Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 5
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

LANDAU LIMITED

Landau is a supported employment and work related training organisation providing one to one support for people with learning disabilities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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
31/12/23£5,876£5,770£106£0£1,415£1,1162.31142
31/12/22£6,392£6,285£107£0£1,309£6951.31342
31/12/21£4,980£4,873£107£0£1,202£7081.7867
31/12/20£3,945£3,734£211£0£1,095£7042.3817
31/12/19£3,431£3,226£205£0£884£6332.4525
31/12/18£2,178£2,306£-128£0£679£4672.4410
31/12/17£1,550£1,641£-91£0£808£7315.3340
31/12/16£562£635£-73£0£898£86516.3190
31/12/15£674£617£57£30£986£82416220
31/12/14£751£730£21£36£929£75912.500
31/12/13£773£706£68£18£908£75112.800
31/12/12£828£723£105£23£840£66111130
31/12/11£981£796£185£100£735£5057.6130
31/12/10£817£732£85£58£550£2924.8110
31/12/09£401£440£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£427£404£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£526£438£88£76£481£2196120
31/12/06*£517£380£137n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05*£298£361£-62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£543£563£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 79%
Reserves/Spending: 2.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 5.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 29 years

www.landau.co.uk

admin@landau.co.uk

01952245015

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Dudley, Sandwell, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City, Telford & Wrekin, Walsall, Wolverhampton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£35,000 13/11/2020
The Positive Pathways programme funded projects that develop and run activities supporting the mental health and wellbeing of ex-Forces.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Landau Limited
£13,913 24/07/2020
Grant to Landau Limited meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Landau Limited
£75,000 03/07/2019
36
Providing supported employment to people with learning disabilities. The grant will fund the salary of a Social Enterprise Development Officer.
National Lottery Community Fund - ThMa/5/2 - BBO Herefordshire
£883,181 17/10/2017
36
ThMa/5/2 - BBO Herefordshire
National Lottery Community Fund - The Olive Branch Cafe and Catering Services
£10,000 21/06/2017
12
This group will use the funding install new kitchen facilities to run catering and hospitality training courses for people with learning disabilities and the wider community. This will give people access to training to develop skills in food ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - ThMa/5/2 - Together Herefordshire
£50,000 18/05/2017
11
ThMa/5/2 - Together Herefordshire
National Lottery Community Fund - ThMa/2/1 - All Together Shropshire T&W
£1,367,689 09/11/2016
35
The funding will be used for a project that aims to provide pre-employment support within Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin for disadvantaged people aged 19 and above who are not in work. The project will focus on those who are furthest from the ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Landau Limited
£75,000 20/07/2016
36
Providing supported employment to people with learning disabilities. The grant will fund the salary of a Social Enterprise Development Officer.
National Lottery Community Fund - ThMa/2/1 - All Together Shropshire T&W
£50,000 26/04/2016
12
The funding will be used to develop a project supporting facing multiple barrier to employment, such as low skills, disabilities, or homelessness, to move towards the labour market. The grant will be used for participant consultation, European ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Landau Limited
£40,000 29/07/2013
Telford based charity that will continue to provide opportunities for training, work experience and work placements for adults with learning disabilities as a strong alternative to day centre provision. Beneficiaries from across Telford and Stoke on ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 59-77
  • HILARY OLIVER Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired
  • MARCELLE LOUISE KITE BED MBA (Chair)
  • MICHAEL SHIELDS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Business Development Officer
  • ROBERT DEREK LANGFORD Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Consultant
  • THOMAS DANGERFIELD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/08/1995, number: 1048645
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/07/1995, number: 03084746
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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; AR06: 20 days late, AR05: 50 days late,
Main office

Landau Ltd
5 Landau Court
Tan Bank
Wellington
TELFORD
Shropshi

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH TRAINING FACILITIES AS WILL ENABLE THEM TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP VOCATIONAL SKILLS WHICH WILL ENHANCE THEIR EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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