Finance Score: 8

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 8

Liabilities <10%: +3
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 18

AMICUS TRUST

Supporting single homeless people and enabling them to achieve and sustain an independent life.We provide Supported Accomodation. We provide support to get people into Education & EmploymentWe are also the Corporate Trustee of Charlotte Beaty's Almshouses

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Established: 49 years

www.amicustrust.org

info@amicustrust.org

01234358478

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£7,505	£6,878	£627	£1	£5,695	£5,430	9.5	92	1
31/03/22		£6,624	£6,141	£483	£0	£4,321	£4,124	8.1	85	1
31/03/21		£6,282	£5,328	£954	£0	£3,842	£3,623	8.2	80	0
31/03/20		£5,380	£4,715	£664	£0	£2,910	£2,367	6	76	0
31/03/19		£3,980	£3,479	£501	£0	£2,947	£2,901	10	69	0
31/03/18		£2,668	£2,390	£279	£0	£2,139	£2,063	10.4	49	0
31/03/17		£1,908	£1,695	£213	£1	£1,859	£1,753	12.4	43	0
31/03/16		£1,464	£1,346	£118	£2	£1,639	£1,572	14	34	0
31/03/15		£1,223	£1,188	£35	£19	£1,006	£891	9	35	0
31/03/14		£1,171	£1,063	£108	£5	£934	£818	9.2	27	0
31/03/13	*	£1,103	£1,010	£93	£6	£826	£785	9.3	27	0
31/03/12		£1,050	£1,005	£45	£7	£733	£705	8.4	27	0
31/03/11		£1,035	£1,066	£-31	£9	£688	£659	7.4	26	0
31/03/10		£1,007	£1,048	£-41	£18	£720	£692	7.9	28	0
31/03/09		£1,132	£1,064	£67	£19	£760	£697	7.9	27	0
31/03/08		£1,192	£1,114	£78	£7	£723	£655	7.1	33	0
31/03/07		£1,161	£1,072	£89	£12	£645	£163	1.8	33	0
31/03/06		£1,268	£1,119	£150	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£1,309	£1,214	£95	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£1,637	£1,487	£150	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 9.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 8

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Bedford, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Leicester City, Luton, Northamptonshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

92 employees
1 volunteer

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	£308,690
Harpur Trust	£58,394
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
Ministry of Defence	£9,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Time to Listen
£308,690	16/12/2022	The project will support single homeless individuals access mental health services at their point of need. The funding will be used to provide support for homeless people to overcome the barriers ....more The project will support single homeless individuals access mental health services at their point of need. The funding will be used to provide support for homeless people to overcome the barriers preventing them from engaging with mainstream services.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£9,500	18/06/2021	For local projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	26/02/2021	Overcoming Homelessness: 1-2-1 Mental Health Support
Crisis UK - Grant to Amicus Trust
£4,000	22/04/2020	Funding for PPE for 4 months
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Stream 1 - Delivery or Support Costs
£3,906	17/04/2020 2	Grant to Amicus Trust
Harpur Trust - Amicus Trust
£58,394	10/03/2020 24	Overcoming Homelessness: Managing Mental Health
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Free from homelessness: Northamptonshire
£32,134	01/03/2019 12	Starting life as a soup kitchen in Bedford in 1974, Amicus Trust now offers over 50 houses providing accommodation and support to homeless adults. This project is focused on supporting homeless ....more Starting life as a soup kitchen in Bedford in 1974, Amicus Trust now offers over 50 houses providing accommodation and support to homeless adults. This project is focused on supporting homeless adults in Northamptonshire with mental health and basic skills needs into their own accommodation in a long term and sustainable way. Our funding request is for a Mental Health Worker and Basic Skills Development Worker to deliver outreach support to develop essential skills in IT, Literacy and numeracy and living independently such as ‘maintaining a tenancy’ – importantly it also focuses on the underpinning impact of mental health issues, to ensure service users are able manage their mental and live independently, avoiding the threat of homelessness in the future.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Amicus Trust
£7,500	11/12/2018 11	Stepping Stones Project Luton: Overcoming Homelessness
LandAid Charitable Trust - Young People Accommodation Wellingborough
£75,000	25/06/2018 6	Through the renovation of 2 double storey flats (currently unusable), this project will aim to create a 7 bedroom supported accommodation communal areas for young people in Wellingborough. The ....more Through the renovation of 2 double storey flats (currently unusable), this project will aim to create a 7 bedroom supported accommodation communal areas for young people in Wellingborough. The project will have an office (and staff on-site) and provide 24 hour cover and support for the service users resident in the property. Whilst staying at the projects young people will be given a respite from homelessness amd chaotic life and create a Personal Development plan to build on strengths, overcome barriers and work towards personal goals and ambitions. Through Key work the project will empower the young people to access the kind and depth of support and additional activities needed to work towards an independent life, this may include support in education and employment, mental health, Life Skills, managing medical or beneficial appointments, participation in suitable community activities, volunteering, re-connecting with friends and family and re-settlement & housing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	06/07/2017	Night Owl Mobile Night Shelter
National Lottery Community Fund - Stepping Stones
£495,254	03/09/2013 60	This is a continuation and expansion of a project delivered by Bedfordshire Housing Link Limited (BHLL) to provide homeless vulnerable people living in Bedfordshire with employment support services ....more This is a continuation and expansion of a project delivered by Bedfordshire Housing Link Limited (BHLL) to provide homeless vulnerable people living in Bedfordshire with employment support services to enable them to make positive changes in their lives. _x000B_

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 47-74

ADEJINMI MACAULAY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Public Affairs And Policy Professional

JOHN SACKETT Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Consultant Engineer

JULIAN MARTIN HOGARTH ARMITAGE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: THE FRANKLYN EDUCATIONAL TRUST FOR THURLEIGH, BEDFORD & MILTON KEYNES WATERWAY TRUST,

JOHN DAVID OWEN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Architect

MIRANDA SMYTHE (Chair) Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Consultant

NIEL DAVID DANIELS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Finance

STEPHEN JOHN DICKINSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/02/1975, number: 268639
Registered at Companies House on 28/08/1974, number: 01182060

Gift Aid

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR13: 8 days late,

Main office

Amicus Trust Ltd
104 Midland Road
BEDFORD
mk40 1QE

Objectives

The objects for which the Association is established are the relief of poverty, sickness and old age inparticular (but without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing words) for the relief of poverty ofpersons who by reason of mental or physical infirmity are unable to fulfil their duties as citizens or theirobligations to their employers, in particular but not exclusively, through the provision of social andsupported housing and related activities.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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