Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 1
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

LIVING WITH EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES LTD

Living with Equal Opportunities promotes, supports and develops high-quality play opportunities and services for children and young people in Hammersmith & Fulham and surrounding boroughs. It provides support, advice, guidance, training and resources to small voluntary and community groups that deliver play and youth activities for children and young people in Hammersmith & Fulham.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £13,995 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£539£441£98£0£236£-14-0.4670
31/03/22£494£416£78n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£351£335£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£450£431£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£565£550£15£0£26£0n/a606
31/03/18*£551£612£-62£5£11£110.2500
31/03/17£580£569£11£0£73£0n/a500
31/03/16£419£420£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£353£341£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£381£388£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£465£451£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£396£368£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£286£288£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£274£270£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£191£216£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£98£112£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£36£36£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£90£56£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: -6%
Reserves/Spending: -0.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 69.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 20 years

www.livingwithequalopps.org.uk

lesley@livingwithequalopps.org.uk

02077363699

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Child day-care services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of Westminster, Ealing, Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Play Association Hammersmith & Fulham
£4,000 12/03/2020
12
White City Adventure Playground Easter Holiday Programme
The Childhood Trust - Summer Give 2018
£2,500 15/06/2018
This project provides free, open access play opportunities for children between the ages of 8 and 14. We also have a volunteer scheme for young people in the community, and have registered 400+ children since taking on the project in July of 2017.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

  • DAWN RAWLINS Appointed: 2019
  • GARY JOHN SWEETMAN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Carer
  • JADE RAWLINS Appointed: 2022
  • JESSICA QUINN Appointed: 2020
  • KERRY CLIFFORD Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/04/2005, number: 1108948
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/01/2005, number: 05345096
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR18: 16 days late, AR14: 141 days late, AR13: 194 days late, AR10: 16 days late, AR09: 24 days late,
Main office

Parsons Green Sports & Social Club
31 Broomhouse Lane
LONDON
SW6 3DP

Objectives

THE PROVISION OF OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAY, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS FOR ALL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE RESIDENT IN HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM, BEING FACILITIES OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, SPECIAL NEED OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE CONDITION OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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