Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 7

Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

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

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 17

BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

This is a grant making charity, you can view its grants here

The Foundation makes grants to local community groups and charities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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		£4,383	£4,854	£-471	£160	£3,309	£395	1	7	20
31/03/22		£5,871	£5,493	£378	£141	£3,867	£291	0.6	7	20
31/03/21		£5,404	£5,114	£290	£94	£3,406	£220	0.5	7	24
31/03/20		£2,759	£2,239	£520	£78	£2,777	£175	0.9	6	24
31/03/19		£1,473	£1,832	£-359	£68	£2,374	£150	1	4	25
31/03/18		£1,380	£1,443	£-63	£86	£2,640	£142	1.2	4	0
31/03/17		£1,599	£1,262	£337	£3	£2,687	£136	1.3	3	0
31/03/16		£1,575	£1,258	£317	£62	£2,164	£97	0.9	3	0
31/03/15		£1,631	£1,281	£350	£71	£1,882	£94	0.9	4	0
31/03/14		£1,227	£859	£368	£62	£1,455	£89	1.2	2	0
31/03/13		£507	£379	£128	£54	£1,052	£71	2.3	1	0
31/03/12		£529	£359	£170	£12	£849	£59	2	1	0
31/03/11		£937	£530	£407	£17	£673	£62	1.4	1	0
31/03/10		£640	£528	£112	£1	£266	£14	0.3	2	0
31/03/09		£591	£570	£21	£64	£169	£10	0.2	1	0
31/03/08		£351	£391	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£277	£242	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£77	£66	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£51	£32	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£55	£20	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 41%
Liabilities/Income: 51%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 12%
Reserves/Spending: 1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4

Asset Split ?

Established: 23 years

www.blcf.org.uk

administrator@blcf.org.uk

01582 306690

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Bedford, Buckinghamshire, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Luton,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

7 employees
20 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

DCMS	£30,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£10,000
Architectural Heritage Fund	£7,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Architectural Heritage Fund - Grant to Bedfordshire & Luton Community Foundation
£7,000	28/07/2023	@HOME
DCMS - Investment funds
£30,000	27/01/2023	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government to help deliver this vision.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Funders for Racial Equality Alliance - mapping the race equality sector
£10,000	19/02/2020	The Funders for Race Equality Alliance (also known as the Alliance) is a group of charitable foundations working together to achieve race equality in the UK, of which Paul Hamlyn Foundation is a ....more The Funders for Race Equality Alliance (also known as the Alliance) is a group of charitable foundations working together to achieve race equality in the UK, of which Paul Hamlyn Foundation is a member. This grant supports research to map out organisations working on race equality, including the role of BME led organisations, and to find out what an active organisation in the race equality sector looks like.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 28-75

AIMEE GOMEZ Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

CHRISTOPHER COLLETT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

IAN TAYLOR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Civil Engineer

JAMES WESTERN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Investment Professional

LORRAINE HUGHES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Teacher/ Deputy Ceo

SUSAN HUGHES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Semi Retired

JUDITH BARKER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

RORY HERBERT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Governance Trainee

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/05/2001, number: 1086516
Registered at Companies House on 16/01/2001, number: 04141953

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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; AR07: 43 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

Enterprise House
Wrest Park
Silsoe
Bedford
Bedfordshire
MK45 4HR

Objectives

THE OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE: (1) THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE GEOGRAPHIC COUNTY OF BEDFORDSHIRE AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS; (2) OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE WHICH ARE IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING THOSE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BEDFORDSHIRE

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