Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Good reserves management: +3
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 17

LIVABILITY

Livability is the disability charity committed to enabling children, young people and adults to live a life that adds up for them. Every day, we deliver a wide range of disability care, special education, and rehabilitation services to over 1,000 people who are at the heart of everything we do. Our Christian ethos is why we were founded in 1844 and it's why we still exist today.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
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 well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 17 years

www.livability.org.uk

info@livability.org.uk

020 7452 2000

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		£49,843	£54,131	£-4,288	£1,189	£41,192	£29,060	6.4	1,240	33
31/03/22		£53,516	£50,287	£3,229	£1,675	£47,289	£33,971	8.1	1,374	30
31/03/21		£46,138	£48,433	£-2,295	£997	£33,154	£20,330	5	1,560	106
31/03/20		£44,276	£47,024	£-2,748	£1,281	£39,792	£28,145	7.2	1,745	128
31/03/19		£47,933	£52,885	£-4,952	£1,417	£42,540	£30,171	6.8	1,718	170
31/03/18		£46,180	£48,058	£-1,878	£1,438	£47,492	£32,910	8.2	1,973	0
31/03/17		£50,334	£53,000	£-2,666	£1,249	£47,180	£32,513	7.4	1,204	0
31/03/16	*	£37,836	£41,383	£-3,547	£1,190	£47,133	£36,338	10.5	1,189	0
31/03/15		£44,423	£38,500	£5,923	£1,729	£48,842	£38,589	12	1,220	0
31/03/14		£40,776	£42,665	£-1,889	£1,548	£44,711	£34,248	9.6	1,250	0
31/03/13		£40,332	£38,520	£1,812	£1,732	£45,409	£33,451	10.4	1,207	0
31/03/12		£39,428	£40,323	£-895	£1,629	£42,862	£33,464	10	1,195	0
31/03/11		£40,606	£39,835	£771	£1,865	£49,549	£40,028	12.1	1,220	0
31/03/10		£42,686	£40,524	£2,162	£2,578	£41,496	£33,759	10	1,616	0
31/03/09		£41,202	£42,535	£-1,333	£2,404	£43,138	£36,350	10.3	1,464	0
31/03/08		£41,797	£43,904	£-2,107	£2,588	£47,923	£41,680	11.4	1,320	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 29%
Liabilities/Income: 33%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 71%
Reserves/Spending: 6.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Bangladesh, India, Ireland, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

1,240 employees
33 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

London Marathon Charitable Trust	£148,900
Wolfson Foundation	£125,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£75,000
Co-Operative Group	£9,516

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Livability Flourish
£1,835	21/10/2023	We would like to buy plants, tools and educational aids, allowing us to expand our programme to make it even more inclusive and environmentally friendly.
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Next Steps accessible outdoor sports area
£15,900	08/09/2023	towards new flooring in an accessible outdoor sports space and sport equipment at the Livability Next Steps day centre .
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Livability Wall Street Technology Project
£4,127	23/06/2022	Grant to Livability
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Kingsley Hall, LBBD - putting sports, activity, and health at the heart of community life.
£33,000	16/12/2021	A grant towards the refurbishment of the sports hall and changing room, installation of a Changing Places bathroom and disabled access improvements
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Livability
£5,000	05/08/2021	to help renovate the garden at Treetops residential home in Colchester
Suffolk Community Foundation - Enabling Icanho to continue delivering rehabilitation safely during the pandemic
£3,028	12/02/2021 2	Enabling Icanho to continue delivering rehabilitation safely during the pandemic.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500	28/01/2021	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Livability
£125,000	09/12/2020	WF Covid-19 Support Fund
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£75,000	20/11/2020	Kingsley Hall Church & Community Centre: at the heart of community life for the people of Barking & Dagenham
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Friends of Livability York House
£7,680	24/10/2020	Brightening Lives is our way to put the elements in place for well-lived lives, for people with disabilities in Ossett, Yorkshire.
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Kingsley Hall, LBBD - putting sports, activity, and health at the heart of community life.
£100,000	09/09/2020	Towards the refurbishment of the sports hall at Kingsley Hall including the renewal of changing room facilities, installation of a Changing Places bathroom and improvements to disabled access into ....more Towards the refurbishment of the sports hall at Kingsley Hall including the renewal of changing room facilities, installation of a Changing Places bathroom and improvements to disabled access into the hall. The transformation means the hall will be able to support more people with physical disabilities and will enable people of all ages to participate in sports and exercise classes and become physically active.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Livability Icanho: Supporting brain injury rehabilitation during COVID-19
£4,449	19/07/2020 5	The provision of PPE equipment and easy to sanitise equipment so the centre can reopen during Covid 19 restrictions.
Sport England - Toyota Parasport Fund - New Race Runners
£4,196	11/05/2020 38	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Toyota Parasport Fund - New Race Runners. This project is a Athletics project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Toyota Parasport Fund - New Race Runners. This project is a Athletics project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Livability
£3,929	19/11/2018	We want to purchase and equip two sensory sheds for profoundly disabled learners with severe autism.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Livability Holton Lee
£8,700	09/05/2018	Holton Lee - An oral history
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Livability
£50,000	14/03/2012	towards the purchase a hydrotherapy pool for disabled young people in Dorset
National Lottery Community Fund - Lifestyle Choices - Greater London
£127,041	14/12/2011 48	Intensive one-to-one support to disabled people resulting in greater independence, increased confidence and social integration in the London Boroughs of Barnet, Harrow and Tower Hamlets._x000B_

