Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 10

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 13

LIVING VITAL

Living Vital offers a safe welcoming space in nature where anyone can come to learn about organic food growing, permaculture principles, basic woodwork, nutrition and cooking. We are building a community connecting local people with refugees and migrants and growing produce for food banks. We offer people the chance to deepen their connection with their bodies, the natural world and each other.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of 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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/01/23		£27,519	£28,211	£-692	45
31/01/22		£27,964	£14,547	£13,417	80

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

livingvital.co.uk

commongroundbrighton@gmail.com

07903114089

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
45 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

Sussex Community Foundation	£15,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Allen Lane Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Living Vital / Common Ground
£10,000	11/11/2022	Funding was provided towards a 'sowing to serving' series of sessions taking participants through the full cycle from growing to cooking and eating food together.
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Living Vital
£5,000	04/11/2022	£5,000 over two years (£2,500 pa) towards running costs of the Common Ground refugee and asylum seeker gardening project in Brighton
National Lottery Community Fund - Common Ground
£10,000	15/10/2021	The funding will be used to create a safe welcoming garden of sanctuary for the refugee and migrant population in Brighton and East Sussex. The project aims to build better relationships across the ....more The funding will be used to create a safe welcoming garden of sanctuary for the refugee and migrant population in Brighton and East Sussex. The project aims to build better relationships across the community and support vulnerable people by offering food to a local food bank.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Living Vital
£5,000	16/07/2021 6	Funding was provided to pay a session worker to manage the cooking and carpentry sessions and purchase basic tools and kitchen utensils and solar panels.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ADAM PAUL WESTON Appointed: 2020

MELISSA AMY AMORIDGE Appointed: 2020

NICK GRIST (Chair) Appointed: 2020

RACHEL HELEN LIMAGE Appointed: 2020

ROXANA KHAN-WILLIAMS Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/01/2021, number: 1192957

Gift Aid

NOT 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
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

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

Living Vital
STANMER ORGANICS
STANMER VILLAGE
BRIGHTON
BN1 9PZ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE 1. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF ITEMS SUCH AS FOOD TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY. 2. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION BY PROVIDING AN AREA FOR USE AS A COMMUNITY GARDEN FOR: THERAPEUTIC HORTICULTURE; TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE REFUGEE AND MIGRANT COMMUNITY; OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF SAID PERSONS. 3. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING BIODIVERSITY, ORGANIC GROWING, HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, PERMACULTURE, TRADITIONAL CRAFTS AND CONSERVATION PRACTICES.

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