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home >> charity search >> lawrence weston out of school activities
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

LAWRENCE WESTON OUT OF SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Providing after school service for children in this part of Bristol in two locations : one based at The Rock Community Centre in Lawrence Weston and one based at Shirehampton Primary School.Providing holiday playschemes for the children of the area, currently based at Shirehampton Primary School.
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Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

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

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£117£103£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£96£92£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£78£78£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£90£96£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£93£80£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£90£83£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£80£85£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£86£70£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£75£69£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£78£78£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£78£78£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12*£108£97£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£91£99£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£92£85£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

lwoosa@gmail.com

07379520005

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bristol City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Quartet Community Foundation£30,562
National Lottery Community Fund£9,050
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 30/04/2024
towards ongoing costs over the next 12 months
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Lawrence Weston Out Of School Activities
£5,000 01/05/2023
To fund our Community Supported Places Project at our After School Club and Holiday Playschemes.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Lawrence Weston Out Of School Activities
£5,000 15/11/2022
For annual rent costs for this group supporting working families on low incomes and those in receipt of benefits.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Lawrence Weston Out Of School Activities
£3,900 06/05/2022
Towards holiday activities for children aged 8-12 in Bristol
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Lawrence Weston Out Of School Activities
£9,162 17/03/2022
11
To improve the digital infrastructure, use of online resources and upgrade the financial processes and accounting systems to make a step change in the organisation's back room processes.
Quartet Community Foundation - Help Lwoosa recover from Coronavirus through rent support
£5,000 13/04/2021
12
Toward some of the core costs for the group which has been badly affected financially by the COVID-19 crisis, to provide the group with some stability.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Lawrence Weston Out Of School Activities
£2,500 09/04/2020
Towards rent costs of an out of school activities group during coronavirus outbreak.
National Lottery Community Fund - Lawrence Weston Out Of School Activities training
£9,050 10/03/2020
11
The funding will be used to establish a training and development programme for staff and volunteers. The project will develop skills and improve the quality of services and support the organisation is able to offer, particularly for children with ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to LWOOSA
£8,390 15/11/2019
We want to give children in need access to educational trips and sports, healthy eating and educational workshops during the holidays.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

  • ANNEMARIE HOSKINS Appointed: 2022
  • CHRISTINE WALKETT Appointed: 2020
  • CHRISTOPHER GRAHAME Appointed: 2023
  • HANNAH LENIK Appointed: 2023
  • KARLIE PHILLIPS Appointed: 2022
  • LUCY GREENING Appointed: 2023
  • MORAID WARREN Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/05/2009, number: 1129694
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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 expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR15: 98 days late, AR14: 174 days late, AR13: 103 days late, AR12: 43 days late, AR10: 281 days late,
Main office

LWOOSA
Rock Community Centre
Ridingleaze
Lawrence Weston
BRISTOL
ENGLAND

Objectives

A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FOR THE RECREATION OF CHILDREN AGED 4 YRS 6 MONTHS TO 12 YEARS BY MAKING FACILITIES AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THEM OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH SERVICES AND FACILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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