Overall GiG Score: 8 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 10
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +10

LIGHT FOR LIFE SEFTON LTD 

Housing AdviceBond SchemeFloating Support/NavigatorsRough Sleeper services and outreachYouth crime interventionsSpecialist Clinic and hospital In-reachFamily support/Turnaround
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased 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

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: 9 years

www.lightforlifesefton.org.uk

SHC@lightforlifesefton.org.uk

01704501256

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£408£410£-2n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/22£363£337£26n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/21£351£334£18n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20*£362£304£58n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/19£238£237£2n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/18*£366£341£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£365£341£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 4 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sefton,

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
Lloyds Bank Foundation£74,685
National Lottery Community Fund£50,000
DCMS£20,000
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£8,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Grant to Light for Life Sefton LTD
£8,500 16/12/2022
The request for £8,500 over 6 months would enable the group to support their clients to better meet the cost-of-living rises by way of providing pre-paid supermarket card vouchers to buy food and ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Light for Life Sefton LTD
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Light for Life Sefton LTD
£50,000 11/05/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Light for Life Sefton LTD
National Lottery Community Fund - Street Seen Choices
£50,000 17/09/2021
Light for Life Sefton offer support to the homeless and rough sleepers through a range of services around debt benefits healthcare etc. Funding will go towards their Street Seen Choices project which ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£20,000 23/07/2020
"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
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Light for Life Sefton LTD
£22,435 31/10/2019
12
A Tenancy Support Worker will provide in depth floating support service to those accessing the Bond Scheme, enabling them maintain the accommodation and develop the skills to sustain the tenancy ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Street Seen
£10,000 19/07/2018
12
This project will provide early support to individuals experiencing multiple complex needs, rough sleeping, begging, shop lifting and causing Anti-Social Behaviour.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Light for Life Sefton LTD
£65,805 22/11/2016
36
A Tenancy Support Worker will provide in depth floating support service to those accessing the Bond Scheme, enabling them maintain the accommodation and develop the skills to sustain the tenancy ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 64-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/08/2015, number: 1163280
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/12/2014, number: 09366208
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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; AR20: 52 days late, AR18: 133 days late, AR17: 27 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from LIGHT FOR LIFE on 25/10/2022
Main office

LIGHT FOR LIFE
68 EASTBANK STREET
SOUTHPORT
MERSEYSIDE
PR8 1ES

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGE OF 14 - 16 THROUGH PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.2. TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP, OR SICKNESS AND TO RELIEVE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY ACROSS SEFTON AND MERSEYSIDE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR IN DANGER OF BECOMING HOMELESS BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND GUIDANCE REGARDING HOUSING OPTIONS AND SECURING A GOOD STANDARD OF ACCOMMODATION.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.THE ABOVE OBJECTS ARE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, SEX, POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINION AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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