Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 5
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

LINCOLNSHIRE EMPLOYMENT ACCOMMODATION PROJECT LIMITED 

The Charity provides housing and support services to promote social inclusion to vulnerable young people
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £2,315,050 available, equivalent to 26 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Established: 29 years

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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
31/03/23*£1,165£1,062£102£0£2,317£2,31526.1200
31/03/22£940£851£89£0£2,279£2,27632.1200
31/03/21£1,721£1,035£686£0£2,212£2,11024.5180
31/03/20£1,210£1,053£157£0£1,695£1,69519.3260
31/03/19£912£832£79£0£1,589£1,58922.9271
31/03/18£1,022£949£73£0£1,510£1,51019.1270
31/03/17*£902£829£73£75£1,459£1,45821.1270
31/03/16£721£647£74£30£1,519£1,02319200
31/03/15£853£816£37£39£1,485£95914.1180
31/03/14£872£835£37£5£1,448£93213.4160
31/03/13£875£809£67£5£1,411£86112.8210
31/03/12£800£707£93£15£1,402£69811.8180
31/03/11£965£592£373£5£1,289£57811.7140
31/03/10£566£377£188£5£917£58718.780
31/03/09£416£394£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£408£343£64£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£308£326£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£300£270£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£316£276£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£287£238£49£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 51%
Liabilities/Income: 206%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 26.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lincolnshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 20 employees

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
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to LEAP Ltd
£74,740 26/01/2022
To build community participation within the South West Ward of Gainsborough where poverty, deprivation, crime, unemployment and health inequalities are within the top 3% nationally.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to LEAP Ltd
£62,060 10/10/2017
36
Charity provides support to young homeless people. The grant will enable them to provide a training programme and additional support to gain independent living skills and enter into employment or ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to LEAP Ltd
£62,060 08/10/2014
Charity provides support to young homeless people. The grant will enable them to provide a training programme and additional support to gain independent living skills and enter into employment or ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - First LEAP
£194,211 13/04/2011
24
Accommodation and support services to high risk individuals with multiple and complex needs between the ages of 16-21 in Lincolnshire to gain independent living skills and promote social inclusion. ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/06/1995, number: 1046933
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/03/1994, number: 02908711
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Homes England
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
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
20 returns made; AR23: 69 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR06: 10 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE LINCOLN SPIRITUAL ASSOCIATION on 02/07/2019
  • Asset transfer in from HOUSING AND TENANCY SUPPORT LIMITED on 16/02/2023
Main office

22
MARKET PLACE
GAINSBOROUGH
LINCOLNSHIRE
DN21 2BZ

Objectives

A) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING YOUNG PEOPLE AND OTHERS FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED IN TERMS OF ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT SERVICESB) TO PROVIDE A RANGE OF ACCOMMODATION AND SOCIAL HOUSING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF VULNERABLE OR HOMELESS PEOPLEC) TO UNDERTAKE OTHER ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES WITHIN THE REGULATORS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE ORGANISATION AND TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR ITS CLIENTSSOCIAL HOUSING; MEANS LOW COST RENTAL ACCOMMODATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 68 AND 77 OF THE HOUSING AND REGENERATION ACT 2008HOMELESS; MEANS NOT HAVING A HOME OR AT RISK OF NOT HAVING A HOME AS SET OUT IN THE HOUSING ACT 1977 AND 1996 AND THE HOMELESS ACT 2002SOCIALLY EXCLUDED; MEANS AT THREAT OF BEING HOMELESS AND DISADVANTAGED AS TO THEIR SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND EDUCATION NEEDSREGULATOR; MEANS THE BODY DEFINED AS THE HOMES IN ENGLAND ACTING THROUGH ITS REGULATORY COMMITTEE OR ANY SUBSIDIARY SUCCESSOR TO OR ANY ASSIGNEE OF ANY OR ALL OF ITS RELEVANT FUNCTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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