Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 8
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

LEICESTERSHIRE VOLUNTARY SECTOR RESOURCE AGENCY 

Encourages individuals and organisations to work in partnership to build stronger, safer and better communities - under the banners of Reaching People and CIP ( Communities in Partnership). Supports, involves and enables individuals, communities and organisations to influence and improve, planning and delivery of services. Provides services for the VCS to develop and improve.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 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
  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 25 years

www.reachingpeople.co.uk

admin@reachingpeople.co.uk

01162552071

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UN SDGs
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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£1,376£1,349£27£0£175£1631.4109
31/03/22£1,419£1,412£7£0£148£1431.280
31/03/21£1,010£986£23£5£141£1371.781
31/03/20*£642£646£-4£0£118£1182.255
31/03/19£655£654£1£0£121£1212.252
31/03/18£562£588£-25£0£120£1202.440
31/03/17£256£275£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£127£105£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£129£131£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£86£176£-91£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£412£364£48£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£293£342£-48£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£356£412£-56£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£224£294£-70£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£502£478£24£15£399£2035.180
31/03/08£429£458£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£566£450£116£13£405£1213.290
31/03/06£555£496£60£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£452£441£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£399£324£74£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 66%
Liabilities/Income: 25%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 1.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 10 employees
  • 9 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leicester City, Leicestershire, Rutland,

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
Department for Work and Pensions£464,760
National Lottery Community Fund£272,577
DCMS£97,280
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department for Work and Pensions - LEICESTERSHIRE VOLUNTARY SECTOR RESOURCE AGENCY
£464,760 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£97,280 08/07/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Leading in Leicester and Leicestershire
£272,577 28/02/2020
36
This funding will employ a part time project manager and administrator to support the programme including income generation, participant recruitment, promotion and project reporting. This will help ....more
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£9,900 20/12/2018
Developing three community spaces and the links between them
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
£9,900 20/12/2018
Developing three community spaces and the links between them
National Lottery Community Fund - Leadership Programme (Development Grant)
£47,400 14/12/2018
12
This funding will help the organisation to support and develop social leaders so that they can transform their communities, organisations and the world around them. This will be achieved through a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Member Organisations Best Practice Sharing Project
£9,893 25/05/2018
12
This funding will be used to enable local voluntary and charitable organisations to review and improve their services and processes. The project aims to use this to establish effective working ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - LeiLei/1/1 - Moneywise Plus
£1,000,070 04/07/2016
48
The project aims to work with participants furthest from the labour market in Leicester. They aim to move them closer towards education, employment or training opportunities by developing their ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - LeiLei/1/1 - Financial Inclusion Digital Inclusion
£46,480 06/11/2015
12
This grant will be used to develop plans for a project to engage with 2,020 participants to help improve their financial and digital skills. Participants will be supported to enter/re-enter the job ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 51-69
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/11/1998, number: 1072595
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/06/1998, number: 03576786
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 16 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

First Floor
42 Tower Street
Leicester
LE1 6WT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTIES OF LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND, AND THE CITY OF LEICESTER, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS, SICKNESS AND TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THESE PURPOSES

Defined Area of Benefit:

LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND, AND THE CITY OF LEICESTER

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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