Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 0

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Static board: -3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -2

COUNCIL FOR LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom is the independent charity responsible for promoting and championing learning outside the classroom nationally. It represents all the key organisations involved in learning outside the classroom and is the awarding organisation for the Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
The Board composition appears to be rather static

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: 15 years

www.lotc.org.uk

enquiries@lotc.org.uk

07834167648

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£242	£225	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/22		£223	£117	£106	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/21		£132	£140	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£226	£215	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£187	£215	£-28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£271	£312	£-41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£320	£288	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£175	£190	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£175	£190	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£239	£255	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£216	£245	£-29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£212	£184	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£655	£580	£75	£85	£97	£97	2	7	0
31/03/10		£595	£573	£22	£19	£22	£22	0.5	7	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 volunteers

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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Learning Away legacy grant
£215,000	01/12/2015 24	Support towards a consortium of organisations that have come together to carry out the learning from the Learning Away initiative to promote "Brilliant Residentials" - i.e. school trips ....more Support towards a consortium of organisations that have come together to carry out the learning from the Learning Away initiative to promote "Brilliant Residentials" - i.e. school trips with an overnight stay, which are led by teachers, co-designed with students and fully integrated into the curriculum.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Developing a long-term financially viable model
£250,000	27/09/2011	Contributions to core costs over a three year period to secure the future of this key national body as the Council builds sustainable income streams and demand for its products, to reach a position ....more Contributions to core costs over a three year period to secure the future of this key national body as the Council builds sustainable income streams and demand for its products, to reach a position of long-term sustainability in 2014.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-69

DAVID JOHN SCOURFIELD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Visits Advisor

FELIX PEPLER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Head Of Centre, Uk

GILLIAN HARVEY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chief Executive

IAN ALISTAIR MCINNES Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Consultant

LOUISE EDWARDS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Education Adviser, Other trusteeship: THE INSTITUTE FOR OUTDOOR LEARNING,

PROF JUSTIN SIMON DILLON Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Professor Of Science And Environmental Education, Other trusteeship: EXETER SCIENCE CENTRE,

PETER DOUGLAS CARNE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

STEVEN NIVEN DOOL (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Head Teacher, Other trusteeships: THE FRED VENABLES HIGHER EDUCATION TRUST, CHESHIRE YOUNG CARERS LTD,

SIMON JOHN WARD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Head Of Region, Field Studies Council

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/01/2009, number: 1127802
Registered at Companies House on 22/12/2008, number: 06778701

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR16: 2 days late,

Main office

Head Office
Preston Montford
Montford Bridge
Shrewsbury
SY4 1HW

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND CHAMPION LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM TO ENABLE ALL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO BENEFIT FROM INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH QUALITY AND VARIED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, ENGLAND.

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