Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

LIFELINE COMMUNITY ACTION

Lifeline offers a client led and holistic response to very vulnerable people in great need. Our work addresses the immediate crises caused by long term poverty and works to equip people to take control of their lives, build their emotional and financial resilience and change their perception of their own personal potential
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
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

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
31/03/24£279£204£75n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£171£122£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£100£99£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£154£95£60n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£45£33£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£37£37£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£22£26£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

http://lifelinecommunityaction.co.uk/

office@lifelinecommunityaction.co.uk

07936431262

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Darlington, Durham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
National Lottery Community Fund£423,265
Garfield Weston Foundation£60,000
County Durham Community Foundation£45,230
DCMS£28,249
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000 07/07/2023
24
Stronger Foundations
County Durham Community Foundation - Community Support
£9,957 10/02/2023
To continue to provide aid and distribute it across the county.
County Durham Community Foundation - Warm Space
£1,000 16/11/2022
To provide a warm hub
National Lottery Community Fund - Strong Foundations
£230,790 19/10/2022
The project will support people at a time of crisis or in desperate need of specific support which they are unable to meet given their current financial circumstances. It will support anyone living in poverty and/or isolation or struggling on a low ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Winter 2022 Support
£2,000 05/10/2022
Winter 2022 support.
County Durham Community Foundation - Trimdon Grange Wind Farm Area Community Aid
£3,500 11/08/2022
Towards emergency aid.
County Durham Community Foundation - Community Support Project
£5,333 27/07/2022
A Community Support Project
County Durham Community Foundation - Great Aycliffe Community Hub
£2,000 14/06/2022
To continue the community hub.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 22/04/2022
Community Support and Rebuild
County Durham Community Foundation - Volunteer recruitment, support and development
£2,533 09/12/2021
To set up and operate a rolling volunteer recruitment programme.
County Durham Community Foundation - Winter Support
£1,000 09/12/2021
To provide additional support for those in need.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Rebuild
£9,980 22/10/2021
The funding will be used to fund craft and activity sessions to support and engage vulnerable people affected by social anxiety and social isolation due to COVID-19 with the aim to improve their mental health and wellbeing.
County Durham Community Foundation - Covid 19 Targeted support
£5,000 14/05/2021
Towards Covid 19 Targeted support.
County Durham Community Foundation - Covid Response & Recovery
£2,907 09/02/2021
To purchase cleaning materials and toiletries to make up cleaning care and baby care packages.
County Durham Community Foundation - Covid Response & Recovery
£5,000 06/11/2020
To purchase stock for Covid Response & Recovery packages.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£28,249 19/08/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 19/06/2020
Organisation Sustainability & Covid 19 Response
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid 19 Response and Stability Project
£8,700 22/04/2020
12
The funding will be used to respond to the Covid-19 crisis by providing cleaning packs which address an important element of need in response to the crisis by providing basic cleaning packages for service users to keep themselves their families and ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Lifeline Covid Response
£5,000 16/04/2020
To provide cleaning packs and baby supplies for families on low incomes.
National Lottery Community Fund - Lifeline Community Action - Core Progression
£173,795 17/12/2019
35
The organisation will develop a more extensive range of services that serve the local community, including emergency aid, budgeting assistance, and crisis management. The aim is to improve mental wellbeing and contribute to stronger communities.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 27/06/2018
Foundation Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Lifeline Foundations Project
£9,960 14/02/2018
12
The group will continue to provide emergency food and household services, employment skills and budgeting sessions for local people, including people who are on low incomes or are affected by poverty. They will provide support and access to service ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - LCA Job Club
£5,084 11/01/2018
To support the LCA Job Club.
County Durham Community Foundation - Helping Hands
£4,000 28/11/2017
Towards the Helping Hands project.
County Durham Community Foundation - Governance and Strategic Development Plan
£4,930 07/12/2016
Towards training for trustees.
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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

  • ALWYN WHYTE (Chair) Appointed: 2016
  • ANNE MARIE SMITH Appointed: 2024
  • JUDITH DONALD Appointed: 2020
  • MICHELLE RIDLEY Appointed: 2020
  • PHILLIP HAWKINS Appointed: 2022
  • SAMANTHA KAREN SCOTCHBROOK Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/08/2016, number: 1168614
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
  • 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
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

St. Clares Church
St. Cuthberts Way
NEWTON AYCLIFFE
DL5 5NT

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF PERSONS IN THE NEWTON AYCLIFFE ANDSURROUNDING AREA/CO DURHAM WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED,HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASONS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMICCIRCUMSTANCES BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND OTHER SERVICES AS THETRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS OF THEIRPERSONAL FINANCES IN THE NEWTON AYCLIFFE AND SURROUNDING AREA/CODURHAM AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND DOCTRINE IN ACCORDANCEWITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE, HERETOINTO IN THE NEWTON AYCLIFFE AND SURROUNDING AREA/CO DURHAM AS THETRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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