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-83

ANDREW WILSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Journalist

CANON SUSAN JOHNS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director Of Fundraising

DUNCAN INGRAM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Former Ftse100 Director, Other trusteeships: ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS, YMCA St Paul's Group, WEST LONDON YMCA,

JOHN ROBINSON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ELLOUGHTON-CUM-BROUGH,

JOHN WEAVING Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Accountant

LISA QUINLAN-RAHMAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

PETER WOODALL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired Local Government Officer, Other trusteeships: BIRMINGHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT, THE CHURCH AT CARRS LANE,

RT REVD RICHARD FRITH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION,

TOM O'CONNOR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/10/2006, number: 1116530
Registered at Companies House on 16/10/2006, number: 05967087

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

11/03/2019 - Asset transfer in from THE HITS FOUNDATION
14/05/2021 - Asset transfer in from THE GUTHRIE ESSAME CHARITABLE TRUST
03/11/2021 - Asset transfer in from IPSWICH AND DISTRICT STROKE CLUB
Linked charity: CONEY HILL SCHOOL WILL TRUSTS
Linked charity: MARSH STREET MISSION
Linked charity: CHISWICK MISSION
Linked charity: THE SHAFTESBURY DEVELOPMENT FUND
01/02/2021 - Asset transfer in from THE SHAFTESBURY DEVELOPMENT FUND
Linked charity: THE PLATT MISSION
Linked charity: HIGHWAY EVANGELICAL CHURCH
Linked charity: THE SHAFTESBURY WELCOME MISSION
Linked charity: THE BEDDINGTON FUND

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission
Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

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

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR16: 0 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE GUTHRIE ESSAME CHARITABLE TRUST on 14/05/2021
Asset transfer in from IPSWICH AND DISTRICT STROKE CLUB on 03/11/2021
Asset transfer in from THE SHAFTESBURY DEVELOPMENT FUND on 01/02/2021

Main office

Coburg House
1 Coburg St
Gateshead
NE8 1NS

Objectives

3.1 TO ASSIST OR EDUCATE ANY PERSON IN CHARITABLE NEED, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DISABLED PERSON AND THE PARENTS, GUARDIANS AND CARERS OF SUCH PEOPLE BY WHATEVER MEANS; AND3.2 TO PROVIDE FACILITIES, SUPPORT, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE FOR CHRISTIAN CONGREGATIONS, OTHER CHRISTIAN GROUPINGS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS SEEKING TO ALLEVIATE CHARITABLE NEEDS,IN EACH CASE IN A MANNER WHICH AUTHENTICATES THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND ITS MORAL PRINCIPLES IN A SPIRIT OF LOVE AND PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN SERVICE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THESE OBJECTS 'CHRISTIAN FAITH' MEANS THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AS REVEALED AND EXPRESSED IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES BOTH OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.

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