Overall GiG Score: 20 ?
Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

SANDWELL HOMELESS AND RESETTLEMENT PROJECT LIMITED 

The provision of accommodation and support for homeless people, teenage parents and their children.
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Established: 40 years

swarnjit@sharpuk.org

01215440542

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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*£664£572£92£11£1,122£2986.2240
31/03/22£726£643£83£11£1,030£1773.3240
31/03/21£697£647£50£11£1,040£1803.3200
31/03/20*£569£599£-31£9£1,157£3597.2170
31/03/19£578£556£22£556£553£53211.5160
31/03/18£606£539£68£0£491£49110.9150
31/03/17£589£580£9£0£370£3707.7140
31/03/16*£553£553£1£0£361£3186.9180
31/03/15£563£555£8£24£360£2886.2180
31/03/14£483£501£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£474£458£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£452£452£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£434£426£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£426£435£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£399£423£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£399£423£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£428£422£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06?*£410£382£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£430£318£112£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 27%
Reserves/Spending: 6.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 14.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 24 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sandwell,

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
DCMS£49,383
Lloyds Bank Foundation£33,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£5,400
Cheshire Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cheshire Community Foundation - The Gables Drop-in
£5,000 21/10/2021
The Gables Drop-in. The funding will be used towards the Core Costs in keeping open a drop-in project for rough sleepers to access hot food cooked a served on site, access to toilets, showers and ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Sandwell Homeless and Resettlement Project
£5,400 14/09/2021
replacement of central heating boilers for a charity supporting people who are homeless in West Midlands
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£49,383 17/07/2020
"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
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sandwell Homeless and Resettlement Project (SHARP)
£33,000 21/05/2020
12
One year core funding to support Sandwell Homeless and Resettlement Project (SHARP) to sustain their work to support work addressing Young Parents Complex Social Issue (CSI) during COVID19
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sandwell Homeless and Resettlement Project
£24,448 22/11/2018
36
The project will deliver 1:1 and group befriending support to homeless children and young people. The project will improve emotional wellbeing, raise aspirations and develop positive relationships.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-85
  • KAREN PERRY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • STEVE YATES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Internal Audit Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/10/1983, number: 514302
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/03/1983, number: 01705859
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR23: 22 days late, AR20: 7 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR11: 65 days late, AR10: 25 days late, AR08: 12 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR04: 53 days late,
Main office

109 St. Pauls Road
SMETHWICK
West Midlands
B66 1EY

Objectives

to provide social housing as defined in section 68 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 and any other purposes connected with or incidental to the provision and management of housing, social housing and accommodation and to care for persons in need, who are homeless or who by reason of adverse circumstances are in need of help in acquiring a settled way of life through the establishment of residential accommodations and to assist these persons so as to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities that they may develop full maturity as responsible individuals and members of Society and that their conditions of life may be improved

Defined Area of Benefit:

SANDWELL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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