Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
All female board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 9

LIFESKILLS LEARNING FOR LIVING

Lifeskills is a safety education Centre built as a realistic village. Its approach is interactive and bridges the gap that exists between knowledge and behaviour. It is designed to help people learn about safety in a fun and practical way, specifically in the home, on the road and during leisure time.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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:

The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 24 years

www.lifeskills-bristol.org.uk

manager@lifeskills-bristol.org.uk

01179224511

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£213	£220	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/22		£139	£192	£-52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
31/03/21		£169	£172	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/20		£204	£239	£-35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	95
31/03/19		£253	£267	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	110
31/03/18		£195	£249	£-54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£317	£266	£52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£289	£278	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£253	£261	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£226	£269	£-43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£259	£278	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£284	£301	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£277	£272	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£270	£254	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£266	£255	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£301	£253	£48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£281	£230	£51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£305	£219	£86	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£237	£204	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£200	£238	£-38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
80 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

Quartet Community Foundation	£30,415
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Co-Operative Group	£4,906

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Lifeskills
£5,000	19/01/2024 11	To provide free or subsidised places on a school trip to Lifeskills for Year 6 children whose families are facing cost of living financial challenges.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Lifeskills – Learning for Living
£1,297	21/10/2023	We would like over 10,000 children a year to visit our amazing, interactive village, to learn skills that will prevent accidents, encourage independence and help look out for the safety of others.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Lifeskills
£5,000	11/04/2023	Towards setting up and running a brand new 'County Lines Exploitation' Scenario
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Lifeskills
£3,000	30/01/2023	Supporting people with learning disabilities in Bristol and B&NES to participate in safety training free of charge, learning to be safe in their homes and communities.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Lifeskills - Learning for Living
£2,081	22/10/2022	We would like to subsidise the cost of attending the Lifeskills centre for eligible primary school children and adults with learning disabilities during 2021/22.
National Lottery Community Fund - Safe Communities
£10,000	16/09/2022	The organisation will develop their safety space and provide training through intergenerational relationships/volunteers to reach learning disability groups and SEN children.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Lifeskills
£4,000	29/03/2022 11	For the 'Learning for Living' Children's Safety Programme, promoting personal safety and behaviour and reducing injury in the centre's life-like village.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	05/11/2021	Lifeskills - Learning for Living
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Lifeskills
£1,527	23/10/2021	Unable to provide our usual hands-on experience due to Covid, Lifeskills would like to develop engaging online material for schools, such as video-feeds, on how to stay safe and well.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Lifeskills
£8,733	04/02/2021 2	To fund staff costs for the research phase of new services and outreach programmes.
Quartet Community Foundation - The Special Educational Needs Programme
£4,682	20/06/2019 5	For the group's Special Educational Needs (SEN) programme which aims to teach children new skills that will help prevent accidents, increase confidence and lead to a more independent life.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Lifeskills
£4,631	19/11/2018	We want to help people with learning difficulties to live more independently by offering free visits to our hands-on safety centre.
Quartet Community Foundation - Training for Practitioners working with Learning Difficulty Groups
£2,500	19/03/2018 12	To provide free training to 50 new practitioners to use the Lifeskills Centre with their service users who have special educational needs.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 46-75

EDWINA WHITWELL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired Teacher

JULIE LANSLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired Communications Manager

KEVERN JENKIN (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director

LISA TWYMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Finance, Other trusteeship: BATH GATEWAY OUT & ABOUT,

MAXINE TARGETT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Health & Safety Services

WENDY NICOLA PARKER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired Public Health Specialist

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/05/2000, number: 1080747
Registered at Companies House on 09/03/2000, number: 03944179

Gift Aid

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
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; AR16: 28 days late,

Main office

LIFESKILLS
THE CREATE CENTRE
SMEATON ROAD
BRISTOL
BS1 6XN

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN DOMESTIC, PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE BRISTOL

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