Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 7

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 9

BRADFORD LGBTQ+ STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP LTD.

To develop, co-ordinate & empower Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans (LGBT) communities, to challenge homophobia, heterosexism & transphobia. We celebrate ways LGBTQ people contribute to society, co-ordinate the activities of LGBTQ communities to influence policies and service provision, research & share best practice regarding work with LGBTQ communities, manage & develop an LGBQT community centre

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 18 years

http://www.equitypartnership.org.uk

admin@equitypartnership.org.uk

01274727759

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£125	£124	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/22		£142	£85	£58	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/21		£53	£70	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/20		£87	£96	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/19		£88	£103	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/18	*	£137	£131	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£151	£152	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£170	£141	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£138	£128	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£116	£162	£-46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£210	£213	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£208	£214	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£211	£226	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£265	£222	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£218	£218	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£109	£82	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£61	£60	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Bradford City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 volunteers

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

National Lottery Community Fund	£468,537
Leeds Community Foundation	£30,232
DCMS	£21,080

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Unity+
£9,277	08/09/2023	Grant to Equity Partnership (Bradford LGBT+ Strategic Partnership)
National Lottery Community Fund - Equity Action
£468,537	22/06/2021	The funding will help to provide safe spaces for LGBTQ+ people in Bradford to socialise and learn as well as helping to give members a voice and influence through training packages multi-agency ....more The funding will help to provide safe spaces for LGBTQ+ people in Bradford to socialise and learn as well as helping to give members a voice and influence through training packages multi-agency action plans and consultations. The aim is to support people's wellbeing and help to give them a platform to be heard.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£21,080	29/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
£6,760	13/05/2020	Grant to Equity Partnership
Leeds Community Foundation - Phoenix Youth Group
£4,989	19/12/2019 12	We currently deliver a fortnightly youth group for young people aged 11 - 19 who are Trans or wanting to explore their gender identity and we want to increase the sessions to weekly. In this ....more We currently deliver a fortnightly youth group for young people aged 11 - 19 who are Trans or wanting to explore their gender identity and we want to increase the sessions to weekly. In this application when we refer to Trans young people we mean all young people who are Trans or who are unsure and want to explore their gender identity.
Leeds Community Foundation - Youth AGender
£9,206	08/11/2019 23	Our project will enable young people to learn about gender identity, to explore what their own gender means to them and to celebrate the liberation of non-conformity to stereotypes, and from there to ....more Our project will enable young people to learn about gender identity, to explore what their own gender means to them and to celebrate the liberation of non-conformity to stereotypes, and from there to create resources for the development of further youth work
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Bradford LGB&T Strategic Partnership
£9,300	05/03/2019	purchase of furniture and redecoration of a community centre for a charity which works with disadvantaged minority communities in Bradford
Tudor Trust - Grant to Equity Partnership
£105,000	30/03/2016 36	over three years as continuation funding towards salaries at a charity supporting LGBT people in Bradford
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Equity Partnership
£69,200	04/12/2014 36	towards three years' running costs of a project providing support and care for transgender people in West Yorkshire
Tudor Trust - Grant to Equity Partnership
£60,000	11/03/2014 24	over two years towards the core costs, including salaries, of the Equity Centre which supports LGBT people in Bradford

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-59

BRYONY JANE FREEMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Teacher

DARREN HOLLIDAY MSC BAHONS Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: THE ROSS SMITH FOUNDATION,

KAY SUZANNE THOMAS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Business Executive

LEON FLEMING Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Playwright

PHILIP KITSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Youth Worker

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/07/2006, number: 1115525
Registered at Companies House on 24/08/2005, number: 05545105

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
Risk management
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

17 returns made; AR18: 92 days late, AR10: 17 days late, AR07: 9 days late,

Main office

EQUITY CENTRE
PERKIN HOUSE
1 LONGLANDS STREET
BRADFORD
WEST YORKSHIRE
BD1 2TP

Objectives

TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND TO ELIMINATE HOMOPHOBIA, BIPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA AND DISCRIMINATION IN RELATION TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANS (LGB&T) PEOPLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE DISTRICT OF BRADFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY: (A) PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR LGB&T PEOPLE;(B) PROMOTING EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND RAISING AWARENESS AMONG LGB&T PEOPLE; (C) PROMOTING EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND RAISING AWARENESS AMONG HEALTH, SOCIAL CARE AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS IN ALL ASPECTS OF LGB&T ISSUES AND RELATED EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES IN THE ELIMINATION OF HOMOPHOBIA, BIPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA AND DISCRIMINATION;(D) CULTIVATING AN ENVIRONMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND PUBLICATIONS

Defined Area of Benefit:

BRADFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

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