Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

No PartB

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 4

LANGSETT ADVICE AND AREA RESOURCE CENTRE

LAARC provides a generalist advice and advocacy service to residents in the Walkley ward and surrounding areas of Sheffield. The service has open half-day advice sessions for individuals at five local sites each week. Advice is also available by appointment, telephone and by home visits.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/03/23		£20	£18	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
31/03/22		£16	£17	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	21
31/03/21		£22	£17	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/20		£20	£15	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	22
31/03/19		£18	£15	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	22
31/03/18		£18	£16	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£17	£14	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£16	£15	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£17	£16	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£17	£23	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£47	£89	£-42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£90	£52	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£57	£59	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£64	£61	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£63	£68	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years

01142335198

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Advice organisations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Sheffield City,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
16 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,560	23/06/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Gender Split

DIANE GREEN Appointed: 2014

DR REBECCA LOUISE BROOKES Appointed: 2021

HUSSEIN MOHAMED ABDILLAHI

KATHRYN SUZANNE LILL

PAUL JOHN WRIGHT Appointed: 2022

YVONNE COLLINS

VERONICA MARY HARDSTAFF (Chair), Occupation: Local Councillor, Other trusteeship: SHEFFIELD LYCEUM THEATRE TRUST LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/03/2008, number: 1123332

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Financial Conduct Authority

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR12: 2 days late, AR11: 3 days late,

Main office

LANGSETT ADVICE CENTRE
CRESWICK STREET
SHEFFIELD
S6 2TN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE WALKLEY WARD AND SURROUNDING AREA OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS

Defined Area of Benefit:

WALKLEY WARD AND SURROUNDING AREA OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD

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