Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

LIVING WORDS ARTS

Working with people experiencing dementia and isolated and disempowered people, Living Words supports free speech and expression. The work enables individuals to feel heard and understood, even when communication seems lost. Inspired by this participatory work we create anthologies, performances and events.

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/11/22		£154	£162	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
30/11/21		£74	£72	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/11/20		£100	£88	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/11/19		£65	£21	£44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
30/11/18	*	£81	£82	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	3
30/11/17?		£83	£84	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/16	*	£33	£33	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/15		£14	£13	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.livingwords.org.uk

info@livingwords.org.uk

07967502506

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient services

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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 - Normal? Camp
£9,500	29/06/2023	The project will use the funding to deliver a camping event which will raise awareness of mental health issues amongst neurodiverse people. The project aims to bring people together and lead to ....more The project will use the funding to deliver a camping event which will raise awareness of mental health issues amongst neurodiverse people. The project aims to bring people together and lead to improved levels of mental health and wellbeing.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,807	20/09/2020	"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 ....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 - Normal? Festival of the Brain:Folkestone
£9,795	28/02/2018 12	This organisation will develop their outreach programme through drop in sessions and community writing workshops, for people who attend mental health, wellbeing and neuro diverse support groups. ....more This organisation will develop their outreach programme through drop in sessions and community writing workshops, for people who attend mental health, wellbeing and neuro diverse support groups. Creative practitioners who have experienced neuro diverse challenges will also be present and will aim to improve mental well-being, reduce isolation and enable participants to share their experiences. What Money is for : Writers, social media assistants, workshops, travel, accommodation, office costs, marketing

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-63

JACK ROWLEY Appointed: 2023

KATHRYN GILFOY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

NICHOLAS EWBANK Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director

ALEXANDRA BRUCE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Trustee

REINHARD GUSS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Semi-Retired

LAURETTA KAVANAGH (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Project Manager, Other trusteeship: FOLKESTONE HYTHE AND DISTRICT MENCAP LTD,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/07/2014, number: 1157780
Registered at Companies House on 15/11/2013, number: 08776627

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; AR18: 31 days late, AR16: 80 days late,

Main office

GF05, Glassworks
Mill Bay
Folkestone
Kent
CT20 1JG

Objectives

THE CHARITY?S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:-(1)TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ARTS OF THEATRE AND LITERATURE.(2)THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF ARTS AND LITERATURE ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT, NURTURE AND IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELL BEING, PARTICULARLY FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING DEMENTIA AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM AND INTERACT WITH THEM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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