Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -3

DAVID LAING FOUNDATION

Making gifts to a wide range of charities with the emphasis on youth, disability and the arts

Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
05/04/23		£198	£542	£-345	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/22		£190	£286	£-96	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/21		£162	£221	£-58	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/20		£200	£428	£-228	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/19		£200	£546	£-346	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/18	*	£279	£314	£-36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/17		£198	£376	£-178	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/16		£245	£241	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/15		£555	£558	£-2	£4	£6,125	£6,125	131.8	0
05/04/14		£1,501	£321	£1,179	£4	£5,728	£5,728	213.9	0
05/04/13	*	£125	£451	£-325	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/12	*	£109	£280	£-170	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/11	*	£93	£469	£-376	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/10		£101	£293	£-193	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/09	*	£122	£233	£-111	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/08	*	£153	£231	£-79	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/07	*	£151	£361	£-210	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/06	*	£125	£280	£-156	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/05		£96	£125	£-28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/04		£103	£200	£-97	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 45 years

https://www.davidlaingfoundation.co.uk/

dlf@hcrlaw.com

01604233233

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Animals
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Northamptonshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Gender Split

DOMINIC ADRIAN HOPKINS DL Appointed: 2023

MR JOHN STUART LEWIS DL FCIS

CHARLES WILLIAM DAVID LAING Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeships: THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST, THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PAVIORS' CHARITY, THE EARLY OPERA COMPANY LIMITED, THE LONDON CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY,

DAVID ERIC LAING (Chair), Other trusteeships: THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE YEOMANRY ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENT FUND, THE SWIFTS SPORTS TRUST, THE NATIONAL HOCKEY FOUNDATION,

FRANCES MARY LAING, Other trusteeship: THE WADENHOE TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/09/1979, number: 278462

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR18: 4 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR12: 149 days late, AR11: 157 days late, AR09: 26 days late, AR08: 30 days late, AR07: 63 days late, AR06: 53 days late,

Main office

HCR HEWITSONS
LANCASTER HOUSE
NUNN MILLS ROAD
NORTHAMPTON
NN1 5GE

Objectives

SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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