Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 3
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

LEAGUE FOOTBALL EDUCATION 

The provision of quality, education, training and development for the benefit of individual apprentices
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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
30/06/23£11,655£11,589£66£0£2,859£2,8593760
30/06/22£9,676£9,358£317£0£2,794£2,7943.6560
30/06/21£8,184£7,942£242£0£2,476£2,4763.7300
30/06/20£8,366£7,951£415£0£2,234£2,2343.4270
30/06/19£6,647£7,192£-545£0£1,818£1,8183270
30/06/18£9,155£9,515£-359£0£2,363£2,3633270
30/06/17£9,958£10,057£-100£0£2,723£2,7233.2290
30/06/16£9,223£9,484£-261£0£2,822£2,8083.6280
30/06/15£9,039£8,952£87£20£3,084£3,0744.1270
30/06/14£8,677£8,633£44£36£2,997£2,9974.2270
30/06/13£8,452£8,691£-239£41£2,953£2,9534.1260
30/06/12£9,108£8,792£316£59£3,192£3,1924.4250
30/06/11£9,106£8,421£685£21£2,876£2,8764.1250
30/06/10£8,417£8,047£370£23£2,192£2,1923.3250
30/06/09£8,718£7,681£1,037£24£1,871£1,8712.9240
30/06/08£6,993£6,962£31£12£834£8341.4230
30/06/07£6,101£5,956£145£12£803£8031.6200
30/06/06£6,325£5,421£905£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05*£5,172£5,419£-247£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 55%
Liabilities/Income: 30%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 20 years

www.lfe.org.uk

info@lfe.org.uk

01772 326870

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 76 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department for Education - Apprenticeships Participation 16 - 18
£4,239,771 01/04/2020
To fund the provision of apprenticeship training.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-70
  • NICHOLAS CRAIG Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Efl Chief Operating Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/07/2004, number: 1104917
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/06/2004, number: 05143284
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR05: 2 days late,
Main office

EFL House
10-12 West Cliff
Preston
Lancs
PR1 8HU

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR APPRENTICE FOOTBALLERS, PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLERS AND RETIRED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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