Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

DERBYSHIRE LGBT+ LTD 

Derbyshire LGBT improves the health & wellbeing of individuals to enable them to achieve their full potential irrespective of their Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity. We provide support & information to individuals regarding sexual orientation and/or gender identity & deliver health promotion & health education services to LGBT people to improve their physical, mental & emotional health.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 23 years

www.derbyshirelgbt.org.uk

info@derbyshirelgbt.org.uk

01332 207704

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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£160£215£-55n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22£198£213£-16n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/21£283£234£49n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/20£273£262£11n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/19£245£225£20n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/18£215£214£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£220£145£75£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£147£131£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£36£79£-43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£123£145£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£180£179£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£212£187£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£221£230£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£169£148£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£123£137£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£132£124£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£125£104£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£89£92£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£82£79£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£71£76£-4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Derby City, Derbyshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of 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
National Lottery Community Fund£352,790
BBC Children in Need£102,237
DCMS£51,500
LGBT Consortium£9,124
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Derbyshire LGBT+ Road to recovery & sustainability
£338,000 25/08/2022
The funding will support Derbyshire LGBT+ to continue its provision in Derby and satellite hubs in Chesterfield Buxton and Swadlincote. Tapered support of £338000 over 3 years towards core costs ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Derbyshire LGBT+ Trans Visibility Project
£9,794 21/05/2021
The funding will be used to establish Transgender community support groups in various locations across Derbyshire providing a safe space to get together form peer support networks and access support. ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Derbyshire LGBT+ Ltd
£99,737 20/12/2020
This project will deliver emotional and practical support to LGBT+ young people at risk of harm and isolation in Derbyshire. The project will increase young people's emotional wellbeing, self-esteem ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£49,000 05/10/2020
"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
LGBT Consortium - Grant to Derbyshire LGBT+
£9,124 29/09/2020
Increased staff capacity, due to covid, to deliver a varity of online support groups , including 5 online LGBT+ youth groups a week, an online GBT+ Men's group, an online LGBT+ Women’s group and a ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Derbyshire LGBT+ Ltd
£2,500 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant is for IT equipment to enable staff to provide group and 1:1 support for LGBT+ children and young people impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The aim is to reduce isolation and ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,500 03/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Derby Pride 2019
£4,996 23/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver a one day festival for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and wider community. The project aims to break down social barriers and encourage community ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Derbyshire LGBT+ - New Frontiers
£405,000 22/06/2018
36
This project is an expansion of the organisation's current work to support people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender and their families. Support hubs will be created across the ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Derbyshire LGBT+
£8,300 06/12/2017
refurbishment of an office for a charity which works with disadvantaged minority communities in Derby
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Derbyshire LGBT+ Ltd
£100,103 14/06/2017
36
This project will provide group and 1:1 support for LGBT+ children and young people. Information, support and networks will enable young people to improve their emotional and physical health, provide ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Derbyshire LGBT+
£86,000 15/12/2016
Gays on the Rates! An LGBT history of Derbyshire
Comic Relief - Derbyshire LGBT+ Invest
£40,000 30/11/2016
24
Derbyshire LGBT+ works across the whole of Derbyshire providing telephone support, drop-in sessions, counselling and group sessions for people from the LGBT+ community and their friends and family. ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Derbyshire LGBT+
£14,450 26/05/2016
12
the salary of the Older Peoples Project Coordinator to investigate the support needs of the older LGBT community across Derbyshire.
National Lottery Community Fund - Transforming LGBT Lives in Derbyshire
£299,844 03/11/2014
36
Not Available
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 35-72
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/10/2001, number: 1088868
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/11/1999, number: 03873291
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
  • 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: 0 days late,
Main office

Derbyshire LGBT Ltd
25 Curzon Street
DERBY
DE1 1LH

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL CRISES SUFFERED BY PERSONS WHO ARE GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER OR IN DOUBT ABOUT THEIR SEXUAL IDENTITY OR BY THOSE WHO MAY BE AFFECTED BY OR INVOLVED WITH SUCH PERSONS. IN PARTICULAR BY GIVING OF ADVICE, COUNSEL AND HELP FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY WORKING UNDER DIRECTION WHO ARE SELECTED AND PREPARED TO GIVE SUCH ADVICE, COUNSEL AND HELP

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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