Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Good reserves management: +3
Strong growth: +2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 17

LINCOLNSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service is a third sector infrastructure organisation, the accredited Volunteer Centre Operator and provides social prescribing link worker services in our area of benefit.We promote volunteering, build social fabric, boost resilience and support the health and wellbeing of communities & individuals by working with strategic partners identifying local needs

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Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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 age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Established: 26 years

www.lincolnshirecvs.org.uk

finance@lincolnshirecvs.org.uk

01205510888

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£1,479	£1,498	£-19	£0	£403	£376	3	54	10
31/03/22		£1,209	£1,193	£15	£0	£421	£395	4	41	10
31/03/21		£1,009	£974	£35	£0	£406	£377	4.6	34	45
31/03/20		£896	£912	£-16	£0	£371	£312	4.1	29	20
31/03/19		£741	£683	£58	£0	£387	£303	5.3	21	15
31/03/18		£398	£363	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£476	£556	£-80	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£809	£752	£57	£0	£374	£311	5	33	0
31/03/15		£752	£791	£-39	£6	£317	£287	4.3	30	0
31/03/14		£852	£826	£26	£4	£355	£302	4.4	23	0
31/03/13		£903	£909	£-7	£4	£330	£313	4.1	35	0
31/03/12		£678	£804	£-126	£5	£337	£327	4.9	35	0
31/03/11		£894	£841	£53	£5	£462	£272	3.9	36	0
31/03/10		£794	£751	£44	£3	£410	£249	4	31	0
31/03/09		£726	£578	£148	£3	£366	£157	3.3	24	0
31/03/08		£552	£569	£-18	£3	£218	£111	2.3	17	0
31/03/07		£563	£550	£14	£2	£236	£89	2	13	0
31/03/06		£351	£251	£100	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£204	£176	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£193	£178	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 64%
Liabilities/Income: 48%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides services

Where it operates

Lincolnshire,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

54 employees
10 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£41,270
Lincolnshire Community Foundation	£26,587
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£8,620
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	£6,244

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Bishop Grosseteste University and Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service KTP 22_23 R2
£6,244	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10037198
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Services (LCVS) PHP Community Impact Fund
£6,587	21/12/2021	Advice and Support Provision
National Lottery Community Fund - LCVS covid response
£41,270	29/07/2020 6	The funding will be used to meet the increased demand for voluntary sector information and advice during the Covid-19 crisis.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Lincolnshire CVS
£8,620	23/07/2020	Grant to Lincolnshire CVS meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Lincolnshire CVS Covid Project
£10,000	06/05/2020	Increased demand for service/collection of data to inform recovery phase
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Lincolnshire CVS Covid Project
£10,000	06/05/2020	Increased demand for service/collection of data to inform recovery phase
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Lincolnshire CVS
£72,600	30/11/2017 36	The grant will support the salary and costs of the Next Step to Recovery Programme helping individuals with addiction settle back into the community, develop new skills and remain abstinent following ....more The grant will support the salary and costs of the Next Step to Recovery Programme helping individuals with addiction settle back into the community, develop new skills and remain abstinent following clinical interventions.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Lincolnshire Community And Voluntary Service
£14,490	26/05/2016 12	The salary of the Health Trainer and on costs to enable those with addiction problems to progress into the community
Nesta - AC00333
£50,000	25/03/2013	Innovation in Giving programme grant to Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service Grant Ref AC00333

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 19-78

ANN COXALL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

AXEL SEDGWICK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Student Enrichment Coordinator

CANON STEPHEN DOUGLAS HOLDAWAY Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired Minister, Other trusteeships: ROTARY CLUB OF ALFORD AND MABLETHORPE TRUST FUND, OSTCLIFFE PALMER TRUST,

HENRY WRIGHT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Manager

JOHN CHRISTOPHER LATHAM (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director Of Dvc Projects, Other trusteeship: BRAYFORD TRUST LIMITED,

JULIE ANNE ELLIS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Bank Manager

OANA CUNNINGHAM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Cafe Owner

PETER JOHN BATESON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Secretary, Other trusteeship: THE WINTHORPE COMMUNITY CENTRE,

STEPHEN HALL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/04/1998, number: 1069356
Registered at Companies House on 03/02/1998, number: 03503128

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
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; AR04: 2 days late,

Main office

Room G8 c/o Boston Borough Council
Municipal Building
West Street
Boston
Lincs
PE21 8QR

Objectives

(1) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DISTRICTS OF BOSTON, SOUTH HOLLAND AND SOUTH KESTEVEN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS; (2) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOSTON, SOUTH HOLLAND AND SOUTH KESTEVEN AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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