Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

THE BOND BOARD LIMITED 

The Bond Board Limited provides promissory bonds, tenancy support and other assistance to people who are homeless or inadequately housed in Greater Manchester and the North West.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 30 years

www.thebondboard.org.uk

info@thebondboard.org.uk

01706342404

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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£1,217£1,351£-134£0£913£3893.5285
31/03/22*£1,241£1,033£208£0£716£1872.2253
31/03/21£959£875£84£0£586£2743.8224
31/03/20£796£706£91£0£431£3055.2207
31/03/19£633£564£70£0£340£2274.81510
31/03/18£491£513£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£479£461£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£363£407£-43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£373£402£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£481£388£93£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£367£467£-100£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£533£553£-20£8£354£861.9130
31/03/11£561£561£0£7£374£200.4160
31/03/10£650£626£23£6£375£160.3160
31/03/09£551£581£-31£7£352£3036.3180
31/03/08£510£479£31£6£382£2927.3180
31/03/07*£452£416£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£427£412£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£423£346£76£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£454£321£133£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 43%
Reserves/Spending: 3.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 3.9
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Wigan,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 28 employees
  • 5 volunteers

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
Henry Smith Charity£103,300
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£92,500
National Lottery Community Fund£58,352
Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity£40,448
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Bond Board
£3,519 21/10/2023
We would like to provide emergency food at our free coffee mornings for people who are struggling and without food. We also offer ongoing support to help people and families get back on their feet.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Bond Board
£12,500 06/05/2022
Jubilee Grant Restricted Project Funding
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Bond Board Ltd
£103,300 07/12/2021
36
towards three years' salary of a Tenant's Advocate for the 'Tenant Advocacy Services' project, supporting people at risk of homelessness in Rochdale and Wigan, Greater Manchester.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Bond Board
£80,000 12/03/2021
48
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity - Grant to The Bond Board Ltd
£40,448 30/07/2020
12
Towards project providing preventative advice and support of existing service users and those new to the system (COVID-19 response)
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to The Bond Board
£8,853 24/07/2020
Grant to The Bond Board meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
CAF - Grant to The Bond Board Ltd
£4,000 04/06/2020
3
Grant to The Bond Board Ltd to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - The Bond Board COVID-19 project
£48,352 26/05/2020
13
The organisation supports vulnerable people in order for them to be housed. Through the use of holistic support sessions the group offer advice and help to beneficiaries. Funding will go towards ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Your Wellbeing Project
£10,000 24/01/2020
11
The funding will allow the group to employ a Community Wellbeing Officer to continue the support they offer for vulnerable and socially excluded homeless people. The project will offer support, ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Bond Board
£70,193 16/08/2018
36
supporting homeless people to both access and sustain accommodation in Bolton also acting as a mediator between tenants and landlords. The grant will fund the salary of the Private Tenant Advocacy ....more
Comic Relief - The Bond Board Sustainability Fund
£40,100 25/07/2018
6
Funding will support 4 parts of this. Firstly to identify and attempt to cultivate new partnership agreements with other local authorities, housing providers and voluntary sector organisations across ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Door to Door Furniture Recycling
£116,260 02/10/2017
23
This project works with homeless households and those living in rented accommodated in Rochdale. With a focus on those experiencing extreme financial difficulty in unfurnished rental properties, the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Homeless Advice and Resilience Project (H.A.R.P)
£510,139 03/03/2016
60
A project to support people in hardship including those with chaotic lifestyles and multiple needs such as poor health, homelessness, substance misuse, offending, victimisation, poor social ....more
Comic Relief - Young Persons Progression Coach
£84,175 30/09/2015
24
The Bond Board will work with young people on benefits from the Rochdale area who have struggled to maintain their tenancies and are often affected by a number of complex issues. The project will ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Bond Board
£70,193 08/07/2015
36
supporting homeless people to both access and sustain accommodation in Bolton also acting as a mediator between tenants and landlords. The grant will fund the salary of the Private Tenant Advocacy ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Bond Board
£60,000 29/03/2011
the salary of the Volunteer Service Development Worker, operational activity costs, office overheads and volunteer costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-71
  • SARAH MCCARTHY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Health & Care Systems Development Manager
  • TOM FISHER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/08/1994, number: 1040176
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/04/1993, number: 02807564
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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; AR22: 56 days late, AR07: 21 days late,
Main office

209-211 BURY ROAD
ROCHDALE
OL11 4EE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR ARE INADEQUATELY HOUSED IN GREATER MANCHESTER AND THE NORTH WEST, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PROMISSORY BONDS AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO SAID PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF ACCOMMODATION AND WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO SECURE ACCOMMODATION IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER MANCHESTER AND NORTH WEST

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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