Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

THE ARCHWAY FOUNDATION 

Aims to relieve distress caused by loneliness and social isolation. Offers social gatherings and one-to-one support service to those experiencing loneliness. Aims to prevent mental health deterioration affected by social isolation.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including a Community Foundation and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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: 36 years

www.archwayfoundation.org.uk

office@archwayfoundation.org.uk

01865790552

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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
30/06/23£235£215£20n/an/an/an/an/a60
30/06/22£184£217£-32n/an/an/an/an/a85
30/06/21£236£224£12n/an/an/an/an/a120
30/06/20£207£209£-3n/an/an/an/an/a120
30/06/19£232£191£41n/an/an/an/an/a127
30/06/18£162£164£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£156£152£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£145£142£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£150£141£9£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£92£111£-19£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£85£86£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£115£70£45£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£115£70£45£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£87£73£14£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£78£76£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£66£75£-10£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07£59£71£-11£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/06£47£64£-17£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£38£63£-26£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£56£48£8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 60 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Oxfordshire,

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£319,810
Oxfordshire Community Foundation£67,886
DCMS£26,974
Oxford City Council£10,000
Co-Operative Group£4,938
Masonic Trust£4,840
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Development
£8,950 22/09/2023
The funding will be used to recruit and train volunteers. The project aims to provide support befriending services and activities for lonely people in the area.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Post pandemic transition – supporting people’s mental well-being.
£9,576 19/07/2022
Training telephone befriending volunteers (60). The volunteers require updated and specialist training to ensure that they continue to have the skills they require to support Friends with mental ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£4,840 08/07/2022
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
National Lottery Community Fund - Re-building community connections post-pandemic
£9,976 29/04/2022
The funding will be used to develop a programme of social activities for older people. The project aims to support physical and mental wellbeing and provide more opportunities for engagement in the ....more
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Post covid and reconnections
£9,922 09/12/2021
11
Grant to Archway Foundation
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,626 04/07/2020
"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
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - COVID19 - Response
£5,000 17/04/2020
Response
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Training and Development Initiative
£43,388 31/01/2020
Our Step Change is to build on the achievements and act on the evaluation of our previous Step Change Funded Project by improving our capacity to a) respond more effectively to Friends (service ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Archway Foundation
£4,938 15/11/2019
We want to provide older people with opportunities to celebrate special times of the year, combating loneliness and isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Friendships; Building Communities
£291,246 24/10/2019
60
The organisation provides a range of different social opportunities for people across the age spectrum who are at risk of social isolation and loneliness. The funding will be used to cover staff ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Community and Connections
£9,638 11/04/2019
12
The organisation will use funding to provide volunteer training so they can support people of different age groups who are experiencing loneliness and social isolation within the community with a ....more
Oxford City Council - Grant awarded to the Archway Foundation
£10,000 01/04/2019
Funding awarded to go towards their core costs to recruit and train new volunteers, provide supportive social groups and transport for their clients to access social groups for those who would ....more
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£17,348 01/04/2019
Continuation and expansion in Oxford. 61 vulnerable young people isolated due to life circumstances, learning difficulties / disabilities and mental ill health will benefit from a two hour long ....more
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£17,348 02/01/2019
Continuation and expansion in Oxford. 61 vulnerable young people isolated due to life circumstances, learning difficulties / disabilities and mental ill health will benefit from a two hour long ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Link Café
£44,159 26/11/2018
36
The Link Café
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£4,750 22/10/2018
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Oxford City Council - Grant awarded to the Archway Foundation
£10,000 19/04/2018
Funding awarded to go towards their core costs to recruit and train new volunteers, provide supportive social groups and transport for their clients to access social groups for those who would ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching out to young adults
£9,900 16/08/2017
12
This project will deliver social activities for young people aged 18-30 who experience loneliness and social isolation.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Befriending Service - Increasing Capacity
£31,625 17/02/2017
Befriending Service Increasing CapacityThrough a variety of carefully organised activities, we support and befriend those experiencing loneliness and isolation; • providing a sense of belonging for ....more
Oxford City Council - Grant to Archway Foundation
£7,500 11/02/2016
Funding was awarded to support individuals in Oxford who feel isolated, lonely and marginalised through disablist, low income or heath problems.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Archway Foundation
£14,934 09/09/2015
24
To implement a new monitoring tool which will help the lonely people supported to reflect on their progress and for the charity to be able to measure and demonstrate the difference its support makes.
Oxford City Council - Grant to Archway Foundation
£5,000 12/02/2015
Funding was awarded to support individuals in Oxford who feel isolated, lonely and marginalised through disablist, low income or heath problems.
National Lottery Community Fund - Older People Matter
£287,856 28/07/2014
60
Not Available
Oxford City Council - Grant to Archway Foundation
£7,500 12/02/2014
Funding was awarded to support individuals in Oxford who feel isolated, lonely and marginalised through disabity, low income or heath problems.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 26-70
  • CHRIS TAFT (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Accountant
  • TESSA REA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Deputy District Judge
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/07/1988, number: 299533
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/05/1988, number: 02262206
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
  • 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
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from OXFORDSHIRE ADVOCACY on 08/03/2020
Main office

The New Marston Pastoral Centre
Jack Straws Lane
Headington
Oxford
OX3 0DL

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISTRESS OF PERSONS, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HANDICAP, ILLNESS OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES ARE SOCIALLY ISOLATED AND AT RISK IN THE COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE OXFORD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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