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Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

LGBT+ CYMRU HELPLINE

Providing confidential support and counselling for LGBTQAI & our Allies from our experienced qualified counsellors for anyone who may be experiencing difficulties in their lives. Our counselling service can help with: Relationships, Family Issues, Bereavement, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, including systemic family transitioning counselling, Stress & Anxiety, Emotional Issues, etc.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

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 ?

Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/03/23£0£0£0n/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

https://www.lgbtcymru.org.uk/

info@lgbtcymru.org.uk

01792650777

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • LGBTQ+ support
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout Wales,
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Postcode Community Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£25,000 03/04/2023
Saved lives and reduced self-harm by paying qualified staff to provide counselling & therapeutic services to LGBT+ people, families & allies

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

  • ANNA SOPHIE RAY Appointed: 2023
  • ANTONY SMITH (Chair) Appointed: 2021
  • CATHERINE WINDOW Appointed: 2021
  • ELIZABETH JAYNE LEWIS Appointed: 2021
  • MUSLIMAH MIAH Appointed: 2023
  • TONY HUMPHRIES Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/02/2022, number: 1198081
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
1 returns made; all on time
Main office

YMCA Building
1 The Kingsway
Swansea
SA1 5JQ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN WALES TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF, SUPPORT AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF, PEOPLE WHO ARE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER (AND THOSE WHO ARE PART OF OTHER AREAS OF THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY) AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE QUESTIONING THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND/OR GENDER IDENTITY AS WELL AS THOSE WHO MAY BE AFFECTED OR MAY BE CONNECTED TO THEM SUCH AS FAMILY MEMBERS AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY OUR HETEROSEXUAL ALLIES, BY THE PROVISION OF A CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE HELPLINE OFFERING ADVICE, INFORMATION AND COUNSELLING SERVICES FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED AND TRAINED TO PROVIDE SUCH HELP AND SUPPORT.2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN WALES BY:A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION AND/OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION;B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND THE NEEDS OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AND THE ISSUES AFFECTING THEIR LIVES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES;C) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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