Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

LONG COVID SUPPORT 

Long Covid Support is focused on peer support, advocacy and research for everyone affected by Long Covid.Our goal is to improve the futures of people with Long Covid by ensuring equitable access to high quality healthcare, employment rights and welfare services. We believe that partnership between people with lived experience and professionals is crucial to the design, development and success.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

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
26/05/23£11,541£6,061£5,48035
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 2 years

www.longcovid.org

trustees@longcovid.org

07974458979

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other specialist outpatient services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 35 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
Department for Work and Pensions - FREERIDER COLLECTIVE LIMITED
£1,085 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Department for Work and Pensions - FREERIDER COLLECTIVE
£6,554 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-70
  • AIMIE COLE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Strategy Consultant
  • ALISON HILLS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Associate (Solicitor-Advocate)
  • GARETH EVANS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Management Accountant
  • JOANNE DAINOW (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Business Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/05/2022, number: 1198938
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/05/2021, number: 13422248
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
1 returns made; all on time
Main office

87 STANDEN ROAD
LONDON
SW18 5TR

Objectives

4.1.1 TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH LONG COVID AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:- PROVIDING SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE TO THOSE AFFECTED BY LONG COVID AS WELL AS INFORMATION TO THE WIDER PUBLIC ABOUT LONG COVID- SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO LONG COVID, ITS DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND REHABILITATION FROM IT AND THE DISSEMINATION OF USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.4.1.2 FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MEDICAL AND OTHER PROFESSIONS AND SECTORS, SUFFERERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, AND THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF LONG COVID;

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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