Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 8
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

SALTBOX 

The Saltbox: supports, encourages & promotes the work of churches & individual Christians; provides a voice for the faith sector to inform & influence service delivery; delivers services which support vulnerable people; identifies potential partnerships with statutory, voluntary and community organisations to bring about cohesion & transformation; provides an information service for connectivity
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 16 years

www.saltbox.org.uk

email@saltbox.org.uk

01782207200

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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
31/03/23£2,512£2,396£116£0£533£5332.74759
31/03/22£2,160£2,016£144£2£417£4172.54061
31/03/21£1,887£1,778£109£0£273£2731.83858
31/03/20£1,727£1,610£117£0£422£3752.83544
31/03/19£1,398£1,367£30£3£305£3032.73931
31/03/18?£1,499£1,573£-74£5£275£2752.1360
31/12/16£1,159£1,263£-104£6£349£3453.3380
31/12/15£1,426£1,324£103£3£571£1391.3370
31/12/14£1,306£1,311£-5£4£469£1291.2390
31/12/13£1,306£1,191£115£4£474£1421.4430
31/12/12£1,142£1,044£98£3£363£1221.4320
31/12/11*£1,057£962£95£3£265£1041.3300
31/12/10£853£815£38£3£170£801.2190
31/12/09£779£707£72£3£132£310.5200
31/12/08£552£492£60£0£60£260.6150

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 61%
Liabilities/Income: 34%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 2.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 47 employees
  • 59 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
Charles Hayward Foundation£75,000
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£45,000
DCMS£33,348
National Lottery Community Fund£19,827
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Money Matters Welfare Benefits Advice
£10,000 19/05/2023
The group will use the funding to provide support and financial advice for people who are facing economic challenges. This will help vulnerable people to reach their potential.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Saltbox
£25,000 22/12/2022
Family and Service Co-ordinator for the Re-start Service
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Saltbox
£25,000 22/12/2021
Salary of a Family & Service Coordinator for the Restart programme
National Lottery Community Fund - The Reboot Lounge
£9,827 21/05/2021
The funding will be used to equip the group's community room as an IT suite. The project aims to provide access to online services and training for people on low incomes improving their skills and ....more
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Saltbox
£25,000 26/08/2020
Salary of a Family & Service Coordinator for the Restart programme
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£33,348 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
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£45,000 07/05/2020
Organisations supporting homelessness
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Saltbox
£3,750 15/11/2019
We want to put on day trips for isolated older people, giving them the chance to get out, meet new people, and make new memories.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Saltbox
£10,000 25/04/2019
A restricted grant of £10,000 towards the Restart project. The Restart project delivers shared supported accomodation and housing for the homeless, those at risk of homelessness, or those leaving ....more
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£21,990 01/04/2019
Expansion project operating in Stoke-On-Trent aimed at vulnerable people over the age of 50. The group will expand into new areas across Staffordshire, creating opportunities for face-to-face ....more
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£21,990 02/01/2019
Expansion project operating in Stoke-On-Trent aimed at vulnerable people over the age of 50. The group will expand into new areas across Staffordshire, creating opportunities for face-to-face ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - CareLink
£55,974 26/11/2018
36
CareLink
National Lottery Community Fund - Restart
£499,306 28/09/2018
60
This project will support people who are homeless or have backgrounds in offending. This funding will provide them with opportunities in volunteering, work experience and training to build people's ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Saltbox Volunteer Support Project
£9,474 13/12/2017
12
This charity will recruit and train new volunteers to assist in the delivery of their outreach and support activities. This will help local people who are experiencing the effects of isolation and ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Saltbox
£89,000 05/12/2012
36
towards three years' salary of a Coordinator for a volunteering project for ex-offenders in Stoke-on-Trent
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Saltbox
£90,000 05/05/2011
Towards the salary of a support worker and costs to help clients break the cycle of re-offending and successfully resettle and integrate into community life.
National Lottery Community Fund - CareLink (a Saltbox service for older people, working in partnership)
£418,408 07/02/2011
48
Saltbox will work in partnership with The Dove Service to tackle issues affecting older people around isolation, loneliness, health and well-being, emotional support, bereavement and loss, depression ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Saltbox Maintenance Project
£10,000 15/07/2010
12
This is a project by a charity in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The group will use the funding to recruit, support and train ex-offenders as volunteers to provide painting, decorating and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 51-68
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/12/2007, number: 1121832
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/11/2007, number: 06427360
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR11: 0 days late,
Main office

SALTBOX
GITANA STREET
HANLEY
STOKE-ON-TRENT
ST1 1DY

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND TO PROMOTE THE VALUES THEREOF FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

STOKE-ON-TRENT CITY CHESHIRE STAFFORDSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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