Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

STOCKPORT LOAVES AND FISHES 

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. To support, advise and accommodate the homeless and inadequately housed. To relieve poverty among refugees, asylum seekers, migrant workers and their dependants living in Stockport
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • This charity appears to be dormant

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/12/22£17,514£18,343£-8298
31/12/21£20,017£14,013£6,0046
31/12/20£19,681£16,440£3,2418
31/12/19£13,680£4,972£8,7086
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 2 years

www.stockportloavesandfishes.org

info@stockportloavesandfishes.org

07429567402

Charity Commission for England and Wales
This Charity appears to be dormant
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Stockport,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 8 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£19,996
DCMS£5,000
Crisis UK£4,550
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£2,160
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Loaves and Fishes Mobile Support
£10,000 16/06/2023
The funding will be used to employ two support workers working with the local homeless community. The project aims to help people with their mental health and to provide advice services.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Loaves and Fishes Homeless Support
£2,160 02/02/2023
To run weekly mental health support groups for homeless people with refreshments provided. These group sessions can lead to 1-2-1 sessions if required
National Lottery Community Fund - Homeless Health and Wellbeing
£9,996 30/09/2021
The funding will be used to provide emotional and practical support to homeless people. The project aims to bring homeless people back into the community for peer support skills building and mental ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£5,000 10/08/2020
"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
Crisis UK - Grant to Stockport Loaves and Fishes
£4,550 09/04/2020
Costs for food and travel to those isolating in Temporary Accommodation

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/10/2022, number: 1200660
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from STOCKPORT LOAVES AND FISHES on 05/02/2024
Main office

2D CASTLE STREET
STOCKPORT
SK3 9AB

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONGST THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR ROUGH SLEEPERS IN STOCKPORT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF CLOTHING, BEDDING, FOOD AND DRINKS, HELPING ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION, INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SIGNPOSTING ON ISSUES RELATED TO HEALTHCARE AND HOUSING.THE RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING IN STOCKPORT BY PROVIDING INTERPRETING/TRANSLATING/ADVOCACY/ HEALTH/HOUSING ADVICE AND EDUCATION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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