Finance Score: -8

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 3

Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
Pension deficit: -3
Volatile income: -3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 1

EQUINOX CARE

Equinox works to help and support individuals with drink and/or substance misuse issues, mental health issues and those caught in the Criminal Justice system. We provide housing and/or support or counselling.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £4,165,000 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
There is a pension deficit of £1,977,000
Income has been volatile recently

Established: 37 years

www.equinoxcare.org.uk

07814285454

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		£6,446	£6,440	£6	£0	£-4,164	£-4,165	-7.8	128	0
31/03/22		£7,455	£8,107	£-652	£0	£-3,408	£-3,409	-5	187	3
31/03/21		£8,271	£8,128	£143	£0	£-3,306	£-3,307	-4.9	112	3
31/03/20		£8,584	£8,732	£-148	£0	£-1,784	£-1,785	-2.5	149	3
31/03/19		£7,500	£7,865	£-365	£0	£-4,363	£-4,364	-6.7	139	2
31/03/18		£6,369	£6,288	£81	£0	£-2,278	£-2,279	-4.3	128	0
31/03/17		£6,256	£6,556	£-300	£0	£-2,359	£-2,360	-4.3	88	0
31/03/16		£5,851	£6,243	£-392	£0	£-2,059	£-2,060	-4	81	0
31/03/15		£5,845	£5,928	£-83	£17	£-1,667	£-1,686	-3.4	103	0
31/03/14		£6,237	£6,339	£-102	£94	£867	£833	1.6	124	0
31/03/13		£6,837	£6,783	£54	£101	£836	£809	1.4	153	0
31/03/12		£9,269	£9,740	£-471	£77	£781	£741	0.9	246	0
31/03/11		£12,657	£12,641	£16	£64	£1,252	£1,147	1.1	317	0
31/03/10		£13,967	£14,059	£-92	£63	£1,237	£1,104	0.9	347	0
31/03/09		£16,058	£16,145	£-86	£90	£2,363	£1,193	0.9	354	0
31/03/08		£14,837	£14,480	£357	£41	£2,449	£1,049	0.9	354	0
31/03/07		£12,891	£12,824	£67	£53	£2,092	£849	0.8	334	0
31/03/06		£11,380	£11,412	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£11,067	£11,048	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£9,616	£9,600	£17	£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: 227%
Liabilities/Income: 61%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: -7.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Brighton And Hove, Throughout London,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

128 employees

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Equinox Care
£1,796	22/10/2022	We plan to train members of the community who struggle with mental health and/or social isolation to use digital devices in order to stay connected and access online public services.
National Lottery Community Fund - Solace Community Garden
£10,000	12/11/2021	The funding will be used to create a community garden for clients using the Solace Centre. The project aims to provide a garden and food-growing space to deliver nature-based activities that will ....more The funding will be used to create a community garden for clients using the Solace Centre. The project aims to provide a garden and food-growing space to deliver nature-based activities that will contribute towards improved mental health and wellbeing.
Ministry of Justice - Female Offenders: Community Investment Fund
£156,737	01/04/2019	To fund a domestic violence and other women's services pilot
Ministry of Justice - Community Investment Fund
£65,220	07/11/2018	To fund a domestic violence and other women's services pilot
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Equinox
£30,000	01/04/2018	Community Safety grant from the Housing & Modernisation department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Equinox
£135,000	01/04/2017	Community Safety grant from the Childrens & Adults Services department
Lankelly Chase Foundation - SystemsChangers
£3,000	19/07/2016 12	To support a member of staff to attend the Systems Changers development programme for frontline workers
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Equinox
£135,000	01/04/2016	Community Safety grant from the Childrens & Adults Services department
National Lottery Community Fund - Forgotten People
£140,202	10/03/2010 35	This project will deliver three strands to people misusing drugs and alcohol in the London boroughs of Southwark, Sutton, Camden, Islington and Westminster and in Brighton and Hove. The first strand ....more This project will deliver three strands to people misusing drugs and alcohol in the London boroughs of Southwark, Sutton, Camden, Islington and Westminster and in Brighton and Hove. The first strand will comprise creative and learning activities to increase beneficiaries' confidence and skills, the second will complement this by getting service users involved in consultations on drug and alcohol services and the third will train Equinox staff to ensure best practice when working with beneficiaries.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-69

CLAIRE BARTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Human Resources, Other trusteeships: PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE LTD, SAFE GROUND, PENROSE OPTIONS, SOCIAL INTEREST GROUP,

DYLAN KERR Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Department Of Health & Social Care, Other trusteeships: PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE LTD, SAFE GROUND, PENROSE OPTIONS, SOCIAL INTEREST GROUP,

JEFFERY LOO Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Finance, Other trusteeships: PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE LTD, SAFE GROUND, PENROSE OPTIONS, SOCIAL INTEREST GROUP,

KARL MARLOWE (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Doctor, Other trusteeships: PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE LTD, SAFE GROUND, PENROSE OPTIONS, SOCIAL INTEREST GROUP,

STUART JENKIN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeships: PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE LTD, THE COMPANY OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS CHARITABLE TRUST FUND (1992), SAFE GROUND, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WELWYN AND WOOLMER GREEN, PENROSE OPTIONS, SOCIAL INTEREST GROUP, SIG Housing Trust,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/05/1987, number: 296694
Registered at Companies House on 23/03/1987, number: 02114430

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

Unit 1
Waterloo Gardens
Milner Square
LONDON
N1 1TY

Objectives

3. OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY 3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE ?OBJECTS?) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:- 3.1.1 TO ASSIST, RELIEVE AND REHABILITATE ANY PERSON WHO IS IN NEED BECAUSE OF ALCOHOL PROBLEMS, OTHER SUBSTANCE MISUSE PROBLEMS, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH ISSUES, AGE, LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, AN INVOLVEMENT IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OR A LACK OF APPROPRIATE HOUSING AND TO ASSIST AND RELIEVE SUCH PERSONS, FAMILY, DEPENDENTS AND OTHER CARERS WHO ARE IN NEED AS A RESULT OF THAT PERSON'S PROBLEMS; AND 3.1.2 TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME MAY DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE GREATER LONDON

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