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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

THE CARPENTER'S ARMS (MIDLANDS) TRUST

The Carpenter's Arms is a Christian organisation that helps men who are challenged by homelessness who have drug and alcohol problems. The Charity also assists people on benefits with food parcels. The area of operation is Leicestershire.
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Positives:

  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates much of its income
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £472,758 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/23£1,551£1,632£-81£0£-473£-473-3.55812
30/06/22£1,599£1,630£-31£0£-392£-392-2.9568
30/06/21£1,649£1,578£71£0£212£2121.6560
30/06/20£1,415£1,342£73£0£136£1361.25615
30/06/19£1,172£1,073£99£0£62£620.74315
30/06/18£952£945£6£0£-36£-36-0.5400
30/06/17£632£671£-39£0£-43£-43-0.8300
30/06/16£481£490£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/15£387£399£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/14£347£332£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/13£268£264£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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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: 145%
Liabilities/Income: 98%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: -3.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 12 years

www.carpenters-arms.org

richard.spence@carpenters-arms.org

01509 767550

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leicestershire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 53-81
  • GERHARD SCHULZ Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Management Accountant
  • JOAN MARGARET SMIDOWICZ Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director
  • JUDITH SPENCE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Minister Of Religion
  • TIMOTHY MONAGHAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Minister Of Religion
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/06/2012, number: 1147791
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/05/2011, number: 07649974
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Carpenters Arms
Wharncliffe Road
LOUGHBOROUGH
Leicestershire
LE11 1SL

Objectives

1) TO HOUSE, SUPPORT, CARE AND TREAT PERSONS IN NEED WHO ARE CHALLENGED BY HOMELESSNESS AND SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, DISABILITY, OLD AGE, ALCOHOLISM, DRUG ADDICTION, OFFENDING BEHAVIOUR OR ANY OTHER MENTAL OR PHYSICAL INFIRMITY WITHIN A CHRISTIAN CONTEXT.2) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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