Overall GiG Score: 9 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

LIVESTOCK 

Livestock is an arts and community development charity. We run projects that engage with the themes of mental health and wellbeing, focused on individuals personal stories. We enable people to share their histories & experiences to connect and communicate with each other. Our peer support groups use creativity as a tool to empower. We work primarily with mothers and families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is completely female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 16 years

www.livestock.org.uk

admin@livestock.org.uk

07930530041

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UN SDGs
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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£49£44£5n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/22£35£40£-5n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/21£39£28£11n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£48£41£7n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/19£25£28£-3n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/18£16£18£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£17£12£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£16£15£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£19£21£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£15£13£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£6£6£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£5£3£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£5£3£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£15£14£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 9 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, West Sussex,

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£18,776
Sussex Community Foundation£18,095
DCMS£9,500
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£8,751
BBC Children in Need£2,440
Woodward Charitable Trust£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Livestock
£5,000 14/07/2023
Funding was provided for a young mums peer support group.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Livestock
£8,751 14/04/2023
46% of the running and staff costs for a charity providing peer support to new mums to improve post-natal mental health through art therapy in Brighton.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sustaining Mothers Uncovered
£9,996 17/02/2023
The funding will be used to continue peer support sessions for mothers. The project aims to reduce isolation create strong support networks and improve mental wellbeing.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core Costs
£1,000 28/03/2022
Towards core costs
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Livestock
£4,970 11/03/2022
Funding was provided to run four peer support art and discussion groups for mothers and their children.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mothers Uncovered Expansion & Training
£8,780 28/10/2021
The funding will be used to run creative peer support groups for mothers. The project aims to support the beneficiaries to increase their self-esteem reduce feelings of isolation and improve their ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Livestock
£4,000 12/03/2021
3
Funding was provided towards management costs.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,500 25/06/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Livestock
£2,440 17/06/2020
COVID19 - Online cooking and healthy eating sessions for young people from low income families and affected by Covid-19 . Young people will benefit through improved life skills.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Livestock
£4,125 05/07/2019
5
Funding was provided towards the costs of extending the service into Worthing.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Livestock
£28,675 15/03/2019
36
This three year project will provide cooking courses, for disabled children and young people from low income families. This will improve physical health, encourage life skills and increase ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Livestock
£7,200 28/02/2019
12
towards one year's running costs of a project providing support to new mothers affected by post-natal depression in Brighton and Hove
National Lottery Community Fund - SoulFood
£8,955 26/03/2018
12
The project will develop their cooking and practical skills workshops within local food banks and community centres to educate people on how to cook healthy meals on a budget, bring people together ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Mothers Uncovered: Outreach and Drop-In SoulFoodBank Group & Food Disc
£8,936 01/02/2017
12
This project will run courses, workshops and a drop-in-service aimed at vulnerable mothers with toddlers who experience loneliness and isolation, and lack basic food preparation skills. This will ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Livestock
£4,390 16/03/2015
towards one year's running costs of a project providing a support group for new mothers in Brighton
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 35-58
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/12/2007, number: 1122091
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/05/2007, number: 06262852
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR09: 224 days late,
Main office

COMMUNITY BASE
113 QUEENS ROAD
BRIGHTON
BN1 3XG

Objectives

The Objects of the Charity are for the public benefit:(a) to promote and protect mental health and wellbeing, particularly but not exclusively through peer support and other group sessions; and(b) the promotion of the arts, in particular but not exclusively the art of drama.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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