Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Gov Income
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 11

LOCAL INFORMATION UNIT LIMITED

The LGIU provides a range of services including:* A policy briefing service on topics relevant to local democracy* A daily news service* Publications on local government* Events and seminars* Learning and development activities* Research and advice

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received income from Government contracts
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

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
31/12/22		£1,866	£1,840	£27	£0	£847	£777	5.1	19
31/12/21		£1,837	£1,689	£148	£0	£-2,532	£-2,572	-18.3	19
31/12/20		£1,734	£1,565	£170	£0	£-4,349	£-4,349	-33.4	16
31/12/19	*	£1,730	£1,557	£173	£0	£-2,729	£-2,612	-20.1	16
31/12/18		£1,664	£1,392	£272	£0	£-2,568	£-2,568	-22.1	17
31/12/17		£1,568	£1,784	£-216	£0	£-2,975	£-2,975	-20	19
31/12/16	*	£1,613	£1,690	£-77	£0	£-3,340	£-3,340	-23.7	18
31/12/15		£2,004	£2,042	£-38	£0	£-2,532	£-2,532	-14.9	16
31/12/14		£1,486	£1,303	£183	£12	£-2,873	£453	4.2	18
31/12/13		£3,542	£3,511	£31	£17	£-1,375	£-1,375	-4.7	21
31/12/12		£1,634	£1,818	£-184	£16	£-1,116	£-1,116	-7.4	21
31/12/11		£2,023	£2,005	£18	£18	£-261	£-261	-1.6	15
31/12/10	*	£2,502	£2,311	£190	£17	£-687	£-687	-3.6	27
31/12/09	*	£2,981	£2,945	£36	£18	£-2,182	£-2,182	-8.9	30
31/12/08		£2,660	£2,646	£14	£16	£-506	£-506	-2.3	33
31/12/07		£2,617	£2,775	£-158	£65	£-677	£-677	-2.9	31
31/12/06		£2,678	£2,788	£-110	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 28%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 42%
Liabilities/Income: 33%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
Reserves/Spending: 5.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9

Asset Split ?

Established: 18 years
(39 years as a company)

www.lgiu.org.uk

info@lgiu.org.uk

02075542800

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

19 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
JRSST-CT - Administrative Capacity to Implement Voter ID in Local Elections
£17,100	30/03/2023	to run a research project investigating the implementation of Voter ID in the English local elections of May 2023

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-71

AMANDA HOPGOOD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: County Councillor

LINDA TAYLOR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Councillor

CLLR MICHAEL PAYNE (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: None

CLLR NEIL NERVA Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Health And Social Care Consultant

MIKE SHORT Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Trade Union Officer

ALEXANDER JOHN HOLLINGSWORTH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Bookseller, Other trusteeship: THE CITY OF OXFORD CHARITY LIMITED,

COUNCILLOR ABDUL JABBAR Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Councillor, Other trusteeships: OLDHAM EDUCATION TRUST, NORTHERN ROOTS (OLDHAM) LTD,

JAYNE MCCOY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Councillor, Other trusteeship: WANDLE VALLEY REGIONAL PARK TRUST,

TUDOR EVANS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Councillor, Other trusteeship: MOUNT BATTEN CENTRE CHARITY TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/03/2006, number: 1113495
Registered at Companies House on 17/12/1984, number: 01872218

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management

Filing Record

17 returns made; AR19: 17 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR10: 15 days late, AR09: 11 days late,

Main office

LOCAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION UNIT
3RD FLOOR, 251 PENTONVILLE ROAD
ISLINGTON
LONDON
N1 9NG

Objectives

THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD OF EFFICIENT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, RESEARCH AND TRAINING AND THE PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL.

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