Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

FEEL GOOD FACTOR (LEEDS)

The main objective of the charity is to reduce health inequalities for people living in disadvantaged areas of Leeds. Activities and services include:- Physical and mental well being activities- Education and Training- Intergeneration work- Activities that promote inclusion and break down social isolation
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£812£870£-58£0£327£2663.72422
31/03/22£732£772£-40£0£384£2383.71930
31/03/21£843£705£137£0£425£2263.91736
31/03/20£777£745£32£0£287£2243.61933
31/03/19£701£696£6£0£255£2243.91833
31/03/18£657£654£3£0£250£2364.390
31/03/17£235£271£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£287£323£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£284£276£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£300£277£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£198£202£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£181£231£-50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£432£445£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£351£354£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£695£336£359£8£359£32711.760

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 81%
Reserves/Spending: 3.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 11.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 17 years

www.fgfleeds.org

office@fgfleeds.org

01133504200

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£164,000
Leeds Community Foundation£50,382
DCMS£9,945
Sport England£3,514
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Swim Start
£3,514 26/02/2024
12
This project will provide funding to deliver 48 weeks of swimming lessons to women with mobility issues from ethnic minority backgrounds. Funding will specifically support promotion, transport costs and swimming fees.
Leeds Community Foundation - Keep active Keep well
£2,918 30/10/2023
Grant to Feel Good Factor
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Feel Good Factor
£164,000 10/03/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing support for older people and people from ethnically diverse communities with one or more long term health conditions in Chapeltown and Harehills, Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Feel Good Factor
£2,496 06/10/2021
This will be an intergenerational project aimed at children and families and those over the age of 60 who are socially isolated. The purpose is to help reduce loneliness and social isolation over the winter period. Creating cohesive communities and ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Living Well - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
£19,996 07/10/2020
11
Grant to Feel Good Factor
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,945 24/08/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Manbassadors (Extension of Men's Suicide Prevention Project)
£24,972 06/01/2020
Build on existing Manbassadors project for one year, and increase number of working Manbassadors to 30.
Leeds Community Foundation - Together
£1,600 24/10/2019
8
Together will enable older isolated members of the BME communities to come together for a weekend away in the spring and summer at the Northern College (Residential Adult Education), Day trip to and members to plan and deliver an inter generational ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Feel Good Factor
£24,879 30/11/2018
23
To recruit a network of men's health advocates (“Manbassadors”) working in businesses within LS9 and co-produce with them ways to engage isolated men with whom they have contact, utilising peer support and signposting to help them with their ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Connect
£9,786 20/04/2018
12
The group will develop a men's health and wellbeing programme to reduce social isolation, improve mental health and help them to build social networks and re-connect with their community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Healthy Lives, Healthy Homes
£392,626 02/11/2016
47
This continuation and development project will promote and support active, healthy and independent living for older people, particularly those who live alone, those with dementia and their carers. Project caseworkers will visit older people to make ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Healthy Lives, Healthy Homes
£327,714 17/10/2012
36
This project will promote and support active, healthy independent living for older people from a wide range of cultural backgrounds living in Chapeltown and Harehills. The project will visit older people in their homes to see if it needs and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-72
  • ANDREW TAYLOR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • CHRISTOPHER LEO CUSHING Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant
  • DR TANEFA APEKEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Lecturer
  • HEATHER THRIPPLETON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Team Leader (Mental Health Charity)
  • MARTIN HORBURY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Finance Director
  • NATHANIEL LINDO Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
  • SHARON BROOKS Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Principle Caseworker
  • VALERIE VIVIAN FRANCIS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/11/2007, number: 1121467
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/12/2006, number: 06020041
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR10: 16 days late, AR09: 111 days late,
Main office

53 LOUIS STREET
LEEDS
LS7 4BP

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES LIVING AND/OR WORKING IN THE LEEDS CITY REGION (“THE AREA OF BENEFIT”) IN PARTICULAR ETHNIC MINORITIES OR OTHERS WHO ARE SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED IN SOME WAY BY ADVANCING EDUCATION AND PRESERVING AND PROMOTING THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD HEALTH AND MENTAL WELL-BEING AMONGST THE SAID INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.’

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LEEDS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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