Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

THE CATHEDRAL ARCHER PROJECT LIMITED 

The CAP is a day centre for homeless and vulnerable adults based in Sheffield City Centre. Services provided are(showers, free telephone, free breakfasts, subsidised lunches, access to health care professionals, education, football, sewing, literacy & numeracy, internet access,advice & guidance session, signposting and working alongside other agencies) Also offered are a variety of activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 27 years

www.archerproject.org.uk

anne@archerproject.org.uk

01143212311

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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
31/12/22£883£951£-68£139£321£2132.73638
31/12/21£828£946£-118£119£389£3103.93440
31/12/20£1,157£838£319£81£506£41663640
31/12/19£882£873£9£140£187£460.63340
31/12/18£845£838£7£125£179£931.32640
31/12/17£661£720£-59£121£172£1171.9220
31/12/16£605£611£-6£99£231£1432.8170
31/12/15£662£571£90£97£237£1062.2140
31/12/14£445£530£-84£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£547£523£24£75£231£982.3120
31/12/12£531£448£83£45£206£1052.8120
31/12/11£405£401£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£397£386£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£433£384£49£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£334£405£-71£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07*£345£338£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06*£272£204£68£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£186£182£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£209£204£5£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 19.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 14.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 32%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 66%
Reserves/Spending: 2.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sheffield City,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Who works here?
  • 36 employees
  • 38 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
Lloyds Bank Foundation£67,038
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£30,000
Co-Operative Group£5,117
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Tudor Trust - Grant to Cathedral Archer Project Ltd
£2,000 05/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cathedral Archer Project
£5,117 24/10/2020
We've developed a holistic, individually-tailored programme of personal development support, delivered through wellbeing activities.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to The Cathedral Archer Project
£7,038 24/07/2020
Grant to The Cathedral Archer Project meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£30,000 07/05/2020
Organisations supporting homelessness
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Cathedral Archer Project
£60,000 05/08/2019
36
The charity meets the holistic needs of people who are street homeless and those in temporary or poor quality housing, through a wide range of needs led services / activities. . The grant will fund ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000 15/07/2019
Towards Stability
Tudor Trust - Grant to Cathedral Archer Project Ltd
£96,000 01/08/2018
36
over three years towards the salary of a transitions worker to support homeless people in Sheffield through key transitions around housing, work and recovery
National Lottery Community Fund - Changing Lives
£278,619 30/11/2017
36
The group will engage with and support homeless people through outreach activities, one-to-one support and looking at their personal development to see how they can access volunteering roles or work ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Printed By us
£10,000 22/03/2017
12
This project is screen printing workshops and retail work experience opportunities for people who are homeless or at risk of being homeless. This will enable people to learn transferable skills, ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Cathedral Archer Project
£60,000 20/07/2016
36
The charity meets the holistic needs of people who are street homeless and those in temporary or poor quality housing, through a wide range of needs led services / activities. . The grant will fund ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Cathedral Archer Projects
£75,000 17/09/2015
36
towards three years' running costs of a project supporting homeless people to develop independence and improve health in Sheffield, South Yorkshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Step Forward
£395,114 18/06/2014
36
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Cathedral Archer Project
£30,000 25/10/2013
This charity provides practical support to help homeless people stabilise their lives in order to find accommodation. They will use a grant to help fund their supported volunteering programme which ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - First Steps to Stability
£388,842 13/10/2010
36
This project aims to ensure homeless adults in Sheffield have opportunities to move away from long-term or repeat homelessness and its associated issues. The project is a day centre facility ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 43-74
  • JOHN ROBERTS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Fire Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/10/1997, number: 1064818
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/04/1996, number: 03188162
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR07: 26 days late, AR06: 391 days late,
Main office

SHEFFIELD CATHEDRAL
SHEFFIELD
S1 1HA

Objectives

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS(OBJECTS) ARE THE RELIEF OF HOMELESS PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, MATERIAL HELP, FRIENDSHIP AND BY GIVING A SENSE OF WORTH AND DIRECTION TO SUCH PERSONS AND TO SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED AND WHO ARE LIVING IN ADVERSE HOUSING CONDITIONS IN SHEFFIELD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SHEFFIELD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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