GILLINGHAM STREET ANGELS
Registered charity 1184311 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE STREET ANGELS · filing overdue (register status)
We support people living in Medway affected by homelessness, financial hardship & food poverty. We deliver our support holistically through free foodbanks, community soup kitchens & school uniform banks on top of a wide range of other food initiatives & services. We have charity stores, recycling programmes, inclusive volunteering schemes and a selection of other free health & wellbeing services.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts
The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves at year-end were £107,107, which is below the stated policy target of £100,000 (representing three months' running costs). The trustees reported significant internal control failures and inadequate financial records, leading to the dismissal of a Finance Officer and the appointment of new accountants to review the figures.
Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Governance: Internal control failures
“we began to suspect something wasn’t right and we we engaged an independent finance consultant to review our processes. It was then we realised that our expectations were not being met and our financial records were inadequate.” — page 6
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)
Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (67% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (14/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Angela Yates
- Daniel Henderson
- ISITOA CHUKWUMA UWAECHIA
- Karen Elisabeth Ann Macklin
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Kent · Medway
Income and spending
Common questions
Is GILLINGHAM STREET ANGELS financially healthy?
Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves at year-end were £107,107, which is below the stated policy target of £100,000 (representing three months' running costs). The trustees reported significant internal control failures and inadequate financial records, leading to the dismissal of a Finance Officer and the appointment of new accountants to review the figures. Its FY2023 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds GILLINGHAM STREET ANGELS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name GILLINGHAM STREET ANGELS as a grant recipient include THE WILLIE AND MABEL MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE J F BRIGNALL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE NEW LIFE CHURCH, WOKING, LIONS CLUB OF MAIDENHEAD CIO, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHESTER, CHRIST CHURCH.
Known funders
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