Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

THE LAPID TRUST 

Overall vision of connectedness and challenging isolationSupporting organisations working in the following areas:1. Health, medicine and disability (particularly mental health and dementia)2. Helping people thrive in old age, and respite care3. The use of music and other arts in relation to above4. Building trust and friendship between communities5. Responsive relief in disaster zones
Analysis by Giving is Great

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
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 Volun-
teers
05/04/23£62£60£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/22£65£48£17n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/21£57£53£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/20*£62£72£-10n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/19*£69£594£-525n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/18£74£1,018£-944£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/17£84£515£-431£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/16£76£84£-8£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/15£59£53£6£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/14£17£44£-27£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/13£4,386£6£4,380£6£4,607£4,6078845.800
05/04/12£1£75£-74£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/11£3£51£-48£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/10£154£1£153£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/09£126£2£125£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/08*£9£13£-4£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/07*£9£20£-11£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/06*£9£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/05*£10£11£-1£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/04*£8£16£-8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 35 years

07900261745

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Mental health and addiction
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/06/1989, number: 328196
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 35 days late, AR19: 244 days late, AR08: 70 days late, AR07: 374 days late, AR06: 527 days late, AR05: 1103 days late, AR04: 209 days late,
Main office

4 Rodborough Avenue
STROUD
Gloucestershire
GL5 3RS

Objectives

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE LEGALLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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