Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

LEADERS IN COMMUNITY 

YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SERVICES, TRAINING DEVELOPMENT, VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES, LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND MENTORING,YOUTH SERVICE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 13-25
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
Established: 14 years

www.licprojects.org

syed@leadersincommunity.org

0207 987 8796

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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*£369£338£30n/an/an/an/an/a186
31/03/22£456£344£112n/an/an/an/an/a186
31/03/21£335£244£92n/an/an/an/an/a93
31/03/20*£216£211£5n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/19£188£178£10n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/18£162£174£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£195£191£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£148£150£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£204£205£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14?£141£141£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/13?£130£133£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£115£117£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£122£103£19£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 186 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
Greater London Authority£36,928
City Bridge Trust£19,722
DCMS£9,374
The MSE Charity£6,310
Co-Operative Group£4,872
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - Women Powering Change
£26,928 03/11/2023
Women Powering Change will work in the deprived wards of Tower Hamlets and aim to empower those affected by cost of living crises and digitally excluded Bangladeshi women with low levels of English ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Leaders in Community
£1,147 22/10/2022
We would like to run a six-month educational program for youth: it will include talks, workshops and visits to local sustainability initiatives, and support for their own climate change projects.
The MSE Charity - Grant to Leaders in Community
£6,310 15/04/2021
Be Prepared - Financial Resilience project
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Next Top Role Model
£3,726 24/10/2020
We will create a youth learning hub, to hold weekly CV clubs, money management workshops, counselling to help with loneliness and isolation.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,374 21/08/2020
"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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Leaders in Community (LiC)
£19,722 05/06/2020
£19,722 towards costs as outlined in your application, excluding the Delivery Officer salary.
Greater London Authority - Leaders In Community
£10,000 02/12/2019
Small Grants Programme 2019/20
Greater London Authority - Grant to Leaders in Community
£7,852 28/02/2019
Saturday Social Young people will prepare and share a weekly meal, identify ways in which their areas could be improved, discuss ideas of importance and devise social action and volunteering ....more
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£9,938 20/12/2018
Improving a community space/cafe and making more opportunity for young people to access skills development activity
Co-Op Foundation - Co-design offer
£9,972 20/12/2018
Exploring loneliness with their young people and considering how their existing provision could address young loneliness before piloting some of their ideas.
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Codesign
£9,972 20/12/2018
Exploring loneliness with their young people and considering how their existing provision could address young loneliness before piloting some of their ideas.
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
£9,938 20/12/2018
Improving a community space/cafe and making more opportunity for young people to access skills development activity
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Leaders in Community
£27,099 22/11/2018
36
A debating club for 70 young people from low-income families living in deprived areas of Tower Hamlets. Young people will improve their communications skills, feel empowered to bring about change in ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Leaders in Community
£5,530 19/11/2018
We want to run a mentoring scheme using cooking to expose young people to professionals, learn new skills and improve job prospects.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 05/07/2018
Core Costs
Tudor Trust - Grant to Leaders in Community
£30,000 23/12/2013
over one year as continuation funding towards the salary of the project co-ordinator at a youth-led community organisation in Tower Hamlets, East London
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Leaders in Community
£31,200 12/09/2012
36
towards three years' salary of an Administrator at a youth-led organisation in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-33
  • HEMA KANA Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Assistant Development Manager
  • SUMAIA MASHAL (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Assistant Director Of Medicines Policy Nhs England
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/07/2010, number: 1137183
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/01/2009, number: 06806199
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
13 returns made; AR23: 63 days late, AR20: 5 days late, AR11: 402 days late,
Main office

Leaders in Community C/O
Teviot Neighbourhood Centre
Wyvis Street
LONDON
E14 6QD

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG ADULTS BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:A ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG ADULTS DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALSB ADVANCING EDUCATION; ANDC RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENTEDUCATION AND TO DEVELOP THE BENEFICIARIES' SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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