Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

OUT TOGETHER

To promote social inclusion by working with people who are socially excluded on the grounds of their age and sexual orientation (in particular, elderly people who identify as LGBT plus) to relieve their needs and assist them to integrate into society, in particular by providing a networking group that encourages and enables members to participate more effectively in the wider community
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/12/22£63£53£10
31/12/21£14£13£1
31/12/20*£6£1£5
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.OutTogether.lgbt

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03333449017

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Reducing racial tensions
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old 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
LGBT Consortium£25,000
Leeds Community Foundation£16,500
National Lottery Community Fund£9,550
Sir George Martin Trust£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Members Digital Inclusion
£9,300 21/11/2023
Grant to Out Together
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Out Together (Formerly Friends of Dorothy)
£3,000 15/03/2023
Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
Leeds Community Foundation - Friends Out Together
£4,000 11/10/2022
Grant to Friends of Dorothy
LGBT Consortium - Out Together (Friends of Dorothy)
£25,000 28/06/2022
would like to have the opportunity to support our SOUL events which we have run in the past – these events cost around £500 each, so this £1,000 would support us in running two SOUL events.
National Lottery Community Fund - Befriending Helpline
£9,550 18/02/2022
The funding will be used to provide befriending support to older people within the (LGBTQ+) which will be delivered by trained community volunteers. The project aims to support community wellbeing ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Looking Out for Dorothy
£3,200 20/09/2021
To bring together older LGBTQ+ people in West Yorkshire to design, plan and deliver a programme of social, health and wellbeing activities to reduce isolation and foster a sense of connectedness to ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANTONY BALL Appointed: 2022
  • HANNAH BITHELL Appointed: 2020
  • KATIE ROBINSON Appointed: 2020
  • TIMOTHY PAUL GITTINS (Chair) Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/03/2020, number: 1188461
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; AR20: 43 days late,
Main office

19 CHURCH LANE
BARDSEY
LEEDS
LS17 9DH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR AGE AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION (IN PARTICULAR, ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBT+) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:-PROVIDING A NETWORK GROUP THAT ENCOURAGES AND ENABLES MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY (INCLUDING THE YOUNG LGBT+ COMMUNITY); AND -RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBT+ GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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