Overall GiG Score: 22 ?
Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

NORTHERN LEARNING TRUST 

To advance learning and skills including literacy, numeracy, communication skills, employability, family learning and mentoring across the North East of England.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 17 years

www.northernlearningtrust.org.uk

enquiries@northernlearningtrust.org.uk

01912710131

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House

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£640£559£81£0£663£62313.41516
31/03/22£580£489£91£0£603£56013.71528
31/03/21£568£482£86£0£510£45211.21516
31/03/20£494£431£63n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/19£374£368£6n/an/an/an/an/a44
31/03/18£371£387£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£361£381£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£320£370£-50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£377£413£-36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£500£610£-109£24£394£3917.7170
31/03/13£618£751£-133£28£490£4747.6190
31/03/12£695£939£-244£32£586£5777.4230
31/03/11£971£952£19£30£836£7519.5240
31/03/10£1,025£833£192£27£798£6349.1210
31/03/09£928£909£19£10£552£4886.4230
31/03/08£1,156£573£583£62£562£1192.5260

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 13.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 4.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 15 employees
  • 16 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Durham, Gateshead, Middlesbrough, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Sunderland,

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
Lloyds Bank Foundation£61,991
National Lottery Community Fund£19,264
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£14,513
Ministry of Defence£8,032
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Northern Learning Trust – Newbiggin Learning Hive
£1,690 21/10/2023
We would like to deliver a range of workshops and courses specifically designed to improve the mental health and wellbeing of participants.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Northern Learning Trust
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£8,032 11/02/2022
For local projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Northern Learning Trust
£50,000 16/11/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Northern Learning Trust
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Northern Learning Trust
£6,000 12/08/2021
Salary costs for a part time engagement/soft-skills tutor working across Ashington, Berwick, Bedlington and Newbiggin in Northumberland
National Lottery Community Fund - Soft-Skills engagement tutor to re-engage learners driven away by COVID-19
£9,664 21/05/2021
The funding will be used towards a part-time engagement/soft-skills tutor to work one day each week at the project's centre to support vulnerable new learners of all ages. This will provide them with ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Northern Learning Trust
£9,741 24/07/2020
Grant to Northern Learning Trust meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Operating the Bedlington and Newsham Learning Hives for a further two days per week
£8,513 02/09/2019
Operating the Bedlington and Newsham Learning Hives for a further two days per week
The Shears Foundation - Northern Learning Trust
£5,000 05/08/2019
'Core' funding support
National Lottery Community Fund - Veteran's Cycle Club
£9,600 02/05/2019
12
The funding will provide a cycling club and bike maintenance course for local veterans, which aims to develop motor skills and employment opportunities, as well as physical and mental wellbeing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000 05/03/2019
Core' revenue support
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Northern Learning Trust
£45,492 26/11/2018
24
To fund the salary costs of a 0.4 FTE Project co-ordinator and towards the costs of delivering a mentoring programme for ex-offenders in Tyne and Wear.
National Lottery Community Fund - Ashington Learning Hive
£9,841 13/12/2017
11
The project will continue to fund a Community Engagement Tutor for their ‘Learning Hive’ in Ashington. The post will provide ICT training, budgeting and employment support to help vulnerable ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Northern Learning Trust
£45,492 28/03/2017
24
To fund the salary costs of a 0.4 FTE Project co-ordinator and towards the costs of delivering a mentoring programme for ex-offenders in Tyne and Wear.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Learning Hives
£337,024 17/06/2015
36
The aim of the project is to provide places where residents living in disadvantaged communities can access learning and support. This project will target individuals who are long term unemployed, ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Northern Learning Trust
£49,438 10/09/2014
provides support guidance & advice via trained volunteer mentors to enable offenders re-integrate back in to the community following release from prison following a sentence of 12m or less
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-66
  • ANN WYNN Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/07/2007, number: 1120330
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/07/2007, number: 06316736
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
  • 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
16 returns made; all on time
Main office

NORTHERN LEARNING TRUST
CHEVIOT HOUSE
BEAMINSTER WAY EAST
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE3 2ER

Objectives

TO ADVANCE LEARNING, INCLUDING LITERACY, NUMERACY AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS, ACROSS THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH EAST ENGLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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