SHOP CRAWLEY

Free Shop Crawley provides a choice of fresh food & vegetables, toiletries, baby clothes and other essential free of charge to struggling families in Crawley and the surrounding area who are either referred to Free Shop by an outside agency for example local council, home start, school/college or contact us direct.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£110,692	£71,222	£39,470	40
31/03/22		£110,692	£71,222	£39,470	40

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

https://www.freeshopcrawley.com/

freeshopcrawley@gmail.com

07861 907133

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

West Sussex,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
40 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	£218,325
Sussex Community Foundation	£25,000
Co-Operative Group	£5,673

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Free Shop Crawley
£2,707	21/10/2023	We would like to replenish our stock so we can continue to provide our clients with food and daily essentials in a safe, loving and non-judgemental environment.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Free Shop Crawley
£5,000	14/07/2023	Funding was provided for volunteer training, venue hire, core and fundraising costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Free Shop Crawley – Getting people out of poverty and crisis for good.
£198,353	07/03/2023	This funding will support Free Shop Crawley (FSC) to continue providing an inclusive non-judgemental and dignified space in Crawley for families and individuals living in poverty or crisis to receive ....more This funding will support Free Shop Crawley (FSC) to continue providing an inclusive non-judgemental and dignified space in Crawley for families and individuals living in poverty or crisis to receive help without fear or shame. The project's aim is to support their customers to overcome poverty by helping in crisis and providing opportunities for the future.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Free Shop Crawley
£2,967	22/10/2022	We aim to provide fresh groceries and daily essentials for people each week to offer a dignified way of asking for help so that everyone in financial hardship can access necessities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Free Shop Crawley Volunteer Support
£9,972	14/10/2022	The funding will be used to continue to fund the post of Volunteer Co-ordinator for Free Shop Crawley a project that provides essential items and support to communities in need in Kent. The project ....more The funding will be used to continue to fund the post of Volunteer Co-ordinator for Free Shop Crawley a project that provides essential items and support to communities in need in Kent. The project will provide support training and mentoring to volunteers that deliver services to families in need.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Free Shop Crawley
£10,000	21/07/2022	Funding was provided towards core costs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Free Shop Crawley – Winter Stock Support
£10,000	25/02/2022	Funding was provided to cover the costs of food, essential items, and towards redesigning/translating their website to make it more accessible.
National Lottery Community Fund - Free Shop Crawley - Supporting People in Need to Avoid Crisis
£10,000	20/08/2021	The funding will be used to develop the group's free shop foodbank service to support people living with disadvantage in Crawley.The project aims to improve quality of life provide access to ....more The funding will be used to develop the group's free shop foodbank service to support people living with disadvantage in Crawley.The project aims to improve quality of life provide access to essential items and reduce food poverty.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ASHLEY JAMES WRIGHT Appointed: 2021

DAVID RICHARD WALKER Appointed: 2023

KIRSTI GODSON (Chair) Appointed: 2022

SALLY JOHNSON Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/01/2021, number: 1193224

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
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

2 returns made; AR23: 99 days late,

Main office

Bewbush Centre
Dorsten Square
CRAWLEY
West Sussex
RH11 8XW

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN CRAWLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY, PROVIDING FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED.

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