Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

SPITFIRE ADVICE AND SUPPORT SERVICES LTD 

Spitfire Advice and Support Services Limited is a charity that exists to provide help, support and information to the most isolated and excluded communities in in Birmingham and the wider region of the West Midlands unlike many other organisations Spitfire Advice and Support Services Limited is very unique organisation as communities sit at the heart of the organisation.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 13 years
(22 years as a company)

www.spitfireservices.org.uk

raygoodwin@castlevale.org.uk

01217475932

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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£786£779£8£0£160£1602.52350
31/03/22£730£714£16£0£153£0n/a2340
31/03/21£759£622£137£0£137£1372.72440
31/03/20£684£711£-28£0£0£002730
31/03/19£819£822£-2£0£28£280.43130
31/03/18*£728£716£11£0£63£631.1270
31/03/17*£631£609£22£0£53£891.8250
31/03/16£471£492£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£362£344£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£358£405£-47£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£436£473£-38£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£445£445£0£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: 32%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 2.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 23 employees
  • 50 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£435,440
Access to Justice Foundation£405,000
BBC Children in Need£30,500
Power to Change£29,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£18,570
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Access to Justice Foundation - Improving Lives Through Advice Grant
£350,000 01/03/2024
The Improving Lives Through Advice programme is made possible by a £30 million grant from The National Lottery Community Fund, thanks to National Lottery players. Working in partnership with the ....more
Power to Change - SPITFIRE ADVICE AND SUPPORT SERVICES LTD (RCF)
£9,000 12/12/2022
Grant to SPITFIRE ADVICE AND SUPPORT SERVICES LTD (RCF)
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Spitfire Advice and Support Services ltd
£9,570 24/08/2022
Castle Vale Covid Memorial project
National Lottery Community Fund - Castle Vale cost of living crisis
£9,500 10/06/2022
The funding will be used to support families in crisis by providing food parcels and help with utilities costs to be delivered with the help of 10 trained community crisis connectors. The project ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£30,000 09/08/2021
A flexible grant as part of wave 2 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID59
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Spitfire Advice and Support Services ltd
£30,500 30/07/2021
This project will deliver well-being activities to children and young people experiencing deprivation and Adverse Childhood Experiences in Birmingham. The activities will result in reduced anxiety ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 - Gateway Food Resilience project
£25,500 27/11/2020
6
The project will support the most isolated and vulnerable communities in north Birmingham through providing welfare information support and advice services. The group will directly support 100 people ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£25,000 07/09/2020
A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
Power to Change - C-19 TISS - Spitfire Advice and Support Services Ltd
£20,000 01/07/2020
Grant to C-19 TISS - Spitfire Advice and Support Services Ltd
National Lottery Community Fund - Spitfire Covid funding request
£93,495 15/05/2020
5
The funding will be used to set up a mutual aid and support network for local people identified by the project as at-risk and vulnerable during Covid-19. The project is an anchor organisation which ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Extra Mile continuation project
£306,945 17/10/2019
60
This project will improve the financial health and wellbeing of vulnerable women, through crisis support and financial literacy support. It will work with 350 people each year, to develop their ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Spitfire Advice and Support Services
£9,000 10/10/2019
I saw the Tower blocks fall
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Spitfire Advice and Support Services ltd
£10,000 22/11/2018
12
The project will provide one to one support and arts based sessions to children and young people affected by poverty and deprivation. The project will improve wellbeing, increase engagement in ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Spitfire Advice and Support Services
£8,800 13/11/2018
The Engines Roar a Spitfire Heritage Project
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Spitfire Advice and Support Services
£15,000 25/07/2018
12
Birmingham based charity providing support for long term unemployed in its community. They are seeking funding for a new post to establish a clear process of referral, tracking, monitoring and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Building a Better Castle Vale
£9,574 31/01/2018
12
This charity will construct a partition wall in the community facility, creating further space for community activities.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Spitfire Advice and Support Services
£9,600 23/10/2017
1 CASTLE VALE
Birmingham City Council - Tyburn Outreach
£48,000 16/01/2017
TYBURN OUTREACH; Neighbourhoods and communities; Local Innovation Fund
National Lottery Community Fund - The Extra Mile
£344,039 14/12/2016
36
The project will provide advice and support from three local hubs through an outreach programme. Support will be given to women experiencing complex debt issues and struggling to deal with an array ....more
Power to Change - Spitfire Advice and Support Services Ltd
£62,500 31/10/2016
5
Grant to Spitfire Advice and Support Services Ltd
Power to Change - Castle Vale Tenants and Residents Alliance ltd
£62,500 31/07/2016
Funding to refurbish this community-led advice centre, which also hosts community events and offers volunteering and training. The refurbishment includes a cinema and theatre space to generate income
Birmingham City Council - The Homework Club
£6,500 04/05/2016
THE HOMEWORK CLUB; Neighbourhoods and communities;
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Castle Vale TRA
£89,583 02/03/2016
36
Towards the provision of in depth debt advice and financial planning support to isolated and marginalised female heads of households in the Castle Vale area, and the provision of additional skills ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Castle Vale Tenants and Residents Alliance
£35,000 26/04/2013
A key leadership role that will oversee services providing money management, money and debt advice for communities amongst the most disadvantaged in Birmingham.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-75
  • ALEC REID Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Production And Stratigic Planner
  • DAVID LANE (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Managing Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/09/2011, number: 1143842
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/02/2002, number: 04382420
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 2 days late,
Main office

10 HIGH STREET
CASTLE VALE
BIRMINGHAM
B35 7PR

Objectives

(A)THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.(B)TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.(C)THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.(D)THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF WASTE REDUCTION, RE-USE RECLAMATION, RECYCLING; USE OF RECYCLED PRODUCTS AND THE USE OF SURPLUS (E) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE RECYCLING AND PROVISION OF FURNITURE, CLOTHES AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS (F) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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