Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 8
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

THE CLD TRUST

The CLD trust is a mental health and wellbeing charity working for over 30 years primarily with children and young adults. A range of therapeutic support is available including counselling, cognitive behavioural therapy and systemic family practice. Where funding permits an early intervention service, Strong Young Minds, providing support advocacy and brokerage is available. .
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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*£701£700£1£0£198£1342.3330
31/03/22£614£561£52£0£197£1914.1290
31/03/21£479£460£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 30%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 67%
Reserves/Spending: 2.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 5 years

www.thecldtrust.org

info@thecldtrust.org

01432269245

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Herefordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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
National Lottery Community Fund£253,082
BBC Children in Need£30,163
Herefordshire Community Foundation£25,775
DCMS£4,950
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Grant to The CLD Trust
£10,000 21/03/2024
11
12 sessions of therapeutic mental health interventions
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Resources
£825 27/03/2023
Grant to The CLD Trust
National Lottery Community Fund - Talking to Myself
£9,740 06/01/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a project encouraging young men to talk about their problems when they need to and prevent suicide. This project aims to enable participants to create a written or filmed conversation with role models that can be ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - to be decided by young people
£243,342 20/10/2022
The funding will be used to reach out to young people in the villages and towns of Herefordshire offering safe places for the young people to drop-in and talk about their mental health and wellbeing take part in activities and socialise with their ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The CLD Trust
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Herefordshire Community Foundation - CLD Website
£10,000 05/07/2022
Grant to The CLD Trust
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The CLD Trust
£29,663 31/01/2022
This project will deliver counselling and therapy to young people experiencing mental health difficulties. The activities will result in improved mental health, greater confidence and greater resilience with regards emotional wellbeing.
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Covid 19 Grant to The CLD Trust
£4,950 19/08/2020
Grant to The CLD Trust
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,950 19/08/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

  • KEVIN SULLIVAN Appointed: 2012
  • KERRY DIAMOND Appointed: 2020
  • PAUL MICHAEL FRETTEN Appointed: 2023
  • SIMON HAIRSNAPE (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Nhs Accountable Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/02/2020, number: 1187873
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
Filing Record
3 returns made; AR23: 16 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE CLD TRUST, COUNSELLING LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT on 23/02/2021
Main office

Hereford House
20 East St
Hereford
HR12LU

Objectives

TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE SUFFERING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TALKING THERAPIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND SOME ADULTS WHO ARE IN NEED THROUGH MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILL HEALTH OR DISADVANTAGE. TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, SUPPORT AND INFORMATION TO CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND CARERS IN NEED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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