Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

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

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

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 12 years

www.godwinlawson.org.uk

Info@godwinlawson.org

07852976261

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Community 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 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
Greater London Authority£132,660
Postcode Society Trust£24,700
National Lottery Community Fund£9,200
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - New Deal for Young People Grants
£132,660 01/01/2024
We will use the grant to address racial inequity faced by Haringey's Black and Minority Ethnic young people. We will empower systems change and sustainability within the youth sector by expanding our current youth voice and capacity building work in ....more
Postcode Society Trust - Project Funding
£24,700 03/04/2023
We delivered a 4 month programme supporting young women as well as parents to help them support the community
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 exploitation grooming and risk of exclusion. The project ....more
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 voluntary and community sector groups and the ....more
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 voluntary and community sector groups and the ....more
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 skills, including conflict resolution, ....more
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 residential activities for disadvantaged young ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • MARGARET THORLI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • MR RICHARD TAYLOR OBE Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • MICHAEL JOHN GRIFFITHS Appointed: 2020
  • PROFESSOR DAVID MCILHATTON PHD Appointed: 2020
  • RICHARD ALLICOCK (Chair) Appointed: 2019
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.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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