Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 10
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

LUTON ROMA TRUST 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • This charity appears to be dormant

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/22£140£158£-18n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/21£158£155£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
15/09/20£119£139£-19n/an/an/an/an/a0
15/09/19*£97£97£0n/an/an/an/an/a2
15/09/18£100£59£41£0£0£0n/a02
15/09/17£102£52£50£0£0£0n/a00
15/09/16£36£33£3£0£0£0n/a00
15/09/15£14£8£6£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 1 years

www.lutonromatrust.org.uk

office@lutonromatrust.org.uk

01582510709

Charity Commission for England and Wales
This Charity appears to be dormant
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bedford, Buckinghamshire, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Luton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£373,853
Tudor Trust£92,000
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation£71,811
DCMS£12,635
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Luton Roma Community Empowerment
£373,853 25/08/2022
This funding will be used to support Luton Roma Trust’s (LRT) core costs enabling it to continue providing support & opportunities for the Roma community within Luton & the surrounding ....more
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Ensuring the sustainability of LRT
£2,000 10/08/2022
Rental costs for premisis in October
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Roma Women's Champion
£27,346 09/02/2022
This grant will fund the creation of a new post to specifically work with 100 women from the Roma community, to empower them to take control and support them in developing their skills for the future.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Roma's Mental Health and Wellbeing project
£3,450 20/01/2022
Mental health and wellbeing discussion groups
Tudor Trust - Grant to Luton Roma Trust
£90,000 26/05/2021
36
over three years as continuation funding, on an unrestricted basis, for a charity supporting the Roma community in and around Luton
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Luton Roma Trust
£36,245 25/03/2021
23
Communications Officer 
Tudor Trust - Grant to Luton Roma Trust
£2,000 13/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£12,635 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 ....more
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Stream 1 - Delivery or Support Costs
£2,770 21/05/2020
4
Grant to Luton Roma Trust
National Lottery Community Fund - LUTON ROMA EMPOWERMENT PROJECT
£332,742 22/02/2019
36
The project will use funding to continue delivering support and interventions to the Roma community in Luton. The project will also develop the Luton Empowerment Project, which will particularly work ....more
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Luton Roma Trust
£8,000 20/07/2018
10
Roma Education Champion
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Luton Roma Trust
£7,500 20/07/2018
10
Supporting Young Roma
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Luton Roma Trust
£5,000 23/05/2018
10
Empowering Roma Women
Youth Music - Luton Roma Music Project
£29,928 09/03/2018
Luton Roma Music Project
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Daily intervention, support and crisis intervention to Luton Roma Families
£5,000 07/12/2017
12
Grant to Luton Roma Trust
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Roma Community Centre & Part-Time Administrator
£10,000 11/07/2017
12
Grant to Luton Roma Trust
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Roma Education Champion
£8,186 27/06/2017
10
Grant to Luton Roma Trust
National Lottery Community Fund - Choir for Roma children and young people in Luton
£8,520 01/03/2017
12
The funding will be used to set up a choir for children and young people from the Roma community in Luton which will also give them the opportunity to get in involved in volunteering opportunities, ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Luton Roma Trust
£90,000 17/02/2017
36
over three years towards salaries and running costs at a charity supporting Eastern European Roma people in Luton
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/04/2023, number: 1202863
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR19: 54 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from LUTON ROMA TRUST on 04/04/2024
Main office

15 Luton Community House
New Bedford Road
Luton
LU1 1SA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND THE BENEFIT OF ROMA PEOPLE IN LUTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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