Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 17

LINCOLNSHIRE RURAL SUPPORT NETWORK

The Charity organises a group of volunteers and staff to give support to individuals who are finding difficulty in coping with stressful situations in rural lincolnshire, provides a Health Screening service in Louth and Newark livestock markets and operates a telephone helpline.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no income shortfalls in recent 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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	£443	£304	£138	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	38
31/03/22	£358	£258	£100	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	33
31/03/21	£284	£173	£111	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	33
31/03/20	£301	£152	£150	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	24
31/03/19	£123	£115	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	22
31/03/18	£109	£109	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£137	£111	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£151	£113	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£125	£101	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£108	£95	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£108	£93	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£75	£72	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£64	£58	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 14 years

www.lrsn.co.uk

lisa.boileau@wilkinchapman.co.uk

07725203560

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

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

DCMS	£80,000
Mercer's Charitable Foundation	£79,500
The Royal Countryside Fund	£15,000
Lincolnshire Community Foundation	£6,300

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Lincolnshire Rural Support Network
£79,500	04/10/2023	Supporting people in the farming community experiencing poor mental health and rural disadvantage.
The Royal Countryside Fund - Salary Costs
£5,000	01/10/2023	This project will contribute to the costs associated with creating a p/t administrative post to maintain increased operating hours for the helpline, increase support to helpline volunteers and ....more This project will contribute to the costs associated with creating a p/t administrative post to maintain increased operating hours for the helpline, increase support to helpline volunteers and provide support to the casework team
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500	30/01/2023	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
The Royal Countryside Fund - Core Costs Support
£10,000	21/07/2022	This project will enable LRSN to sustain increased helpline hours, maintain additional nursing hours, continue extra casework hours and meet increased demand
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£80,000	10/07/2020	"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 "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Lincolnshire Rural Support Network (LRSN) Covid Project
£3,150	07/06/2020	Support for people living in rural communities
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Lincolnshire Rural Support Network (LRSN) Covid Project
£3,150	07/06/2020	Support for people living in rural communities
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Lincolnshire Rural Support Network
£20,700	21/01/2013	the salary of the Project Manager to support 12 hours per week of case work

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-79

ALEXANDER GODFREY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Farmer

ANDREW THOMAS HAWES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

CHARLES MICHAEL RAYNER HOLT BSCDIPFMMB Appointed: 2015

DELLA MICHELLE ARMSTRONG Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Farm Administrator

LISA MICHELLE BOILEAU Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Solicitor

MATTHEW JAMES PHILLIPS (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director

RICHARD JAMES ALDERSON Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Agricultural Business Consultant, Other trusteeships: POORS PIECE, NETTLETON VILLAGE HALL,

SOPHIE JANE DUNN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: THE STEVENSON AND JULIAN CHARITY,

THE REV CANON ALAN JOHN ROBSON

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/08/2010, number: 1137678
Registered at Companies House on 09/03/2010, number: 07182183

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Financial Conduct Authority

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
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

13 returns made; all on time

Main office

Lincolnshire Showground
Grange-De-Lings
LINCOLN
LN2 2NA

Objectives

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PROMOTE GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE RURAL COMMUNITY OF LINCOLNSHIRE AND TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, INFORMATION, GUIDANCE AND TRAINING FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LINCOLNSHIRE

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