Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 14
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

LONDON VILLAGE NETWORK

L.V.N is a unique approach for social change. Adults from all walks of life to come together to nurture disengaged youth by giving their time (just 3 hours per year) to share knowledge: LVN encourage a village community mentality. L.V.N have created a series of assets-based micro-mentoring programmes; LVN Amplify me; Building connections with Employers and Find a job you'll love.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£219£166£54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£161£122£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£107£106£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£79£86£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£102£66£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£52£39£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£39£32£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£8£6£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.lvn.org.uk

knowmore@lvn.org.uk

07943199814

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Cripplegate Foundation£106,065
City Bridge Trust£22,365
National Lottery Community Fund£19,280
The Clothworkers Foundation£15,000
WCIT Charity£12,000
Camden Giving£10,968
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
The Grocers' Charity£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Local Village Network
£4,100 16/01/2024
Young Jobs (2023 reconcilliation)
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to London Village Network
£15,000 13/12/2023
Redesigning of website and CRM for a charity which works with disadvantaged and disengaged young people in Islington
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Local Village Network
£3,965 16/11/2023
Young Jobs Programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Event May 2023
£9,340 17/02/2023
The funding will be used to run a recruitment event designed and managed by young adults. This project aims to build better relationships and help the community achieve their potential sooner.
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Local Village Network
£63,000 14/11/2022
Young Jobs Programme
Camden Giving - Local Village Network
£9,968 12/07/2022
Every year LVN puts on large community event. This year 100 young people gained work experience. While this is not paid it does enhance their CV and increase likelihood of employment.
Camden Giving - Local Village Network
£1,000 12/07/2022
Every year LVN puts on large community event. This year 100 young people gained work experience. While this is not paid it does enhance their CV and increase likelihood of employment.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 01/04/2022
AMPLIFY ME
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Community Event
£9,940 03/12/2021
The funding will be used to deliver an employment event with BTEC Business Students at a local college in Islington. The project aims to help students to bridge the gap between education and the working environment and strengthen connections in the ....more
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Local Village Network (LVN)
£15,000 20/07/2021
Young Jobs Programme
WCIT Charity - Grant to Local Village Network
£12,000 28/06/2021
Funding for the development of a new incentive function on their digital youth hub app.
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To London Village Network (LVN)
£10,000 09/02/2021
Embedding LVN's social networking model in Islington
City Bridge Trust - Grant to London Village Network
£22,365 28/09/2020
towards salaries, technology, LVN programmes, training & support for Youth Workers and other running costs to continue to deliver online services in youth settings to support and inspire young people, as outlined in your application.
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 London Village Network (LVN)
£5,000 24/04/2020
Improving support for disadvantaged children and young people
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To London Village Network (LVN)
£10,000 28/01/2020
Embedding LVN's social networking model in Islington
National Lottery Community Fund - Industry Insight Sessions - Marketing
£10,000 24/10/2019
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Industry Insight Sessions - Marketing
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To London Village Network
£10,000 31/01/2019
Industry Insights
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To London Village Network
£10,000 17/04/2018
Industry Insights
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth (NEET) Lead Community App: Personal Development Opportunity
£10,000 18/10/2017
12
This project will help to publicise and develop a signposting app for unemployed young people aimed at supporting them to access information and opportunities.
The Funding Network - LVN extended Host Center
£9,155 06/07/2017
Harnessing the power of volunteering to offer a platform of support to widen the network and prospects of young people from disadvantaged social economic backgrounds.
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To London Village Network
£5,000 01/03/2016
Create constructive welcoming non-pressure environments for young people to go.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

  • ALAN RUTHERFORD Appointed: 2021
  • BRIAN CAHALANE Appointed: 2019
  • CATHERINE RUGGLES Appointed: 2019
  • DASHIKA ALCEE Appointed: 2015
  • DENZOL CEMERON Appointed: 2021
  • JULIAN KIRBY Appointed: 2019
  • LUCY EDWARDS Appointed: 2020
  • NOEL WILLIAMS Appointed: 2019
  • RACHAEL BOX Appointed: 2015
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/04/2015, number: 1161275
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
8 returns made; AR18: 7 days late,
Main office

B D C Works
Business Design Centre
52 Upper Street
LONDON
N1 0QH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THOSE NOT IN EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT OR TRAINING (NEETS), PEOPLE THROUGH:A) THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND MENTORING IN HOW TO ESTABLISH A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS; B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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