Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 5

LIGHT PEER SUPPORT (LTD)

Support for mothers and pregnant women and their families who are suffering with post and ante natal depression and anxiety and other perinatal mental illness. This support includes email, telephone and text support and peer support buddying in the South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire area.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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
31/03/24?	£399	£229	£170	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/23	£179	£205	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/22	£201	£128	£73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/21	£129	£97	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/20?	£119	£89	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/18	£31	£44	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/17	£37	£39	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/16	£16	£19	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/15	£54	£1	£52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/14	£1	£2	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/13	£3	£2	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

https://lightpeersupport.org.uk/

contactus@lightpeersupport.org.uk

0114 438 8962

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Practical support, advice & companionship

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

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	£10,000
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust	£10,000
DCMS	£9,938

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Light Peer Support Premises
£10,000	15/09/2023 24	The funding will be used to pay towards premise costs enabling Light Peer Support to continue providing support services for women and families during pregnancy birth and the first two years of their child's life. The project aims to improve overall ....more The funding will be used to pay towards premise costs enabling Light Peer Support to continue providing support services for women and families during pregnancy birth and the first two years of their child's life. The project aims to improve overall mental health and wellbeing and reduce isolation.
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£10,000	31/07/2023	Funding was used to improve the mental health and wellbeing of new mums and their families struggling with mental health issues
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,938	25/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Through their eyes
£10,000	21/03/2019 12	The funding will be used to work with families experiencing perinatal mental health issues using creative activities such as photography to raise awareness. The project aims to raise awareness in local communities, reduce stigma and allow people to ....more The funding will be used to work with families experiencing perinatal mental health issues using creative activities such as photography to raise awareness. The project aims to raise awareness in local communities, reduce stigma and allow people to share experiences in order to obtain support and advice.
Woodward Charitable Trust - A Light Welcome Pack for mothers with perinatal mental health illness
£500	15/11/2017	Towards the costs of a Light Welcome Pack for mothers with perinatal mental health illness.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

ALICE CURREN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Self Employed

JAN CUBISON BA HONS Appointed: 2012

JOANNA MCGARRIGLE Appointed: 2023

SAVI ROBINSON BSC HONS Appointed: 2012

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/09/2012, number: 1149125
Registered at Companies House on 29/08/2012, number: 08194767

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; all on time

Main office

Light Peer Support Limited
Knowle House
4 Norfolk Park Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S2 3QE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ('THE OBJECTS') ARE THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE DIRECTED TO ALLEVIATING THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM POSTNATAL DEPRESSION AND PREGNANCY-RELATED ILLNESSES AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH (BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL) BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND COUNSELLING AND THE ADVANCEMENT IN EDUCATION IN MATTERS RELATING TO POSTNATAL DEPRESSION AND PREGNANCY-RELATED ILLNESSES AND THEIR EFFECTS IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND GUIDANCE.

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