Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

FRANK LONGFORD CHARITABLE TRUST 

The main work of the Longford Trust is its scholarships programme offering financial, mentoring and employability support to young serving and ex-prisoners to continue their rehabilitation by studying for degrees at UK universities. It also arranges an annual Longford Lecture on prison reform and awards an annual Longford Prize for outstanding achievement in the field of prison reform.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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
31/12/22£417£384£33n/an/an/an/an/a75
31/12/21£433£302£131n/an/an/an/an/a75
31/12/20£346£298£48n/an/an/an/an/a75
31/12/19£307£268£40n/an/an/an/an/a75
31/12/18£238£251£-13£0£0£0n/a070
31/12/17£246£272£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£193£188£5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.longfordtrust.org

OFFICE@LONGFORDTRUST.ORG

02076251097

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Services for homeless & excluded people & ex-offenders
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 75 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
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted grant
£10,000 07/02/2024
12
The Longford Trust helps give second chances for those who have been in prison and runs a programme to enable ex-prisoners to go to university. This is a three year unrestricted grant towards their ....more
LUND TRUST - Towards core costs
£5,000 01/12/2022
For scholarships for young prisoners and ex-prisoners
LUND TRUST - Towards core costs
£5,000 15/12/2021
For scholarships for young prisoners and ex-prisoners
The Bromley Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£30,000 18/01/2021
36
The Longford Trust helps give second chances for those who have been in prison and runs a programme to enable ex-prisoners to go to university. This is a three year unrestricted grant towards their ....more
The Bromley Trust - Restricted grant towards the Longford Trust Scholarship Scheme
£15,000 25/10/2017
36
The Longford Trust helps give second chances for those who have been in prison and runs a programme to enable ex-prisoners to go to university. This is a three year grant restricted to the Longford ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/12/2015, number: 1164701
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

PO Box 72887
LONDON
N2 2FG

Objectives

1) TO ADVANCE THE REHABILITATION IN SOCIETY OF PERSONS SUFFERING OR WHO HAVE SUFFERED A LEGAL RESTRICTION ON THEIR LIBERTY IN ANY PENAL OR CORRECTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC (BUT ONLY IN SUCH MANNER AND BY SUCH MEANS AS SHALL NOT PREVENT THE CIO FROM BEING A CHARITY) IN THE SCIENCES OF PENOLOGY AND CRIMINOLOGY, SOCIAL HEALTH AND IN THE WELFARE AND CONSTRUCTIVE TREATMENT OF SUCH PERSONS AND THE FAMILIES OF SUCH PERSONS.2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH OF PERSONS SUFFERING OR WHO HAVE SUFFERED A LEGAL RESTRICTION ON THEIR LIBERTY IN ANY PENAL OR CORRECTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF SUCH PERSONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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