Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 1

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -4

LOTUS FLOWER TRUST

Lotus Flower Trust funds the building of schools, homes and skills centres in remote, rural and often environmentally challenging areas of India. We work with local people, utilising local labour and materials, helping bring education and dignity to some of the poorest children, women and those with special needs in the world. See www.lotusflowertrust.org for more information.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 15 years

www.lotusflowertrust.org

johnhuntnfo@lotusflowertrust.org

01425650493

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/12/22	*	£81	£198	£-117	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/12/21		£142	£50	£92	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/12/20		£129	£107	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/12/19		£147	£180	£-32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/12/18		£149	£146	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	30
31/12/17		£156	£183	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£213	£236	£-23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£217	£229	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£167	£189	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£199	£110	£89	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£135	£156	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£95	£149	£-53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£181	£96	£84	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£156	£117	£39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Hampshire, India, Lancashire, Scotland,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Funding Network - PAGIR Special Needs Centre (Workshop)
£14,002	07/12/2017	To fund the building of a workshop to accommodate a recycling machine which changes rags into paper and will allow the Centre to create self-sustaining income.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 59-76

MR ERIK JUUL-MORTENSEN

RICHARD HUGH WOLLASTON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeship: THE ESSEX HERITAGE TRUST,

REBECCA JANE LEACH Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

SARAH ELIZABETH BRANQUINHO (Chair) Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Business Relations & External Affairs Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/12/2008, number: 1127316
Registered at Companies House on 10/12/2008, number: 06770348

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR22: 3 days late,

Main office

THATCHERS
FROGHAM
FORDINGBRIDGE
SP6 2HN

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.TO RELIEVE THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY WORLD-WIDE AND WHERE APPROPRIATE TO PROVIDE SCHOOLS, HOMES AND ORPHANAGES TO SUCH PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THESE FACILITIES THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE OVERSEAS

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