Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 3

CHELTENHAM HOUSING AID CENTRE

To provide advice, information and help to those with housing need.

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Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 35 years

www.chac.org.uk

advice@chac.org.uk

01242226672

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		£50	£113	£-63	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/22		£97	£91	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/21		£136	£100	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/20		£47	£62	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/19		£79	£103	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/18		£63	£102	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£254	£186	£68	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£233	£204	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£230	£194	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£208	£173	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£172	£159	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£133	£146	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£90	£89	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£78	£88	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£132	£130	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£249	£246	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£249	£276	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£210	£239	£-29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£209	£213	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£206	£194	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Gloucestershire,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of 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

Barnwood Trust	£30,000
DCMS	£28,582
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
Henry Smith Charity	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	03/06/2022	Housing Advice Service
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Cheltenham Housing Aid Centre
£10,000	07/12/2021 12	towards one year's running costs of an organisation providing support and advice for homeless people and those in housing need in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£20,000	30/03/2021	Core costs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£28,582	05/10/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£5,000	03/08/2020	Provide free independent advice to homeless people
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£5,000	22/07/2020	Provide free, independent advice for homeless people
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	29/05/2019	Doorway Project
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Cheltenham Housing Aid Centre
£15,000	21/02/2018 12	To gain the AQS advice quality mark and to work with external consultants to develop a business and fundraising strategy and raise the charity's profile.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Cheltenham Housing Aid Centre
£10,000	08/12/2016 12	towards one year's running costs of a project providing support and advice to vulnerable adults facing housing difficulties in Cheltenham
National Lottery Community Fund - The Doorway Project
£298,097	20/08/2013 36	This expanding project aims to increase its provision of housing advice, support and advocacy to those living with drug and alcohol issues at its premises in Cheltenham, and develop skills workshops ....more This expanding project aims to increase its provision of housing advice, support and advocacy to those living with drug and alcohol issues at its premises in Cheltenham, and develop skills workshops such as in budgeting and tenant responsibilities. CHAC will also facilitate a consultation group to be led and managed by beneficiaries in order to raise issues that may affect them. The project will continue to assist participants to find suitable and sustainable accommodation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Money Smart - Older People Project
£269,525	10/08/2011 60	This project is aimed at relieving debt and financial problems amongst older people in Cheltenham. It will also help reduce feelings of isolation and social exclusion through encouraging peer ....more This project is aimed at relieving debt and financial problems amongst older people in Cheltenham. It will also help reduce feelings of isolation and social exclusion through encouraging peer support. The project will provide one-to-one debt advice and a project worker will provide advocacy for beneficiaries where required. Beneficiaries will be trained to manage budgets and peer support forum will be established. Volunteers from the group will also be supported to become peer mentors.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Doorway Project
£138,305	08/09/2010 36	This project aims to meet a gap in the housing provision in Cheltenham for those who have drug and alcohol issues, a high proportion of whom are likely to be current or past offenders. This group is ....more This project aims to meet a gap in the housing provision in Cheltenham for those who have drug and alcohol issues, a high proportion of whom are likely to be current or past offenders. This group is frequently difficult to house because of the complexity of their needs, which creates a cycle of offending and homelessness. Securing suitable accommodation is essential to the success of the efforts to breaks these patterns and to allow other issues to be addressed effectively.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 52-88

HAZEL MARGARET LANGFORD Appointed: 2001, Occupation: Retired

SARA BENNETT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Housing Manager

TOM PHILIP CADOGAN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Accountant

ALAN CHARLES MACHIN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trustee, Other trusteeship: COMMUNITY CONNEXIONS,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/02/1989, number: 801043
Registered at Companies House on 07/04/1988, number: 02241670

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
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; AR13: 2 days late, AR11: 14 days late,

Main office

Room B25 Municipal Offices
Promenade
CHELTENHAM
Gloucestershire
GL50 9SA

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE ON MATTERS RELATING TO HOUSING AMONGST THOSE PERSONS LIVING AND/OR WORKING IN CHELTENHAM WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH ASSISTANCE BY REASON OF THEIR HOMELESSNESS OR WHO ARE LIVING IN ADVERSE HOUSE CONDITIONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CHELTENHAM

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