Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 17

LIFELINE (HARROGATE) LTD

The charity's Objects are the relief of need and poverty of homeless people in Harrogate and district by providing accommodation, education, training, personal development opportunities, counselling, mentoring and advice.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/12/23	£344	£321	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22	£282	£272	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21	£229	£223	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	£166	£161	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	£147	£143	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18	£149	£112	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17	£96	£98	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16	£93	£88	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15	£81	£74	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14	£63	£52	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13	£43	£37	£6	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://www.lifelineharrogate.co.uk

admin@lifelineharrogate.co.uk

07541 455 508

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing

GiG Classification

Shelter for homeless, vulnerable & excluded people

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

North Yorkshire,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

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

Henry Smith Charity	£63,600
Garfield Weston Foundation	£35,000
Joseph Rank Trust	£30,000
Two Ridings Community Foundation	£9,319

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	25/10/2023	Operating/core costs
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Cost of Living
£1,719	10/11/2022	Funding will be used to purchase hot water bottles, blankets and food. The people Lifeline support have been affected by homelessness and are still on low income.
Joseph Rank Trust - Lifeline Harrogate
£30,000	14/10/2022	To fund the core costs of the charity
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Lunch Club
£2,600	17/05/2022	Funding for food and room hire for a fortnightly lunch club for residents in supported housing who have recently been homeless.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Lifeline (Harrogate) Ltd
£5,000	13/07/2021	Funding for core running costs to provide move-on accommodation for vulnerable adults transitioning from homelessness. The funding will ensure that the quality of accommodation and support can be maintained to the highest professional standard.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Lifeline Harrogate
£63,600	08/12/2020 36	towards three years' salary of the Operations Manager at a project providing supported accommodation for people who have formerly been homeless in Harrogate.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	31/07/2020	Positive Move-Ons

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 42-68

ANDREA BIRD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Financial Controller

CARL MICHAEL GOOD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

JEFFREY MARK JONES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

ROGER BRUCE ELLIOTT (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Risk Consultant

ROSEMARY GOSLING Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Director

THIERRY NANOU CHIGA LUSANDU Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accommodation Officer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/02/2013, number: 1150977
Registered at Companies House on 14/08/2012, number: 08179414

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from PRESENCE CHURCH (HARROGATE) UK on 07/05/2024

Main office

Community House
46-50 East Parade
HARROGATE
North Yorkshire
HG1 5RR

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF NEED AND POVERTY OF HOMELESS PEOPLE IN HARROGATE AND DISTRICT BY PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION,EDUCATION,TRAINING,PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES,COUNSELLING,MENTORING AND ADVICE

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