Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 10

Liabilities <10%: +3
Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs low: +3

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 25

PASSAGE 2000

The Passage is based in the heart of Westminster, providing practical support and a wide range of services to help transform the lives of people who are, or are at risk of, street homelessness. We run a modern Resource Centre in Victoria, four accommodation projects, outreach and health services, homelessness prevention schemes and a pioneering modern slavery referral programme.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are 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:

There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Established: 24 years

www.passage.org.uk

media@passage.org.uk

020 7592 1850

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£12,326	£8,857	£3,469	£955	£28,335	£6,422	8.7	128	190
31/03/22		£9,593	£7,309	£2,284	£714	£24,870	£6,272	10.3	128	83
31/03/21		£7,477	£6,863	£615	£704	£22,543	£6,406	11.2	121	311
31/03/20		£6,502	£6,447	£55	£669	£21,926	£5,766	10.7	105	516
31/03/19		£5,439	£5,643	£-205	£449	£21,872	£4,816	10.2	111	301
31/03/18		£5,318	£5,052	£266	£252	£27,030	£4,499	10.7	103	0
31/03/17	*	£4,255	£5,109	£-854	£269	£26,764	£4,012	9.4	101	0
31/03/16		£5,537	£4,930	£606	£207	£27,618	£4,292	10.4	101	0
31/03/15		£13,283	£5,417	£7,867	£272	£27,012	£4,110	9.1	92	0
31/03/14		£11,417	£4,022	£7,394	£248	£19,145	£3,740	11.2	85	0
31/03/13		£4,693	£4,113	£580	£284	£11,751	£3,003	8.8	83	0
31/03/12		£5,041	£3,988	£1,053	£229	£11,171	£1,802	5.4	83	0
31/03/11	*	£4,540	£4,049	£491	£263	£10,118	£1,428	4.2	89	0
31/03/10		£4,187	£4,050	£136	£259	£6,022	£1,197	3.5	93	0
31/03/09		£4,222	£4,145	£77	£475	£5,886	£1,013	2.9	99	0
31/03/08		£3,806	£3,863	£-57	£379	£5,809	£807	2.5	99	0
31/03/07		£3,469	£3,640	£-171	£271	£5,866	£768	2.5	97	0
31/03/06	*	£3,578	£3,540	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£8,184	£3,432	£4,752	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£3,290	£3,103	£187	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 23%
Reserves/Spending: 8.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 4.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Brighton And Hove, City Of Westminster,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

128 employees
190 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£225,878
Trust for London	£85,000
DCMS	£75,000
The Linbury Trust	£15,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Linbury Trust - Core work - The Passage
£15,000	13/12/2023	One off donation towards core work.
Trust for London - The Passage
£80,000	01/02/2023	The funding is for a continuation grant towards the salary costs of The Passage's in-house Immigration Solicitor to provide advice and support to people experiencing, or at risk of homelessness ....more The funding is for a continuation grant towards the salary costs of The Passage's in-house Immigration Solicitor to provide advice and support to people experiencing, or at risk of homelessness regarding immigration issues.
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£5,850	21/04/2022	Covid response
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,500	06/01/2021	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£75,000	08/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
CHK Foundation - CHK Emergency /Disaster Grant
£15,000	29/04/2020	unrestricted (response to COVID)
Trust for London - Passage 2000
£5,000	09/04/2020 3	The funding is towards consumable goods urgently needed to enable us to cook and deliver hot food to homeless people in Westminster. COVID19 response.
National Lottery Community Fund - Home for Good
£225,878	20/09/2019 60	Home for Good
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Passage
£86,713	28/03/2019 36	Home for Good prevents repeat homelessness by supporting volunteers partnered with someone with experience of homelessness, encouraging them in their goals and building community links.
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Passage
£13,287	28/03/2019 36	Home for Good prevents repeat homelessness by supporting volunteers partnered with someone with experience of homelessness, encouraging them in their goals and building community links.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Passage
£4,277	19/11/2018	We want to provide homeless people with the new equipment they need for construction work: boots, gloves and hats.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Passage 2000
£120,000	07/09/2018 36	£120,000 over three years (3 x £40,000) to meet the salary, on costs and a contribution to management charges of a full-time specialist mental health worker.
Trust for London - Passage 2000
£90,000	21/02/2018 36	The funding is for their immigration legal advice service for rough sleepers and vulnerably housed persons in its client group. The team consists of a full time employed solicitor supported by a ....more The funding is for their immigration legal advice service for rough sleepers and vulnerably housed persons in its client group. The team consists of a full time employed solicitor supported by a part-time volunteer solicitors.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Passage 2000
£15,000	24/10/2016	construction of a roof garden for a charity which works with homeless people in London
Greater London Authority - Grant to The Passage
£25,000	01/02/2016	Faith BasesCo-ordination Project
London Catalyst - Passage 2000 (The Passage) - 1
£10,000	19/05/2015	To prevent homeless clients from being discharged from hospital to the streets with a focus on long term more complex clients who frequently use hospital services

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How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-68

ALEXANDRA BELLA GODWIN-BROWN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Founder/Company Director

ANTONIO ORLANDO Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Marketing Director

CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Business Executive Private Equity

CALVIN TON YU LAU Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Lead Comms And Partnerships Grow With Google Uk

CLAIRE WINTER-REYNOLDS Appointed: 2024

DR IRAM SATTAR, Occupation: Doctor General Practitioner, Other trusteeships: Muslim Women's Network UK, NISA GLOBAL FOUNDATION,

JOANNA HINDLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

KAREN DENNEHY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Human Resources

KEVIN HYLAND Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant

MICHAEL JOHN KELLY (Chair) Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: FROM BABIES WITH LOVE FOUNDATION,

MICHAEL BROOM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Financial Officer, Other trusteeship: PASSAGE HOUSING SERVICES,

ROISIN MURPHY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Senior Manager & People Leader, Corporate Affairs

VICTORIA STEPHENSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Head Of Philanthropy, Unicef

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/03/2000, number: 1079764
Registered at Companies House on 29/11/1999, number: 03885593

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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR11: 0 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 15 days late, AR04: 68 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE PASSAGE on 06/11/2019

Main office

THE PASSAGE
ST VINCENT'S CENTRE
CARLISLE PLACE
LONDON
SW1P 1NL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY:1) THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS IN NEED AND THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO THOSE AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS TO ENABLE THEM TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES2) THE PROVISION OF FOOD, CLOTHING AND COUNSELLING ( INCLUDING LEGAL ADVICE AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADVICE) TO PERSONS IN NEED;3) THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL ADVICE AND TREATMENT FOR PERSONS IN NEED, INCLUDING THOSE SUFFERING FROM ALCOHOL OR DRUG ABUSE; AND4) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS IN NEED TO ENABLE THEM TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT AND SHELTERED EMPLOYMENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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