Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 8

Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 18

CRANSTOUN

Cranstoun is a not-for-profit, independent, non-govermental organisation providing a range of high quality, specialist services to tackle the impact and harm caused by drugs and/or alcohol to individuals and communities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 27 years

www.cranstoun.org

info@cranstoun.org.uk

02083351830

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£22,159	£22,392	£-233	£55	£8,548	£8,548	4.6	438	12
31/03/22	*	£20,001	£19,038	£963	£0	£8,829	£8,829	5.6	402	16
31/03/21		£16,299	£16,279	£20	£0	£7,800	£7,800	5.7	328	40
31/03/20		£24,098	£19,731	£4,367	£0	£7,581	£7,581	4.6	365	121
31/03/19		£21,099	£21,466	£-367	£0	£3,279	£3,279	1.8	374	126
31/03/18		£24,387	£24,455	£-68	£0	£3,612	£3,612	1.8	391	0
31/03/17		£19,560	£19,642	£-82	£0	£3,670	£3,653	2.2	247	0
31/03/16		£15,708	£15,955	£-247	£0	£3,592	£3,592	2.7	203	0
31/03/15		£10,974	£11,033	£-59	£45	£3,849	£3,849	4.2	153	0
31/03/14		£11,103	£10,810	£293	£45	£3,862	£3,862	4.3	197	0
31/03/13		£12,014	£11,916	£98	£46	£3,535	£3,535	3.6	220	0
31/03/12		£8,197	£8,490	£-293	£43	£3,374	£3,374	4.8	174	0
31/03/11		£10,600	£10,363	£237	£48	£3,665	£3,665	4.2	207	0
31/03/10		£11,015	£11,078	£-63	£88	£3,402	£3,402	3.7	219	0
31/03/09		£10,995	£10,994	£1	£96	£3,349	£3,349	3.7	239	0
31/03/08		£10,403	£10,029	£374	£74	£3,449	£3,449	4.1	220	0
31/03/07		£7,729	£7,791	£-62	£51	£1,308	£1,306	2	186	0
31/03/06		£7,480	£7,939	£-459	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£10,989	£10,891	£99	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£10,878	£10,625	£253	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 35%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 4.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

438 employees
12 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

Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime	£386,244
The London Community Foundation	£45,904
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£15,964

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - Grant to Cranstoun
£253,431	10/03/2023	Ministry of Justice DA/SV 22-25 - Continuation funding for Women's Support Worker and Triage and Assessment Worker.
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime - Grant to Cranstoun
£132,813	10/03/2023	Ministry of Justice ISVA/IDVA 2022-25 - Continuation funding for 1 IDVA
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	26/03/2021	Here4YOUth
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Cranstoun
£17,600	22/12/2020 14	The funding is for additional support for our victim and survivors of domestic abuse the funds would be used for a range of support to include but not limited to phone/data credit, food, basic winter ....more The funding is for additional support for our victim and survivors of domestic abuse the funds would be used for a range of support to include but not limited to phone/data credit, food, basic winter clothing, taxi fares to refuge, additional basic household items for relocation bedding, translation costs. This funding will support 80 beneficiaries across eight Greater London boroughs.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Cranstoun
£28,304	17/07/2020	Additional costs due to COVID-19 lockdown until end of October 2020 as outlined in your application budget.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Cranstoun
£8,527	10/07/2020 4	Men & Masculinities Programme - To protect victims/survivors from domestic abuse and change the behaviour of perpetrators to prevent future abuse.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Cranstoun
£15,964	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Cranstoun
£5,000	17/04/2020	A grant of £5,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Men and Masculinities Programme
£445,912	01/10/2018 36	The project will support perpetrators of domestic violence who have complex drug and alcohol problems as well as the victims at risk.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Cranstoun
£95,782	29/08/2018 36	Towards the salary of a development manager to extend and evolve the Men and Masculinities programme, a combined support service for perpetrators of domestic abuse with substance misuse issues, and ....more Towards the salary of a development manager to extend and evolve the Men and Masculinities programme, a combined support service for perpetrators of domestic abuse with substance misuse issues, and their partners.
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Cranstoun Drug Service
£30,000	01/04/2018	Community Safety grant from the Housing & Modernisation department
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Cranstoun Drug Services
£2,566	04/10/2017	Catalyst
Cloudesley - Grant to Cranstoun
£11,750	19/09/2017	Cloudesley Partner Grant (awarded Sep 2017)
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Cranstoun Drug Service
£180,000	01/04/2017	Community Safety grant from the Childrens & Adults Services department
Cloudesley - Grant to Cranstoun
£11,893	21/09/2016	Cloudesley Partner Grant (awarded Sep 2016)
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Cranstoun Drug Service
£180,000	01/04/2016	Community Safety grant from the Childrens & Adults Services department
Cloudesley - Grant to Cranstoun
£10,409	15/09/2015	Cloudesley Partner Grant (Awarded Sep 15)

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 43-78

ALISTAIR GRAHAM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant

ANDY FURLONG Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant

DAVID ALCOCK Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Executive Coach

DR ANNE CAMPBELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Doctor

DR FRANKLIN APFEL Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Consultant, Other trusteeship: THE MEDIAWISE TRUST,

DR GAIL GILCHRIST Appointed: 2023

KATHARINE PATEL Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeship: THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUND,

LESLEIGH BOUNDS (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

SUAIMHNEAS NAOMI BURKE-SHYNE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/03/1997, number: 1061582
Registered at Companies House on 23/01/1997, number: 03306337

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

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: 177 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from SWANSWELL CHARITABLE TRUST on 16/05/2023

Main office

Thames Mews
Portsmouth Road
Esher
SURREY
KT10 9AD

Objectives

1.1 The Objects of the Charity are 1.1.1 The relief and reduction of harm caused by drug and alcohol use to individuals and communities; and1.1.2 The relief of poverty, sickness, deprivation and distress among persons who are dependent upon or affected by dependence on drugs, alcohol and other similar substances or compounds of possible or suspected danger to the individual and the community; and1.1.3 The relief of poverty, sickness and distress and the provision of financial assistance among those related or dependent upon those persons referred to above; and1.1.4 The education and training of individuals and the community at large and the advancement of education and training in the dangers arising from the habitual or isolated or other use of drugs or alcohol together with the publication of material relating to dependence upon drugs or alcohol; and1.1.5 To undertake research into the special problems arising from persons with drug or alcohol problems and into methods of alleviating them and to publish the results of such research; and1.1.6 The prevention of dependence upon drugs or alcohol, the consultation, treatment and care of those suffering from and the rehabilitation of those relieved from dependence upon drugs or alcohol; and 1.1.7 The provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure occupation for persons with drug or alcohol problems in the interests of their social welfare within the meaning of the Recreational Charities Act 1857 and as limited in that Act; and1.1.8 The advancement of education, and 1.1.9 The relief of need in individuals arising from their youth, age, gender, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances, and 1.1.10 Such other exclusively charitable activities as the Trustees may from time to time determine. 1.1A Throughout the Articles, 'charitable' means charitable in accordance with the law of England and Wales provided that it will not include any purpose which is not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the 2005 Act. For the avoidance of doubt, the system of law governing the Articles of the Charity is the law of England and Wales.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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