Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 3

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Static board: -3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -3

LISTENING EARS

Listening Ears was born from a sincere worry about increasing community isolation and loneliness. Our mission is to support marginalized individuals facing loneliness, depression, or grief. We offer a caring space for empathetic listening, creating a supportive environment. With a focus on vulnerable groups, our robust programs promote health, lifestyle improvement, and total well-being.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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	£45	£44	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/22	£21	£66	£-45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/21	£36	£95	£-59	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/20	£193	£162	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/19	£163	£156	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/18	£192	£121	£72	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£25	£31	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£123	£150	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£153	£192	£-39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£141	£110	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£57	£20	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years
(17 years as a company)

www.listeningears.org

listeningearsuk@gmail.com

07956427194

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bexley, Greenwich, Newham,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Feel Good Centre
£9,600	06/05/2022	The funding will be used to allow Listening Ears to continue running and delivering several engaging and befriending programmes to the over 50s in the community who are isolated or housebound. They ....more The funding will be used to allow Listening Ears to continue running and delivering several engaging and befriending programmes to the over 50s in the community who are isolated or housebound. They will providing emotional practical and lifestyle support to empower improve health outcomes and enhanced the quality of life for their beneficiaries. The project aims to reduce isolation and loneliness by fostering new friendships through activities and interactions to promote positive mental health and physical health.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Listening Ears
£76,359	14/06/2017 36	A summer school programme for young women living in a deprived area and facing a range of challenges. The programme will help them to increase their confidence, self-esteem, emotional wellbeing, and ....more A summer school programme for young women living in a deprived area and facing a range of challenges. The programme will help them to increase their confidence, self-esteem, emotional wellbeing, and improve their life skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - Rosebud Centre
£385,698	19/04/2017 35	This group aims to develop their project which supports women and girls by building confidence improving self-esteem and increasing aspirations. There will be three strands to the project, the ....more This group aims to develop their project which supports women and girls by building confidence improving self-esteem and increasing aspirations. There will be three strands to the project, the existing RoseBuds for young people aged eleven to nineteen and in development RosePetals working with girls aged from seven to ten and RoseGarden for parents. Young people will be taught life skills focusing on self-awareness and decision making. RoseGarden will bring parents together to develop skills and techniques.
National Lottery Community Fund - ROSEBUD ACADEMY
£372,651	21/11/2012 48	The project will promote the positive personal development of girls aged 11 to 19 in Greenwich by addressing issues around self confidence, gang culture, teenage pregnancy and binge drinking and ....more The project will promote the positive personal development of girls aged 11 to 19 in Greenwich by addressing issues around self confidence, gang culture, teenage pregnancy and binge drinking and working to improve their skills, wellbeing, health and safety._x000B__x000B_

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 30-72

ATINUKE EYIOWUAWI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Acutarial Analyst

BOLUTIFE FASEUN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Recruitment Consultant

JADRES FERREIRA Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Health Care Worker

MOSAD'OLUWA OROTAYO (Chair) Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Chairman

OLUYEMISI SHODE Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Treasurer

NEHEMIAH ADERIBIGBE AKINYELE Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: COVENTRY HOLY TRINITY CHURCH ESTATE CHARITY,

ROBERTA OMAMURHOMU AVWEROSUO-ADEDA Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Solicitor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/12/2011, number: 1145028
Registered at Companies House on 26/04/2007, number: 06227466

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Paying staff
Risk management
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

11 returns made; all on time

Main office

YMCA Building
Woolwich Dockyard
LONDON
SE18 5QG

Objectives

TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH’S OF GREENWICH AND NEWHAM THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE FORGOING BY:TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).PROMOTE AND PROTECT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING;THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.

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