Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 3

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 10

LARC DEVELOPMENT TRUST

LARC owns and operates Grange Court in Leominster as a Heritage, Community and Enterprise Hub.It is working with community and voluntary groups across the area to promote its charitable objectives.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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: 13 years
(26 years as a company)

www.grangecourt.org

info@grangecourt.org

01568737980

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		£184	£176	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/03/22		£143	£124	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/21		£187	£108	£79	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/20		£118	£86	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/19		£129	£95	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/18		£109	£116	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£159	£154	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£116	£96	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£153	£148	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£136	£156	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£327	£776	£-449	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£380	£314	£66	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Herefordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
18 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
Power to Change - C-19 TISS - LARC Development Trust
£17,604	02/07/2020	Grant to C-19 TISS - LARC Development Trust
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to LARC Development Trust
£14,900	22/05/2020	COVID19: LARC Development Trust
Power to Change - LARC Development Trust
£10,000	31/01/2018	Grant to LARC Development Trust
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to LARC Development Trust
£10,000	28/07/2014	Food Scarcity - A WW1 Home Front Project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 55-77

ANDREW CHARLES SCHOLAR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

FELICITY NORMAN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired

JACQUELINE ANNE HERSCHY (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Teacher

JOHN STONE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Councillor, Other trusteeships: PRITCHETT ALMSHOUSES, BRIMFIELD VILLAGE HALL,

LUCINDA JANE ROSEMARY ROWBERRY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

PATRICIA ANN POTHECARY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: KINGSLAND MILLENNIUM GREEN,

RUSSELL SUTCLIFFE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Artisan Food Producer

STEPHEN THORNHILL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Designer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/06/2011, number: 1142290
Registered at Companies House on 15/01/1998, number: 03493040

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; AR17: 45 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE RIVERSIDE MILLENNIUM GREEN TRUST on 14/05/2021

Main office

LARC DEVELOPMENT TRUST
GRANGE COURT
PINSLEY ROAD
LEOMINSTER
HR6 8NL

Objectives

1) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF LEOMINSTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. 2) THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE BUILDING KNOWN AS GRANGE COURT, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. 3)SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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