Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 14

LANCASTER & DISTRICT HOMELESS ACTION SERVICE LIMITED

Housing and benefit support and advice. Breakfast and Lunch , telephone showers and laundry facilities. Training

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and 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

Established: 22 years
(25 years as a company)

www.ldhas.org.uk

finance@ldhas.org.uk

01524842008

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	*	£273	£227	£46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/22		£144	£145	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/21		£184	£145	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/20		£199	£145	£53	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/19		£114	£138	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/03/18		£212	£176	£37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£212	£195	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£292	£199	£92	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£314	£279	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£316	£295	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£278	£257	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£246	£192	£54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£143	£138	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£137	£135	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£213	£223	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£261	£152	£108	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£134	£132	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£203	£219	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£225	£232	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£205	£188	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

What it does

Accommodation/Housing
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who works here?

30 volunteers

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Lancashire,

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	£145,421
The Clothworkers Foundation	£25,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation	£10,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£7,327

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - The Welcome Home Project
£135,431	16/02/2023	The funding will be used to support a range of services offered through a “Homeless Hub” service for homeless and vulnerably housed people in the Lancaster area.ORGANISATIONSet up by a group of ....more The funding will be used to support a range of services offered through a “Homeless Hub” service for homeless and vulnerably housed people in the Lancaster area.ORGANISATIONSet up by a group of local churches in 1987 Lancaster and District Homeless Action Service (LDHAS) has been a charity and company limited by guarantee since 1999 they provide a range of services to people who are homeless or vulnerably housed. LDHAS’s aim is to support homeless people into secure accommodation and provide assistance to maintain that accommodation and advocacy support to ensure long-term quality of life and inclusion for clients. They provide casework drug and alcohol assistance medical needs and help with learning difficulties in a person-centred way focusing on supporting people on a journey of recovery. This is done at their Lancaster centre 5 days each week from 09.00-13.15.On a day to day basis LDHAS provide food hygiene products clothing and showers. The group do not regard this as primary activity the Senior Caseworker is responsible for triaging all clients and devising in-depth support packages and individual plans for clients’ long-term improvement – this happens once a clients ‘base-needs’ have been met. The plan includes housing health and social care finances and work and educational issues with planned actions and outcomes.Around 80% of LDHAS’s 119 current active clients are male with an average age of 40. In the first 6 months of 2022 (Jan-Jun) 97 clients attended the centre with an average daily attendance of 15-20 higher in adverse weather.Over the last 12 months 148 clients were triaged and 316 drop-ins attended the Centre. Of these LDHAS supported clients into accommodation 50 times. LDHAS present this as a growing number ‘in a very difficult area of social carework where rough sleepers and long-term homeless people are entrenched within their situation’. Last year clients were recorded as:- 42% with phyeless Hub’ to be refined and developed proving the approach. LDHAS have been fundraising to buy and redevelop a more fit for purpose building the remodelling of this building is now underway. Work with service users and partner agencies have informed the approach in the new building.LDHAS use an Outcomes Star to track beneficiaries progress and needs the posts of caseworker and support worker will actively use these in an integrated way with partner agencies as part of a holistic individually tailored approach.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Lancaster and District Homeless Action Service
£10,000	19/01/2023	41% of the salary costs of a Senior Caseworker for a Day Centre in Lancaster for homeless and vulnerably housed people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Lancaster Homeless Action Refurbishment and Relocation Project
£9,990	25/11/2022	The funding will be used by the organisation to refurbish their newly established homeless hub to enable them to continue providing casework and other essential services to people who are homeless ....more The funding will be used by the organisation to refurbish their newly established homeless hub to enable them to continue providing casework and other essential services to people who are homeless and impacted through complex issues as well as offering a hub space to related agencies to provide wrap around services.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Lancaster & District Homeless Action Service Limited
£25,000	19/10/2022	Refurbishment of building for a charity which works with Homeless and vulnerably-housed people in Lancaster
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	16/07/2021	LDHAS Floating Support
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Lancaster & District Homeless Action Service Ltd
£7,327	23/07/2020	Grant to Lancaster & District Homeless Action Service Ltd meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Lancaster & District Homeless Action Service
£70,000	26/03/2019 24	over two years towards core costs for an organisation supporting homeless people in Lancaster, Morecambe and surrounding areas
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	19/02/2019	Lancaster and District Homeless Action Service
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Lancaster & District Homeless Action Service Ltd
£75,000	29/08/2017 36	supports homeless and vulnerably housed people to find accommodation and learn the life skills essential for independent living and provide help and support to engage with the job market.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	03/05/2017	Lancaster and District Homeless Action Service
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Lancaster & District Homeless Action Service Ltd
£75,000	12/11/2014	supports homeless and vulnerably housed people to find accommodation and learn the life skills essential for independent living and provide help and support to engage with the job market.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Lancaster & District Homeless Action Service
£40,000	01/08/2013 24	over two years as continuation funding towards the core costs of a day centre for homeless people
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Lancaster & District Homeless Action Service Ltd
£21,000	01/02/2011	the salary costs of the Admin and Finance Officer

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-64

ANNE ALLISON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

LEE ROBERT DUDDING Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Market Researcher

MARK WHITEMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Insurance Broker

MARY WHITFIELD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Project Manager

PAULINE HOWARD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director

RICHARD TAYLOR Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/07/2002, number: 1093016
Registered at Companies House on 01/03/1999, number: 03722790

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
Paying staff
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; AR23: 5 days late, AR05: 2 days late, AR04: 79 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from PEOPLE TO PEOPLE - WE CARE on 04/02/2022

Main office

HOMELESS & HOUSING CENTRE
EDWARD STREET
LANCASTER
LA1 1QH

Objectives

(1) TO INFORM AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON ISSUES CONCERNING HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.(2) THE RELIEF OF HOMELESS PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, FOOD, SHELTER AND ASSOCIATED AMENITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LANCASTER, LANCASHIRE

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