Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 10
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +10

ABIGAIL HOUSING 

Abigail Housing provides supported housing for those at the end of the asylum process.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 17 years

www.abigailhousing.org.uk

refugee@abigailhousing.org.uk

0113 8980574

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
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
31/12/22£576£643£-67£0£486£1392.6830
31/12/21£954£623£331£0£553£1733.3633
31/12/20£581£477£104£0£222£1814.5525
31/12/19£465£432£32n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/12/18*£391£396£-5£0£0£0n/a095
31/12/17£356£356£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16*£310£357£-46£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£165£173£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£158£153£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£126£127£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£112£126£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£143£124£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£253£212£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£209£169£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£112£83£28£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: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 29%
Reserves/Spending: 2.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 27.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
Who works here?
  • 8 employees
  • 30 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bradford City, Leeds City,

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£153,800
Lloyds Bank Foundation£82,193
AB Charitable Trust£60,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust£23,600
National Lottery Community Fund£9,992
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Abigail Housing
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Abigail Housing
£20,000 06/12/2021
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 3 of 3 years). Abigail Housing provides accommodation and casework support to refugees and people seeking asylum.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bradford Project Weekly Drop-in
£9,992 08/10/2021
The funding will be used to support destitute asylum seekers at risk of homelessness and who face multiple barriers. The aim of the project is to provide a weekly drop-in service held at the centre ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Abigail Housing
£50,000 08/09/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Abigail Housing
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 09/07/2021
Bradford Destituion Project
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Abigail Housing
£20,000 04/12/2020
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Abigail Housing provides accommodation and support to refugees and asylum seekers through bed spaces in shared ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Abigail Housing
£23,600 21/09/2020
6
To provide equipment and capacity to ensure safe provision of accommodation and services to homeless and destitute asylum seekers and refugees
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Abigail Housing
£153,800 16/09/2020
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the Destitution Project Coordinator and the Housing Support Worker at a project providing support to refugees and asylum seekers in West Yorkshire.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Abigail Housing
£14,980 24/07/2020
Grant to Abigail Housing meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Abigail Housing
£20,000 09/01/2020
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years, subject to annual trustee approval). Abigail Housing provides accommodation and support to refugees and asylum ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Abigail Housing
£14,963 04/12/2019
12
Request to support recruitment of housing manager and housing support worker to work on development needs of charity.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 18/06/2019
Bradford Destitution Project
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Abigail Housing
£15,000 03/07/2018
£15,000 towards core costs. Abigail Housing seeks to provide housing to refused asylum seekers and refugees who are at risk of becoming homeless. The Bradford based Destitution Project offers these ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 20/06/2017
Core Costs
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Abigail Housing
£104,000 09/03/2017
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the Destitution Project Coordinator and Housing Support Worker at a project providing support to refugees and asylum seekers in West Yorkshire
AB Charitable Trust - Supported housing for refused asylum seekers
£10,000 25/10/2016
£10,000 towards Destitution Project
AB Charitable Trust - Supported housing for refused asylum-seekers.
£7,500 20/10/2015
£7,500 towards Destitution Project
AB Charitable Trust - supported housing for refused asylum seekers
£10,000 08/07/2014
£10,000 towards Destitution Project
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Abigail Housing
£75,000 13/06/2013
36
towards three years’ salary of the Destitution Project Coordinator at a supported housing project for refugees with no recourse to public funds in West Yorkshire
AB Charitable Trust - Supported housing for refused asylum seekers
£7,500 22/01/2013
£7,500 towards a supported housing project
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-58
  • JO GIBSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/08/2007, number: 1120729
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/04/2007, number: 06202999
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR18: 6 days late, AR16: 21 days late,
Main office

Woodhouse Community Centre
197 Woodhouse Street
LEEDS
LS62NY

Objectives

3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE:(1) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM, THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO ARE DESTITUTE AND LIVING TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY IN THE YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER REGION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION, ADVICE, INFORMATION SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY(2) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM, THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO ARE DESTITUTE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN THE YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER REGION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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