Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 5

Accounts overdue -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 8

HEADS UP LEICESTER LIMITED

Heads Up Leicester supports families through life's challenges via groupwork and individual support for children, young people and their parents / carers across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Latest accounts are overdue for filing

Established: 15 years

www.headsupleicester.org.uk

hello@headsupleicester.org.uk

01162234254

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
31/03/22	£411	£432	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/21	£487	£449	£38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/20	£445	£430	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/19	£414	£419	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/18	£301	£322	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	7
31/03/17	£230	£217	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£168	£200	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£332	£300	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£289	£260	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£274	£284	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£333	£304	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£304	£304	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£298	£265	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Department of Health	£110,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£24,294
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£11,874

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to CFF
£2,250	14/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Department of Health - Centre for Fun and Families
£110,000	28/08/2020	Grant funding to members of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance for priority project work in support of DHSC, NHS England and Improvement and PHE strategic priorities.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to CFF
£9,624	23/07/2020	Grant to CFF meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - Parenting in a Pandemic
£24,294	11/06/2020 9	This project will provide increased digital and phone support to families and young people who are struggling with communication behaviour and low to moderate mental health issues as a direct or ....more This project will provide increased digital and phone support to families and young people who are struggling with communication behaviour and low to moderate mental health issues as a direct or indirect result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants are experiencing issues including anxiety depression family break-up and domestic violence. The participants will include 80 new parents/carers and their young person and 120 families who have already attended CFF sessions and sought follow-on support.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to CFF
£95,857	27/03/2019 36	the grant will support this Leicester based charity to continue to deliver its work supporting teenage parents across the city
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Centre for Fun and Families
£49,264	24/11/2016 24	The charity is providing support to teenage parents in Leicester City. The grant will fund engagement of teenage parents, the salary of an Engagement Group Worker and the delivery of Group Work ....more The charity is providing support to teenage parents in Leicester City. The grant will fund engagement of teenage parents, the salary of an Engagement Group Worker and the delivery of Group Work sessions to 90 young parents per year.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Centre for Fun and Families
£22,700	28/08/2013	The charity provides training and support for families encountering difficulties. The grant will support the recruitment of volunteers to provide training courses and one to one mentors to improve ....more The charity provides training and support for families encountering difficulties. The grant will support the recruitment of volunteers to provide training courses and one to one mentors to improve family relationships.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-74

ANNIE PEEL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

DAVID NEVILLE Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Retired

DR NATALIE DARKO Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Associate Professor

JULIE DRAKE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

MOIRA O'HAGAM Appointed: 2021

TIMOTHY ENNIS RENDER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: HINCKLEY AND DISTRICT WORK-LINK PROJECT,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/03/2009, number: 1128547
Registered at Companies House on 02/12/2008, number: 06763165

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

13 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Grove Community Hub
12 Cort Crescent
LEICESTER
LE3 1QZ

Objectives

TO EDUCATE FAMILIES AND THE PUBLIC IN BETTER STANDARDS OF CHILD CARE, THE IMPORTANCE OF SOUND RELATIONS BETWEEN PARENTS AND CHILDREN FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND ENRICHMENT OF FAMILY LIFE AND GOOD INTER-PERSONAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ADULTS AND CHILDREN PARTICULARLY, THOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN FAMILIES, AND TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND WELFARE OF FAMILIES AND THEIR MEMBERS BEING IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES OR THEIR PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL OR SPIRITUAL STATE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.

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