Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 6

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 6

SOUTH LAKELAND ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE - TOWARDS TRANSITION

PROJECTS DESIGNED TO REDUCE SOUTH LAKELAND'S OVERALL GREENHOUSE GASEMISSIONS AND DEPENDENCE ON FOSSIL FUELS; SUPPORT KENDAL AND DISTRICT AS A TRANSITION TOWN E.G. BY ACTIVELY WORKING TO INCREASE ITS RESILIENCE AS A TOWN AND DISTRICT; RECENT PROJECTS HAVE INCLUDED PROMOTION OF CYCLING, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION. THERE IS A MIX OF EDUCATION AND CAMPAIGNING ACTIVITIES.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of 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
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/12/23		£38	£73	£-35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/12/22		£57	£46	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/12/21		£186	£175	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/12/20		£56	£25	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/12/19		£13	£14	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/12/18		£9	£8	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/17	*	£2	£9	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£11	£2	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£3	£1	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£1	£1	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£5	£3	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£6	£6	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£20	£23	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 13 years

www.slacc.org.uk

slaclimatechange@googlemail.com

07774561947

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Climate emergency

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Cumbria,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£20,000
Mark Leonard Trust	£10,000
J J Charitable Trust	£10,000
Cumbria Community Foundation	£4,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Developing Waste into Wellbeing
£10,000	14/07/2023	The organisation will further develop its ‘Waste into Wellbeing’ project which provides a range of services including a café lunch clubs for older people and a food larder. The project will ....more The organisation will further develop its ‘Waste into Wellbeing’ project which provides a range of services including a café lunch clubs for older people and a food larder. The project will expand services to include cookery training food preparation work experience for young people with learning disabilities and themed community lunches as well as piloting new ways to develop the organisation’s sustainability.
Mark Leonard Trust - For its legal work in challenging the development of a coal mine in Cumbria
£10,000	09/01/2023	For its legal work in challenging the development of a coal mine in Cumbria
J J Charitable Trust - For its legal work in challenging the development of a coal mine in Cumbria
£10,000	09/01/2023	For its legal work in challenging the development of a coal mine in Cumbria
National Lottery Community Fund - Beyond Covid
£10,000	23/04/2021	The project will use the funding to employ a co-ordinator who will explore a more sustainable approach to securing the longevity of the group in Kendal and will help to re-establish its cafe which ....more The project will use the funding to employ a co-ordinator who will explore a more sustainable approach to securing the longevity of the group in Kendal and will help to re-establish its cafe which provides lunches for the frail and elderly using surplus food. It will also continue it's work via Food Share. This aims to reduce isolation and help those experiencing food poverty.
Cumbria Community Foundation - Waste into Wellbeing Food Distribution
£4,000	09/04/2020 2	Waste into Wellbeing Food Distribution

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

ALAN LOVETT Appointed: 2022

ANGELA LOVETT Appointed: 2018

CHRIS ROWLEY, Other trusteeship: SOUTH LAKELAND ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE - TOWARDS TRANSITION,

CAROLE WOOD (Chair) Appointed: 2021

DUNCAN POLLARD Appointed: 2021

SALLY FLEMING Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/12/2010, number: 1139474

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

13 returns made; AR17: 21 days late,

Main office

92 Stricklandgate
Kendal

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE:1) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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