Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

    MANNA SOCIETY 

    The Manna Day Centre is open 7 days a week, 51 weeks of the year offering the following services: free food, showers, clothing, housing & welfare advice and medical care.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has a robust balance sheet
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

    Financial Data ?

    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£505£544£-39£7£550£52711.61050
    31/03/22£661£470£192£6£589£56114.31030
    31/03/21£523£468£55£6£398£3729.51240
    31/03/20£444£491£-46n/an/an/an/an/a100
    31/03/19£439£480£-41n/an/an/an/an/a120
    31/03/18£563£455£108£6£430£39510.4130
    31/03/17£435£477£-42£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£585£470£114£6£365£3539130
    31/03/15£356£433£-77£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£418£442£-23£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£552£406£145£12£351£35010.3130
    31/03/12£429£430£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£408£421£-13£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£435£440£-5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£454£381£72£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£376£377£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07£397£347£49£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£342£329£13£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£272£287£-15£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£273£281£-8£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.3%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.2%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 0%
    Liabilities/Income: 0%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
    Reserves/Spending: 11.6 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
    Quick Ratio: INF
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 38 years

    www.mannasociety.org.uk

    mail@mannasociety.org.uk

    02073579363

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Accommodation/Housing
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Services for homeless & excluded people & ex-offenders
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Southwark,
    Who it helps
    • Other Defined Groups
    Who works here?
    • 10 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.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£20,000
    The London Community Foundation£7,173
    United Saviours Charity£1,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    The London Community Foundation - Grant to The Manna Society
    £3,768 11/12/2020
    5
    help to provide our takeaway meal service for the next 6 months to homeless people and those in need. The meal is provided 7 days a week, free of charge and consists of a hot dinner, a sandwich plus ....more
    The London Community Foundation - Grant to The Manna Society
    £3,405 10/07/2020
    our food takeaway service. The majority of the funds will cover the cost of takeaway containers and the cost of meat & veg. If we were to reopen the centre we could only see 20 people at a time. ....more
    The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Manna Society
    £20,000 02/07/2020
    24
    To support the Manna Society to deliver a Housing and Welfare Advice Service for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
    United Saviours Charity - COVID-19
    £1,000 09/04/2020
    The funding is to provide for the IT costs required to set up a housing & welfare advice helpline for homeless people and those in need.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (6)

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/07/1986, number: 294691
    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
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    THE MANNA SOCIETY
    12 MELIOR STREET
    LONDON
    SE1 3QP

    Objectives

    TO RELIEVE POOR PERSONS IN LONDON WHO ARE HOMELESS AND/OR UNEMPLOYED BY THE PROVISION FOR SUCH PERSONS OF FOOD, SHELTER AND OTHER FORMS OF CHRISTIAN CARE WITH THE OBJECT OF PROMOTING THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF SUCH PERSONS AND OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    LONDON

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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