Overall GiG Score: 15 ?
Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 9
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

FATHER HUDSON'S SOCIETY 

Social Care Agency of the Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham providing :*residential and daycare for the elderly, those with dementia, and adults with disabilities*adoption support and fostering services*origins services to adults who have previously been supported by the Society*community and school based family support projects
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 42 years

www.fatherhudsons.org.uk

info@fatherhudsons.org.uk

01675434000

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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£9,574£9,585£-11£214£11,866£3,8974.9309179
31/03/22£7,700£8,022£-322£229£10,592£2,9194.4337242
31/03/21£7,725£7,920£-195£246£9,721£2,1713.3294254
31/03/20£8,540£7,801£739£206£9,260£2,3153.6293271
31/03/19£6,994£7,472£-477£215£9,397£2,0803.3276255
31/03/18£7,313£7,338£-25£234£9,965£2,8204.62820
31/03/17£6,343£6,926£-584£216£9,893£2,7814.82700
31/03/16£6,238£6,480£-241£195£10,612£3,4856.52530
31/03/15£6,167£6,621£-454£247£11,232£4,1287.51730
31/03/14£10,525£6,268£4,257£238£12,573£5,48210.51730
31/03/13£5,774£6,063£-290£254£7,994£5,47310.81570
31/03/12£5,359£5,790£-431£260£8,252£5,70311.81510
31/03/11£5,484£5,864£-380£250£8,877£6,25812.81530
31/03/10£5,450£6,032£-582£294£9,052£6,43012.81570
31/03/09£5,643£5,864£-221£452£8,968£6,08412.41520
31/03/08£5,789£5,576£214£345£10,299£7,422161380
31/03/07£4,914£5,406£-492£269£8,994£7,07915.71350
31/03/06£4,494£4,876£-382£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£4,705£4,783£-78£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£4,428£4,327£101£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 33%
Reserves/Spending: 4.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 309 employees
  • 179 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Oxfordshire, Sandwell, Staffordshire, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire,

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£230,928
Home Office£169,179
Barrow Cadbury Trust£38,200
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Better outcomes for people with NRPF transfer
£38,200 02/03/2023
To employ a Good Practice and Partnership Officer and develop better pathways for people subject to the no recourse to public funds (NRPF) conditions attached to their immigration status.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£25,000 26/08/2022
Brushstrokes Community Project: from Covid to a poverty crisis - adapting and responding.
National Lottery Community Fund - Even Better Together
£179,919 28/04/2022
The project will combat loneliness and isolation by bringing people together and building stronger relationships in and across communities developing existing and creating new social support ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Father Hudson's
£2,372 23/10/2021
We would like to continue to support those in need of a friendly chat, helping them through this pandemic, easing their worries, helping them to feel less isolated and lonely.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 08/07/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - New brushstrokes covid-19 response
£41,009 15/05/2020
10
The funding will enable the project to continue and scale up its food bank operation which is experiencing increased demand as a result of Covid-19. The project is based in Sandwell and supports ....more
Home Office - FATHER HUDSONS SOCIETY (G)
£72,595 01/04/2020
This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Sensory Room for St Catherine?s Day Serv
£10,000 25/07/2019
12
Project Summary :The funding will be used to create a sensory room that is designed to support people with a complex range of physical needs and disabilities. The project aims to improve wellbeing ....more
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 2019-20
£96,584 01/04/2019
This grants scheme is enabling organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens through information-giving, advice and provision of technology and assistance to help them make ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Cooking to Connect the Community
£9,975 20/12/2018
12
This funding will be used to purchase kitchen equipment to support refugees and migrants through the sharing of food.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 05/06/2018
Brushstrokes Community Project
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£74,101 23/05/2018
Fund a Men's Outreach Worker for the Young at Heart Project, encouraging isolated men to participate in social activities
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Father Hudson's Society
£19,500 23/10/2017
Equipment and furniture for a charity which works with homeless people in Birmingham
National Lottery Community Fund - Tabor House - Food and shelter for the Homeless
£9,720 17/05/2017
12
This group will use the funding to create a night shelter for local homeless people, providing them with food and overnight accommodation, improving their health and wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Brushstrokes Community Project
£499,025 16/06/2016
48
The organisation will use the funding to continue to provide resources and outreach services to vulnerable people living in Sandwell and West Birmingham, particularly asylum seekers, refugees and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Young At Heart - Reducing social isolation in older people.
£10,000 05/08/2015
11
Young At Heart - Reducing social isolation in older people.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Migrant voices, Migrant housing solutions.
£29,750 17/12/2014
To build on a pilot project supporting migrants to access and sustain secure tenancies in private rented accommodation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Brushstrokes
£276,827 02/07/2013
36
This is a continuation project by Father Hudson's Society (FHS) based in Smethwick, Sandwell in West Midlands, which will address the lack of English language skills amongst newcomers and women in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Brushstrokes
£199,773 10/03/2010
36
This development of an existing project will offer practical support to marginalised and disadvantaged female members of the community in Smethwick, Sandwell, including BME, migrant and refugee ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 56-81
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/09/1982, number: 512992
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/07/1982, number: 01653388
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Father Hudsons Society
St. Georges House
Gerards Way
Coleshill
Birmingham
B46 3FG

Objectives

3.1 THE FURTHERANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH (THE CHURCH)3.2 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH GRANTS, GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE3.3 THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH3.4 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE POWERS SET OUT IN SUB-CLAUSES 4.7 TO 4.13 (INCLUSIVE) BELOW AND ONLY INSOFAR AS IT FURTHERS THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH3.5 THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF THE SUPPORT, RELIEF AND CARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITHOUT FAMILIES TO CARE FOR THEM, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN TROUBLE OR AT RISK, ELDERLY PEOPLE AND THEIR CARERS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND GROUPS WHO ARE IN NEED.3.6 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATIONAL OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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