Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

TRINITY SAFE SPACE

Trinity Safe Space provides many services: -two, weekly drop-ins; English for Speakers of Other Languages sessions; social gatherings; celebration events; access to interpretation; help, information and support to asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants; signposting to other organisations, and we have given out food, essential items eg clothes, shoes, household goods, furniture, bikes etc

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£145,172	£107,173	£37,999	22
31/03/22		£23,778	£17,748	£6,030	20

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

www.trinitysafespace.org

tsshalton@gmail.com

01514206004

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Financial or material assistance

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Halton,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Indoor football sessions
£1,000	20/12/2023 3	To provide sport activities for disadvantaged people to improve their mental health. They will target asylum seekers and refugees for 2 hours a week of indoor football for 10 weeks.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Faith New Deal
£113,863	01/04/2022	The Faith New Deal Pilot Fund will provide £1.427m (alongside the wider National Faith & Hate Crime portfolio of projects) to test a Faith New Deal

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DAVID SCOTT Appointed: 2021

DEACON TIMOTHY ARTHUR COLEMAN Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: NORTH CHESHIRE METHODIST CIRCUIT,

GILLIAN BESWICK Appointed: 2021

JANET ETHEL WOODS Appointed: 2021

PAULINE MARY RUTH (Chair) Appointed: 2021

REV GILLIAN MARGARET YOUNGER Appointed: 2021

REV MARK HARWOOD Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeships: SANKEY VALLEY METHODIST CIRCUIT, PENKETH METHODIST CHURCH, STOCKTON HEATH METHODIST CHURCH, WIDNES FOODBANK,

YVONNE HEDGECOCK Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: SANKEY VALLEY METHODIST CIRCUIT,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/06/2021, number: 1194939

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
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

2 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from MRS ELIZABETH HATTON WOOD on 14/03/2022

Main office

Trinity Methodist/URC Church
Peelhouse Lane
Widnes
Cheshire
WA8 6TN

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM, THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, AND WHO RESIDE IN HALTON, PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND GUIDANCE, UTILISING THE EXPERTISE OF PARTNER ORGANISATIONS AND THE PROVISION OF MATERIAL SUPPORT WHERE NECESSARY;2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM, THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN AND BE ASSIMILATED INTO A NEW COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (ESOL), CULTURAL AWARENESS, INFORMATION ON SCHOOL/COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING.

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