Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

LIFESPACE TRUST 

Through one-to-one mentoring for young people aged 7 to 18 and Youth Mental Health First Aid training for adults, we aim to help young people reduce distress, build resilience and achieve more
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
Established: 16 years

www.lifespace.org.uk

info@lifespace.org.uk

01789297400

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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
31/08/23£277£289£-11n/an/an/an/an/a16
31/08/22£229£240£-11n/an/an/an/an/a16
31/08/21£237£219£18n/an/an/an/an/a27
31/08/20£183£173£10n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/08/19£194£191£3n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/08/18£196£201£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/17?£205£299£-95£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£188£190£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£96£185£-89£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£200£172£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£210£173£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£189£212£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£363£347£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£355£325£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£209£216£-7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 16 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Warwickshire,

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
BBC Children in Need£32,800
National Lottery Community Fund£8,400
Heart Of England Community Foundation£4,309
Rank Foundation£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Rank Foundation - Col Small Grant Lifespace Trust 2023
£4,000 27/04/2023
Lifespace Trust received a Cost of Living Small Grant to help cover the cost of training and development for staff, Volunteers and trustees.
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Participation Project
£8,400 28/01/2022
The finding will be used for a support worker to enhance work already being done. The project aims to bring young people together and and increase leadership within the organisation.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Lifespace Trust
£1,000 18/03/2021
Grant to Lifespace Trust
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Lifespace Trust
£30,000 16/12/2020
This project provides 1-1 mentoring to children and young people experiencing distress in Warwickshire. Children will experience less emotional distress, increase resilience and improve self esteem.
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£2,700 09/10/2020
Mental Health Youth Ambassador' training course
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Lifespace Trust
£2,800 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund additonal sessions for children and young people who have mental health and behavioural issues and who are isolated at home due to Covid-19 and help them improve ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Lifespace Trust
£3,309 09/04/2020
5
In order to continue to support the, most vulnerable young people whom we are already supporting on a one to one basis from their dedicated trained and supervised mentor, w/c/ 23/3 we gained ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Volunteer costs for those female volunteers who work with girls only
£5,000 06/12/2018
7
Towards the costs of the mentoring service with young girls
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£5,000 01/12/2018
Choosing between 1 and 2 was difficult, however I believe that the lasting legacy of what Lifespace delivers through its mentoring is within the part of our vision where after 'Reducing Distress' we ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Lifespace Trust
£14,500 27/04/2012
the Director's salary plus training and travel costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-61
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/01/2008, number: 1122170
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/11/2007, number: 06425820
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
  • 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
15 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from HEARTLANDS LEGACY TRUST on 09/08/2021
Main office

LIFESPACE TRUST
Tyler House
Tyler Street
STRATFORD UPON AVON
WARWICKSHIRE
CV37 6TY

Objectives

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE TO THE ARTICLES HERETO IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK;B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE PROVISION OF SUCH EDUCATION IN ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT AND IF THE TRUSTEES SO DECIDE THE PROVISION OF ONE OR MORE CHARITABLE EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS FOR THE GENERAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OR ADULTS ON THE BASIS OF SUCH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES IN SUCH PARTS OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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