Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 11

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
Fundraising costs low: +3

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 10

THE LONDON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

This is a grant making charity, you can view its grants here

The London Community Foundation makes a difference to the lives of Londoners by connecting people who need help with those who are willing to give. That's what we do. We are dedicated to improving the lives of London's most disadvantaged. Child poverty, unemployment, isolation, homelessness, domestic violence and gang crime are just some of the issues we are tackling through our grant making.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 22 years

www.londoncf.org.uk

info@londoncf.org.uk

02075825117

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£12,974	£13,550	£-576	£506	£31,636	£937	0.8	18	0
31/03/22		£12,183	£10,805	£1,378	£548	£33,130	£896	1	20	0
31/03/21		£21,474	£20,033	£1,441	£517	£29,735	£860	0.5	20	2
31/03/20		£9,918	£10,405	£-487	£589	£24,059	£767	0.9	19	0
31/03/19		£9,847	£9,123	£724	£560	£25,778	£751	1	19	0
31/03/18		£16,714	£17,958	£-1,244	£730	£24,374	£774	0.5	22	0
31/03/17		£7,219	£6,530	£689	£506	£25,386	£1,001	1.8	20	0
31/03/16		£7,761	£7,112	£649	£457	£21,456	£898	1.5	17	0
31/03/15		£6,596	£6,398	£198	£457	£22,014	£996	1.9	19	0
31/03/14		£5,562	£5,598	£-36	£514	£18,688	£1,028	2.2	21	0
31/03/13	*	£6,798	£6,633	£165	£407	£15,757	£1,061	1.9	17	0
31/03/12		£6,279	£4,859	£1,420	£316	£13,605	£1,130	2.8	13	0
31/03/11	*	£3,739	£2,986	£753	£250	£9,108	£1,154	4.6	11	0
31/03/10	*	£3,103	£2,814	£289	£160	£5,378	£1,164	5	12	0
31/03/09	*	£2,550	£2,357	£193	£203	£1,665	£1,108	5.6	13	0
31/03/08	*	£3,508	£3,337	£172	£293	£1,477	£1,118	4	9	0
31/03/07	*	£3,412	£3,404	£9	£6	£1,310	£1,100	3.9	12	0
31/03/06	*	£4,027	£3,844	£183	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£4,655	£4,437	£218	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£3,808	£3,583	£225	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 3%
Reserves/Spending: 0.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 3.8

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

18 employees

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

Trust for London	£852,000
Greater London Authority	£795,000
Three Guineas Trust	£250,000
Quartet Community Foundation	£213,237

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to London Community Foundation
£98,363	31/05/2023	A third of the annual income from the Bank of Ireland UK Community Giving Fund, as directed by the donor.
Quartet Community Foundation - London
£5,000	20/03/2023	As requested by the donor towards work to ameliorate the Cost of Living crisis.
Trust for London - London Community Foundation
£52,000	09/11/2022	The funding is to support London Community Foundation response to the Cost of Living Crisis.
Greater London Authority - Continuation Grant
£795,000	19/10/2022	Psychologically informed environments
Trust for London - London Community Foundation
£800,000	29/09/2022	The funding is to be regranted by the London Community Foundation in response to the Cost of Living Crisis.
John Lyon's Charity - Small grant to The London Community Foundation
£5,000	22/09/2022	Excluded Initiative Evaluation
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to London Community Foundation
£4,092	29/04/2022	Regional proportion of Bristol & West ‘97 Endowment Fund
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to London Community Foundation
£105,782	29/04/2022	A third of the annual income from the Bank of Ireland UK Community Giving Fund, as directed by the donor.
Three Guineas Trust - To the Coronavirus Appeal for regranting to small charities and grassroots
£250,000	30/03/2020	To the London Communities Coronavirus Appeal for regranting to small charities and grassroots organisations across the capital.
Home Office - Save London Lives Fund (EIYF) 2019-20
£544,900	01/04/2019	As part of the Early Intervention Youth Fund, a commitment in the Serious Violence Strategy, an award of £500,000 one-off funding to be made to the Evening Standards Save London Lives Fund which is ....more As part of the Early Intervention Youth Fund, a commitment in the Serious Violence Strategy, an award of £500,000 one-off funding to be made to the Evening Standards Save London Lives Fund which is administered by The London Community Foundation (LCF). The aim of the Fund is to build a better and more robust community response to youth violence in London by increasing the impact and resilience of organisations working to reduce violence among young people across London. The LCF will seek applications for our funding from those organisations currently funded by the Save London Lives Fund. This is to ensure that our funding can be deployed quickly and be delivered within the financial year. The funding will be used for activities that meet our defined outcomes, e.g. delivering services to support and prevent young people from getting involved in crime by supporting positive activities.An award of £44,900 is to cover the LCFs supporting costs.
Sport England - New Participation Partners - Small Grants Pilot
£250,000	15/03/2018 12	Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled New Participation Partners - Small Grants Pilot. This project lists its main activity as Multi-Skill ....more Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled New Participation Partners - Small Grants Pilot. This project lists its main activity as Multi-Skill Coaching
DCMS - ALB-New Participation Partners - Small Grants Pilot
£250,000	15/03/2018	[Placeholder]
Sport England - New Participation Partners - Small Grants Pilot
£200,000	16/03/2017 12	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled New Participation Partners - Small Grants Pilot. This project lists its main activity as Multi-Skill Coaching

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 43-59

DR SATNAM SAGOO Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Associate Chief People Officer

FIONA BICKLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Executive

JOHN HUME Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Ceo

NATALIE CREARY-ANINAKWA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

OWEN JENKINS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Banking

RUSSELL PRIOR Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Bank Manager

URMI DUTTA-ROY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

VEESH VISHAL SHARMA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Executive

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/03/2002, number: 1091263
Registered at Companies House on 27/02/2002, number: 04383269

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

Linked charity: THE BEAUFOY TRUST
02/05/2012 - Asset transfer in from NORTH WEST LONDON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
31/12/2012 - Asset transfer in from THAMES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
25/07/2013 - Asset transfer in from EAST LONDON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
12/12/2016 - Asset transfer in from DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICE FOR LONDON LIMITED
08/06/2022 - Asset transfer in from L C C WORKMEN'S DWELLING TRUST, BECONTREE
29/02/2024 - Asset transfer in from THAMESMEAD FURNITURE RECYCLE
Linked charity: PEDLAR'S ACRE

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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR13: 265 days late, AR11: 275 days late, AR10: 640 days late, AR09: 39 days late, AR08: 404 days late, AR07: 44 days late, AR06: 72 days late, AR05: 63 days late, AR04: 69 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from L C C WORKMEN'S DWELLING TRUST, BECONTREE on 08/06/2022

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Main office

The London Community Foundation
7-14 Great Dover Street
London
SE1 4YR

Objectives

1. THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND THE PROVISION, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED. 2. OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THOSE WHICH ARE IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES BENEFICIAL TO THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE LONDON BOROUGHS AND THE CITY OF LONDON

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