Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 3

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -4

LIVING SPRINGS

Living Springs is a safe place where families experience love and community to enable healing and growth for a better future. We provide supported housing in self-contained flats for parents with young children as a temporary placement, as well as additional support packages and day activities to build confidence, well-being, and practical life skills.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 24 years

www.livingsprings.co.uk

info@livingsprings.co.uk

01384872817

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
30/09/22	£272	£468	£-196	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/09/21	£719	£707	£11	£13	£1,982	£1,982	33.6	34	0
30/09/20	£571	£675	£-104	£18	£1,971	£1,971	35.1	34	0
30/09/19	£667	£725	£-57	£12	£2,075	£2,075	34.4	35	1
30/09/18	£604	£631	£-27	£7	£2,132	£2,132	40.6	27	2
30/09/17	£640	£575	£64	£2	£2,159	£2,159	45	27	0
30/09/16	£527	£503	£24	£0	£2,095	£2,095	50	30	0
30/09/15	£624	£565	£58	£78	£2,071	£2,069	43.9	15	0
30/09/14	£638	£567	£71	£71	£2,013	£2,011	42.6	15	0
30/09/13	£714	£476	£238	£71	£1,941	£1,925	48.5	16	0
30/09/12	£524	£460	£64	£57	£1,704	£1,698	44.3	14	0
30/09/11	£703	£419	£284	£57	£1,640	£1,628	46.6	12	0
30/09/10	£449	£365	£84	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/09	£411	£328	£83	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/08	£435	£339	£96	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/07	£585	£379	£206	£47	£1,092	£1,088	34.4	1	0
30/09/06	£478	£322	£155	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/05	£551	£348	£203	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/04	£499	£328	£171	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - LS family support
£10,000	06/01/2023	The funding will be used as a contribution to appoint a senior support worker and sessional workers to provide specific support to vulnerable young people or parents who are either pregnant or with ....more The funding will be used as a contribution to appoint a senior support worker and sessional workers to provide specific support to vulnerable young people or parents who are either pregnant or with young children and in need of supported housing. Operating in Stourbridge in West Midlands the project aims to strengthen its learning to develop a holistic support package.
National Lottery Community Fund - Keeping families together during Covid-19
£9,980	22/10/2020 6	The funding will be used to provide therapy and counselling sessions as well as the organisation's additional costs during the Covid-19 pandemic. The project aims to support the emotional needs of ....more The funding will be used to provide therapy and counselling sessions as well as the organisation's additional costs during the Covid-19 pandemic. The project aims to support the emotional needs of families experiencing parenting issues.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,200	28/09/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Living Springs
£51,000	20/07/2016 36	Providing accommodation and support to vulnerable children and families through a range of services. The grant will fund the salary of a Community Support Worker.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Living Springs
£30,000	29/07/2013	This Stourbridge based charity will be-friend and support young mums who have recently left supportive accommodation, to access new sills, build confidence and take up new training opportunities.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 57-77

ALICE ROSEANNA GRENNAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

IAN NICHOLLS Appointed: 2000, Occupation: Self Employed

MATTHEW JOHN GREGORY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Professional Coach, Other trusteeship: BRITISH YOUTH FOR CHRIST,

ROBERT CHAPMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2000, Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/10/2000, number: 1082726
Registered at Companies House on 05/06/2000, number: 04014173

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

LIVING SPRINGS
BARRATTS COPPICE FARM
BRIDGNORTH ROAD
STOURTON
STOURBRIDGE
DY7 6QY

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THOSE WHO ARE YOUNG, OLD, POOR, SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, HOMELESS OR OTHERWISE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT HOUSING OR OTHER ACCOMMODATION;TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT; TO ADVANCE EDUCATION; TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ANY MANNER WHICH THE BOARD SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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