Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

LITTLEPORT LEISURE COMMUNITY CENTRE

COMMUNITY CENTRE AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION TYPE ACTIVITIES
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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
31/03/23*£283£276£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£223£182£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£248£178£70n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£271£495£-225n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£262£303£-41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£215£296£-81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£156£791£-635n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£169£169£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£181£166£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£153£167£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£909£186£723£3£671£-41-2.770

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

www.littleportleisure.com

FINANCE@LITTLEPORTLEISURE.UK

01353373800

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - FITNESS ROOM EXTENSION
£5,600 04/03/2024
5
This project will transform a small fitness area into a multi-purpose fitness suite with 14 work stations. The new space will be used increase the number of classes and groups that the centre can host, including women only sessions, people who are ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£9,952 04/05/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity building

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 57-73
  • BRIAN PADDINGTON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Vice-Chairman
  • DAVID IAN AMBROSE SMITH (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Chairman
  • JOANNE MARY WEBBER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/04/2012, number: 1147008
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/04/2012, number: 08026727
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR23: 56 days late, AR18: 49 days late,
Main office

Littleport Leisure
Camel Road
Littleport
ELY
CB6 1EW

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:4.1 TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS;4.2 TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A LEISURE AND COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS;4.3 TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.THE CHARITY SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION. THE AREA OF BENEFIT SHALL BE EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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