Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 3

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 4

GODWIN LAWSON FOUNDATION

Deliver Godwin Lawson Foundation annual leadership programme to develop the life skills of youths aged 11- 19 in the Enfield/Tottenham area of North London to restore hope, optimism and their self-esteem. Organise GLF memorial football tournament to provide opportunities to participants to challenge and explore the issue of territoriality and its impact on young people.

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

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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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		£124	£118	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/22		£49	£88	£-39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/21		£105	£100	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/20		£140	£110	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/19		£87	£54	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/18		£6	£21	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£64	£57	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£28	£22	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15?		£18	£8	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£8	£12	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years

www.godwinlawson.org.uk

Info@godwinlawson.org

07852976261

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Recreation

GiG Classification

Sports activities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Enfield, Haringey,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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 - Mentoring Support for Girls in Haringay
£9,200	22/04/2022	The funding will be used to set up a mentoring programme for girls attending St Anne's Catholic High School for Girls in Enfield who are at risk of becoming involved in gang culture sexual ....more The funding will be used to set up a mentoring programme for girls attending St Anne's Catholic High School for Girls in Enfield who are at risk of becoming involved in gang culture sexual exploitation grooming and risk of exclusion. The project aims to increase engagement in education and employment improve knowledge on identifying healthy relationships and increased wellbeing and resilience.
Home Office - Knife Crime Community Fund 2019-20
£29,000	01/04/2019	The fund was set up in 2017/18 to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. The fund was open to ....more The fund was set up in 2017/18 to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. The fund was open to voluntary and community sector groups and the Home Office made up to £800,000 available in 2017 to 2018.A second round of the fund was announced in the Serious Violence Strategy, launched by the Home Secretary on 9 April 2018.In 2018/19 were are increasing this fund to £1.56 million pound for 68 projects.
Home Office - Knife Crime Community Fund 18-19
£15,000	03/09/2018	The fund was set up in 2017/18 to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. The fund was open to ....more The fund was set up in 2017/18 to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. The fund was open to voluntary and community sector groups and the Home Office made up to £800,000 available in 2017 to 2018.A second round of the fund was announced in the Serious Violence Strategy, launched by the Home Secretary on 9 April 2018.In 2018/19 were are increasing this fund to £1.56 million pound for 68 projects.
National Lottery Community Fund - TPP1 - Godwin Lawson Foundation: Empowering Girls
£49,420	29/03/2016 12	They will work with young women at risk of becoming involved in gang culture and street crime in Enfield, Haringey and Waltham Forest. They will run training and mentoring to build on their life ....more They will work with young women at risk of becoming involved in gang culture and street crime in Enfield, Haringey and Waltham Forest. They will run training and mentoring to build on their life skills, including conflict resolution, decision-making, anger management, leadership and empathy. This will enable the young women to become Peace Ambassadors so they can support others and act as positive role models, building a safer and stronger community.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Street, Spurs and Tottenham's & Enfield's Girls Empower!
£10,000	24/09/2014 12	Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - The Street, Spurs and Tottenham and Enfield's Young People Being Heard!
£10,000	06/12/2012 12	This is a project by a community organisation in Enfield serving beneficiaries in Haringey and Enfield. The group will use the funding to deliver mentoring, communication courses and team building ....more This is a project by a community organisation in Enfield serving beneficiaries in Haringey and Enfield. The group will use the funding to deliver mentoring, communication courses and team building residential activities for disadvantaged young people. This will enable the beneficiaries to build peer relationships and develop social skills to improve community cohesion and reduce anti-social gang related behaviour.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

PROFESSOR DAVID MCILHATTON PHD Appointed: 2020

RICHARD ALLICOCK (Chair) Appointed: 2019

MICHAEL JOHN GRIFFITHS Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: INTERNATIONAL FOOD INFORMATION SERVICE (IFIS PUBLISHING),

MARGARET THORLI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Executive, Other trusteeships: ENFIELD VOLUNTARY ACTION, HOPE AND RESTORATION,

MR RICHARD TAYLOR OBE Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Civil Servant, Other trusteeships: DAMILOLA TAYLOR TRUST, KODJO YENGA EDUCATIONAL TRUST AND FOUNDATION,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/11/2012, number: 1149989

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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

10 returns made; AR17: 28 days late,

Main office

639 Enterprise Centre
639 High Road
London
N17 8AA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN SOCIAL ISSUES AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES AND GROW INTO TOLERANT, FULLY MATURED INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY WITH A RESPECT FOR THE UNIQUENESS OF OTHERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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