Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 2
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

FRIENDSHIP LINCS 

We provide a social group for people with special needs in Mablethorpe& area for members to meet, socialise and have the oportunity to undertake a wide range of recreational and leisure activities. We have day trips and provide relief time for carers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing

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
31/03/22£5£1£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£4£1£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20*£5£2£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£6£3£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£5£2£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£4£0£4£0£0£0NAN00
31/03/16£4£2£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£4£2£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£2£1£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£2£1£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£5£4£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£5£5£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£5£4£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£4£4£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£7£7£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£5£6£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£6£12£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£18£17£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£7£9£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 25 years

TELSTOW@GMAIL.COM

01507 478590

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lincolnshire,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Friendship Lincs
£3,321 21/10/2023
We would like to provide day trips for people with special needs, to improve their mental wellbeing. Group visits to places such as wildlife centres will help broaden their horizons.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 02/02/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/10/1999, number: 1077758
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR20: 15 days late, AR10: 17 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

38 The Strand
MABLETHORPE
Lincolnshire
LN12 1BQ

Objectives

TO RELIEVE ADULTS WHO ARE AGED, PHYSICALLY DISABLED, HAVE LEARNING DIFFICULTY, SUFFER FROM MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS OR WHO ARE IN NEED DUE TO THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF VOLUNTEERS TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF THEIR SOCIAL WELFARE SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED

Defined Area of Benefit:

LINCOLNSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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