Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 12
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12

SPACE2 LEEDS 

SPACE2 SUPPORTS COMMUNITES IN AREAS OF DEPRIVATION TO GENERATE POSITIVE CHANGE BY:DELIVERING ARTS AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS TO RAISE SELF-ESTEEM, ASPIRATIONS AND IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELLBEINGSUPPORTING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND INVOLVEMENT AND DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF LOCAL PEOPLE TO BETTER MEET THEIR NEEDS SUPPORTING PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND PROMOTING SOCIAL INCLUSION
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 20 years

www.space2.org.uk

dawnf@space2.org.uk

01133200159

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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£625£664£-38£0£145£801.41330
31/03/22£595£593£2£0£184£801.61135
31/03/21£602£535£67£0£181£631.41430
31/03/20£468£479£-11n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/19£485£402£83n/an/an/an/an/a23
31/03/18£362£454£-93£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£446£414£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£314£341£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£309£303£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£332£266£66£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£312£281£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£353£369£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£309£303£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£261£260£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£129£143£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£215£229£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£165£164£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£153£155£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£126£59£67£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 55%
Reserves/Spending: 1.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 3.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 13 employees
  • 30 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,

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£438,869
National Lottery Heritage Fund£241,264
Leeds Community Foundation£126,993
DCMS£64,189
Rank Foundation£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Clothing Rebellion and People's Pantry
£2,950 30/10/2023
Grant to Space2 Leeds
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Space2 Leeds
£198,164 25/09/2023
Gipton StoryMaps 2
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Space2 Leeds
£30,000 03/04/2023
Working as part of a citywide partnership to better understand changing need and challenges and make the case for increased, recurrent core funding at a city and national level.
Leeds Community Foundation - Mind, Body & Soul
£13,503 14/03/2023
Grant to Space2 Leeds
Leeds Community Foundation - Warm Wednesdays
£4,975 20/09/2022
Grant to Space2 Leeds
Leeds Community Foundation - Rivers of Light
£10,634 01/03/2022
Co-designing a programme of work with community residents that supports Covid recovery and responds to climate crisis, spotlighting the Wykebeck Valley Way as a wonderful green space to support ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Orion Health Holidays
£7,000 07/07/2021
2
Fun and healthy activities with nutritious food for young people and families across East North East Leeds, delivered by organisations within the Orion consortium (Space2, Zest and Feel Good Factor)
National Lottery Community Fund - Meet Me At The Old Fire Station
£360,341 25/01/2021
35
The project is using funding to run a programme of activities and volunteer opportunities to be delivered from the Old Fire Station by a range of tenant groups. This includes externally facilitated ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Space2Create Young People's Art Club (S2CYPAC)
£30,000 14/01/2021
Grant to Space2 Leeds
Leeds Community Foundation - Space2Sustain
£19,931 07/10/2020
10
Grant to Space2 Leeds
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Space2 Leeds
£43,100 28/08/2020
COVID19: Space2
National Lottery Community Fund - MEETING COVID19 DEMANDS
£78,528 02/06/2020
6
The funding will provide a volunteer scheme that supports those in need during the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the community including food deliveries. The aim is to increase community cohesion will ....more
Rank Foundation - Resilience Fund Space2 Leeds 2020
£15,000 15/05/2020
To support core costs
DCMS - Space22
£64,189 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Leeds Community Foundation - Orion Partnership - summer holiday campaigns
£8,000 28/06/2019
2
The Orion Consortium will provide a variety of physical and social activities to families on low incomes during the school summer holidays at venues across East North East Leeds. Activities will ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Fire Station Children's Choir
£4,962 12/02/2019
11
A children's community choir for 8-12 year olds in East Leeds to inspire singing, share performances with local people and explore ideas and challenges through the song-writing process to build ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Orion Men's Wellbeing Programme
£99,547 08/02/2019
36
This funding is for a project to increase the number of support groups for local men, to address issues such as loneliness and poor mental health. The aim is to use food and activities as a means of ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Space2 Leeds
£105,000 09/01/2019
36
Towards three years' running costs of a project a range of activities for disadvantaged communities in East Leeds.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Space2 Leeds
£105,000 12/12/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of a project a range of activities for disadvantaged communities in a deprived area of Leeds
Leeds Community Foundation - Get In (Young Trustees)
£7,458 23/11/2018
5
Ten young people, 15- 19 years will be recruited to be a young people’s consultation group for Space2 and GFS supporting the development of young people's activity and inclusion. Through ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Space2 Leeds
£37,222 30/10/2018
12
Enabling three men’s groups to be set up/developed in areas of the City where health inequalities are amongst the highest.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Space2 Leeds
£29,800 18/06/2018
Many Happy Returns - NHS 70th Birthday
Tudor Trust - Grant to Space2 Leeds
£60,000 16/05/2018
24
over two years as continuation funding towards the salary and associated costs of a men's engagement worker to support marginalised and vulnerable men in North and East Leeds
Leeds Community Foundation - Leeds Eastern Firestation Heritage Group
£8,430 16/02/2018
12
A social group for older people with a shared interest in the history of the fire service in Leeds and in particular the Old Fire Station in Gipton (1937 – 2015), creating opportunities for ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Space2 Leeds
£35,000 24/04/2017
12
over one year towards the salary of a Men's Community Engagement Worker to support marginalised and vulnerable men in North and East Leeds
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Space2 Leeds
£37,000 14/10/2015
Glowing Embers: the local history of Gipton Fire Station
Tudor Trust - Grant to Space2 Leeds
£70,000 14/11/2014
24
over two years towards the running costs of a men's health project, run by a consortium of four organisations, engaging men who are at an increased risk of suicide, in Leeds
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Space2 Leeds
£30,000 28/09/2012
the salary and on-costs of the Artistic Director and the Strategic Director
National Lottery Community Fund - HealthE Highways
£98,677 12/05/2010
24
This project aims to improve the health and well being of residents in Seacroft and Gipton through a series of activities targeted at specific disadvantaged members of the community. 'Gipton Health ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 45-76
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/08/2004, number: 1105268
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/10/2003, number: 04930452
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • 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: 55 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

THE OLD FIRE STATION
GIPTON APPROACH
LEEDS
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Objectives

I) TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTSII) TO PROVIDE LEISURE AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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