Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

ST LEONARDS YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE

The object of the charity is the provision of a community centre for the use of the inhabitants of the beneficial area of Bootle
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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

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
31/08/23£499£508£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£487£416£71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£458£382£75n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£458£382£75n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19*£280£269£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£250£247£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£268£260£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£133£115£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£175£145£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£168£132£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£94£94£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£96£92£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£111£114£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10£195£196£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 15 years

stleonardsyouthandcommunitycentre.com

stleonards60@yahoo.co.uk

01519331300

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sefton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
National Lottery Community Fund£268,350
The Trussell Trust£173,082
Henry Smith Charity£120,000
John Moores Foundation£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
John Moores Foundation - Grant to St. Leonard's Youth & Community Centre
£15,000 25/09/2023
Towards the Older Persons Worker?s salary
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - St. Leonard's Youth & Community Centre
£3,000 10/08/2023
To purchase new plates and dishes allowing them to feed 40 people a week. To provide training to their volunteers.
National Lottery Community Fund - St. Leonard's Youth & Community Centre
£268,350 19/04/2023
This funding will be used to continue to deliver comprehensive wraparound care for local residents in Linacre Bootle. Taking an asset based approach to improve self confidence community involvement and health and wellbeing. Through a variety of ....more
The Trussell Trust - Grant to South Sefton Foodbank
£5,000 11/10/2022
Emergency grant
The Trussell Trust - Grant to South Sefton Foodbank
£138,082 30/03/2022
CA Advisor 5dpw
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to St Leonard's Youth and Community Centre
£120,000 07/12/2021
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of an organisation providing a range of support, advice and activities for disadvantaged communities in Bootle, Liverpool.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to South Sefton Foodbank
£30,000 07/05/2021
new warehouse facility
National Lottery Community Fund - Poppies Project
£10,000 09/10/2019
12
Poppies Project
The Trussell Trust - Grant to South Sefton Foodbank
£30,813 25/06/2019
36
Cook to deliver courses and lunches
The Trussell Trust - Grant to South Sefton Foodbank
£30,813 25/06/2019
Cook to deliver courses and lunches
The Trussell Trust - Grant to South Sefton Foodbank
£5,000 12/02/2019
New warehouse worker
The Trussell Trust - Grant to South Sefton Foodbank
£5,000 31/01/2019
12
New warehouse worker
National Lottery Community Fund - Community resilience project
£274,895 30/01/2019
36
The aim of the organisation is to provide the community with vital services such as workshops and classes. The charity currently works with 120 volunteers from the local community. Funding will go towards minibus hire, volunteer training programme, ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to St Leonard's Youth and Community Centre
£120,000 12/09/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing a range of support, advice and activities for communities in a deprived area of Liverpool
National Lottery Community Fund - Poppies, 'Promoting Older Persons Pastimes Information Education
£10,000 28/06/2018
12
The funding will be used to run social and fitness based activities for older people. The project aims to improve health and wellbeing across the week whilst combating isolation and loneliness.
National Lottery Community Fund - St. Leonard's Youth & Community Centre 'Community Resilience Project'
£402,969 23/04/2015
36
A project to improve the health, well-being, resilience and financial stability of disadvantaged people. The project will operate two food banks targeted at those in need and aimed at improving the life chances of local people and their families, ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to St Leonard's Youth and Community Centre
£23,000 17/08/2012
the salary and on costs of the Older Persons Worker
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-77
  • ANITA SMEATHAM Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Trustee
  • BARRY WILLIAM GRAY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
  • CHRISTINE SUE CHING DRYDEN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Trustee
  • DIANNE TOPPING Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired Nurse
  • JANE JENNINGS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee
  • JOHN RONALD HUGHES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee
  • LYNN MURRAY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
  • PAULA BRIDSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Reverend
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/06/2009, number: 1129970
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/12/2008, number: 06775494
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • 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
14 returns made; AR19: 35 days late,
Main office

St. Leonard's Youth & Community Centre
60 Peel Road
Bootle

Objectives

TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE BENEFITOF PERSONS RESIDENT IN BOOTLE, MERSEYSIDE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIMEOCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THECONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MERSEYSIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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