Overall GiG Score: 27 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 20
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +15

LEICESTERSHIRE CARES LIMITED 

Provides support for community organisations, schools, offenders, the homeless and looked after children through employee volunteering.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender
Established: 20 years

www.leicestershirecares.co.uk

kieran@leicestershirecares.co.uk

01162756490

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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
30/06/23£652£572£80£0£548£4569.617877
30/06/22£620£574£45£0£468£4198.817804
30/06/21£649£566£83£0£422£3457.316815
30/06/20£621£499£122£0£339£2385.716871
30/06/19£484£404£80n/an/an/an/an/a1,426
30/06/18£462£430£32£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£397£483£-85£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£446£427£19£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£410£413£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£365£363£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£338£337£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£317£334£-17£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£398£334£64£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£318£305£13£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£318£331£-13£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£313£322£-9£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07*£320£271£49£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/06£280£223£57£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05*£231£203£28£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 16%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 36%
Liabilities/Income: 47%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 83%
Reserves/Spending: 9.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 17 employees
  • 877 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • 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
Esmee Fairbairn£284,030
The Blagrave Trust£245,684
Henry Smith Charity£171,800
The Segelman Trust£90,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£60,500
DCMS£46,300
The Clothworkers Foundation£11,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Blagrave Trust - Young People in Policy Making Fund
£124,856 01/08/2023
Leics Cares young people in policy making
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Leicestershire Cares
£171,800 11/05/2023
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing education, employment and training for young adults with special educational needs and disabilities in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Leicestershire Cares
£24,087 30/01/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Leicestershire Cares
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
The Blagrave Trust - Policy call-out
£120,828 31/05/2022
Young people in policy making
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Leicestershire Cares
£240,869 02/11/2021
36
Towards unrestricted core costs to support a programme of work developing the skills, confidence and networks of care experienced young people.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Leicestershire Cares
£50,000 29/07/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Leicestershire Cares
The Segelman Trust - Grant to Leicestershire Cares
£90,000 04/05/2021
36
To support the organisation's programmes for care-experienced young people
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£3,300 01/10/2020
"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
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£43,000 09/09/2020
"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
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Leicestershire Cares
£8,250 23/07/2020
Grant to Leicestershire Cares meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Leicestershire Cares Ltd
£11,000 27/05/2020
refurbishment of building for a charity that works with support disadvantaged and vunerable young people in Leicestershire
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Leicestershire Cares
£19,074 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 fast response grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Together
£73,340 19/02/2019
36
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Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Leicestershire Cares
£47,005 06/04/2018
24
Addressing economic and social disadvantage and deprivation by enabling volunteers to make a difference in their communities. The grant will fund the post of Project Assistant for the WIRE project, ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Leicestershire Cares
£114,458 28/02/2018
36
Towards a social action programme, supporting looked after children and care leavers to be empowered to use their voice and act on key issues in their lives.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Leicestershire Cares
£135,800 07/09/2017
36
towards three years' continuation funding of salaries relating to a project that provides employability support to vulnerable young people in Leicestershire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Leicestershire Cares
£47,005 21/07/2016
24
Addressing economic and social disadvantage and deprivation by enabling volunteers to make a difference in their communities. The grant will fund the post of Project Assistant for the WIRE project, ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Leicestershire Cares
£103,000 11/09/2014
36
towards three years' salary of the Project Coordinator at a project in Leicestershire that provides support, advice, education and employment training to young people who have been in care
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Leicestershire Cares
£20,600 29/10/2012
the salary of the administrator for the Flying Fish project
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Leicestershire Cares
£95,535 16/02/2011
Towards the salary of the project co-ordinator of Flying Fish, which helps young care-leavers access work placements and work-based mentoring.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-70
  • ADAM KING Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • LYN WARREN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Hr Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/05/2004, number: 1103568
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/09/2003, number: 04914588
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
  • 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
19 returns made; AR07: 1 days late, AR05: 135 days late,
Main office

Leicestershire Cares
Tower Court
42 Tower Street
Leicester
LE1 6WT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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