Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

ACCOMMODATION CONCERN 

Prevent and alleviate poverty, need, hardship and distress by delivering:AdviceSupportTrainingOutreach Servicesand other services related to the prevention and alleviation of poverty and homelessness.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 12 years

www.accommodationconcern.co.uk

help@a-c.org.uk

01536416560

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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£691£645£47£0£115£861.6147
31/03/22£424£436£-13n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/21£413£398£15n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/20£174£270£-96n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/19£213£269£-55n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/18£209£213£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£209£213£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£183£207£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£395£367£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£536£577£-41£148£185£1382.9190
31/03/13£663£670£-7£171£227£1262.3230

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 43%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 75%
Reserves/Spending: 1.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northamptonshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 14 employees
  • 7 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
Lloyds Bank Foundation£129,550
Tudor Trust£113,675
National Lottery Community Fund£49,247
Northamptonshire Community Foundation£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Accommodation Concern
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Accommodation Concern
£30,000 19/08/2022
One year continuation grant to Accommodation Concern
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Accommodation Concern - 22/11/21
£1,000 21/12/2021
Core Funding
Tudor Trust - Grant to Accommodation Concern (COVID19 Grant)
£10,000 20/08/2021
over one year as additional funding to help cover core costs during the coronavirus pandemic, at a housing and advice charity supporting vulnerable people in Kettering
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Paper Pals
£3,000 03/02/2021
This will build on our already successful Housing, Benefit and Debt advice service.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Accommodation Concern
£2,000 05/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Accommodation Concern
£7,300 23/07/2020
Grant to Accommodation Concern meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Accommodation Concern
£1,675 04/07/2020
12
as a development grant towards legal fees for renegotiating the lease at a charity addressing homelessness, poverty and exclusion in Kettering
Tudor Trust - Grant to Accommodation Concern
£100,000 03/06/2020
36
over three years as continuation funding towards salary and core costs for this housing and advice charity supporting vulnerable people in Kettering
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Money Advice Centre
£49,247 28/05/2020
7
Funding will be used to deliver a volunteer run money advice programme for individuals and families at various stages of housing crisis. They will provide general support such as advice and budgeting ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Accommodation Concern
£90,000 17/07/2019
36
Accommodation Concern provides advice, support and outreach work to the homeless in the Kettering area. The grant will support the core costs of the charity to enable continued delivery.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Accommodation Concern
£5,825 20/11/2018
12
as a development grant to support governance and action planning work at a charity addressing homelessness, poverty and exclusion in Kettering
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Accommodation Concern
£15,000 11/07/2017
12
The grant will support this homeless charity in Northamptonshire to implements a monitoring database and develop a communication strategy and materials.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Accommodation Concern
£120,000 19/04/2017
36
over three years towards the salary of a specialist housing adviser, and core costs, for a charity tackling homelessness, poverty and exclusion in Kettering
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Accommodation Concern
£23,200 27/09/2013
The charity provides tenancy support and housing advice across Kettering and Corby. The grant will support the charity to provides advice and enable vulnerable people to maintain their tenancy and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Accommodation Concern
£261,067 13/03/2013
72
A new project to work with vulnerable and disadvantaged young people and adults, enabling them to develop new skills, raise their aspirations and access a range of services that will improve their ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-72
  • DAMIAN ROCHE (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • DIANA BELFON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Equality & Diversity Specialist
  • KATHRYN EXALL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Lecturer In Law
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/03/2012, number: 1146257
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/02/2012, number: 07945758
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

1 Meadow Road
Kettering
Northants
NN16 8TL

Objectives

THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE POVERTY, NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN RELATION TO HOUSING MATTERS, BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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