Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 2

Strong growth: +2

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

Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 10

RECYCLING LIVES CHARITY

Provision of Accommodation, Education, Training, Employment Opportunities and Financial Support and support services to individuals

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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	Volun- teers
30/04/23		£2,673	£2,334	£339	£0	£1,731	£1,602	8.2	55	100
30/04/22		£2,132	£1,780	£353	£12	£1,295	£1,289	8.7	47	0
30/04/21		£2,302	£1,563	£738	£16	£942	£942	7.2	38	47
30/04/20		£2,216	£2,026	£190	£45	£204	£199	1.2	42	30
30/04/19		£2,151	£2,053	£99	£8	£17	£-1	-0	58	30
30/04/18		£142	£109	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/17		£50	£118	£-68	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/16		£227	£211	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/15	*	£213	£211	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/14	*	£467	£357	£110	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/13		£150	£130	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/12		£226	£172	£54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/11		£301	£361	£-60	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/10		£297	£304	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/09		£48	£83	£-35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/08		£24	£0	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 8.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6

Asset Split ?

Established: 18 years

www.recyclinglives.org

changelives@recyclinglives.org

01772654321

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Shelter for homeless, vulnerable & excluded people

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 buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
Crisis UK - Grant to Recycling Lives
£5,000	09/04/2020	Costs of manager during time of loss of income
National Lottery Community Fund - Weight Off Your Mind
£7,200	12/04/2018 12	The organisation supports ex-offenders, the long term unemployed and the homeless, working to help them gain employment, provide training, housing and other needs. This project will provide gym ....more The organisation supports ex-offenders, the long term unemployed and the homeless, working to help them gain employment, provide training, housing and other needs. This project will provide gym facilities and other activities to support people by improving mental strength and stability to help them move forward in a positive direction.
National Lottery Community Fund - Recycling Lives FareShare North West
£10,000	15/07/2015 12	The organisation will use the funding to build organisational capacity through the purchase of equipment to enable them to operate a Fareshare centre in their region. This will provide them with the ....more The organisation will use the funding to build organisational capacity through the purchase of equipment to enable them to operate a Fareshare centre in their region. This will provide them with the equipment needed to receive surplus and in-date food for redistribution to people who are disadvantaged through partner organisations and build capacity for community engagement.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-72

BRIAN JOHN MAYNE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

CHARLES JACKSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

CAROLINE WHALLEY-HUNTER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

DAMIEN SNAPE Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Director

JONATHAN BRYAN TAYLOR (Chair) Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: CAREICON GLOBAL FOUNDATION LIMITED,

NICOLA WHITTLE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/10/2006, number: 1116562
Registered at Companies House on 13/04/2006, number: 05781363

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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

16 returns made; AR15: 0 days late, AR14: 25 days late,

Main office

1a Essex Street
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 1QE

Objectives

1.1 THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LANCASHIRE) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:1.1.1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT;1.1.2 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT;1.1.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;1.1.4. THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP:I.1.4.1 IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR1.1.4.2 TO EXISTING BUSINESSES1.1.5 THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;1.1.6 THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING;1.1.7 THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;1.1.8 THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE;1.1.9 THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND/OR THOSE WHO, BY REASONS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;1.1.10 THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;1.1.11 THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME; AND1.1.12 SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PARTICULAR, LANCASHIRE

Data Sources

RECYCLING LIVES CHARITY

Analysis by Giving is Great