Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 14
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +14
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

LIBERDADE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST 

Liberdade is an arts and social enterprise organisation that makes a positive difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities in the north east of England
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 9 years
(16 years as a company)

www.liberdade.co.uk

info@liberdade.co.uk

01912843700

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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*£1,448£772£677£138£1,152£6139.52320
31/03/22£485£645£-161n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/21£712£479£233£28£614£2977.41820
31/03/20*£439£467£-28n/an/an/an/an/a19
31/03/19£432£455£-22n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/18£418£403£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£719£324£395£0£417£582.280

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 17.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 27%
Liabilities/Income: 29%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 53%
Reserves/Spending: 9.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 23 employees
  • 20 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
DCMS£773,776
National Lottery Community Fund£210,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£150,000
Esmee Fairbairn£147,000
Wolfson Foundation£75,000
The Foyle Foundation£75,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£72,917
Lloyds Bank Foundation£66,987
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Liberdade Community Development Trust
£12,000 20/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Liberdade Community Development Trust
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Power to Change - LIBERDADE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST (RCF)
£10,000 12/12/2022
Grant to LIBERDADE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST (RCF)
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Liberdade Community Development Trust
£75,000 07/12/2022
Refurbishment of Gosforth Civic Theatre to provide work and volunteering opportunities for people with learning disabilities
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Liberdade Community Development Trust
£150,000 29/11/2022
refurbishment of building for a charity supporting people with disabilties in Tyne and Wear
The Foyle Foundation - Arts
£75,000 29/11/2022
towards refurbishment of the auditorium of Gosforth Civic Theatre
National Lottery Community Fund - GCT Bringing People Together
£200,000 19/10/2022
The project is using funding to towards their overall sustainability and long-term solutions of helping people with learning disabilities (PWLD) and the local community to recover from the effects of ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Liberdade Community Development Trust
£120,000 18/05/2022
Towards unrestricted core costs to support development of the organisation’s social change led community venue model
DCMS - Capital Investment Programme
£499,999 04/03/2022
The Capital Investment Programme is an open access programme to support cultural organisations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic and improve access, ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Liberdade Community Development Trust
£50,000 16/11/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Liberdade Community Development Trust
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£49,145 22/10/2021
To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Liberdade Community Development Trust
£5,097 21/10/2021
Supporting the charity's objectives
National Lottery Community Fund - User-led digital design
£10,000 10/09/2021
The project will use the funding to improve the digital capacity and communications of the organisation which delivers arts health and wellbeing services for people with learning disabilities. This ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Liberdade Community Development Trust
£10,000 24/06/2021
Core costs for 21/22 for work in Newcastle (uplift)
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Liberdade Community Development Trust
£30,000 24/06/2021
Core costs for 21/22 for work in Newcastle
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - The work of the Newcastle-based charity with people with learning disabilities arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
£25,000 27/05/2021
The work of the Newcastle-based charity with people with learning disabilities arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Liberdade Community Development Trust
£25,000 27/05/2021
The work of the Newcastle-based charity with people with learning disabilities arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
Tudor Trust - Grant to Liberdade Community Development Trust
£2,000 03/03/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£74,000 10/07/2020
"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
Tudor Trust - Grant to Liberdade Community Development Trust (COVID19 Grant)
£3,000 28/05/2020
12
as a development grant towards IT costs to help this charity in Newcastle, which works with people with learning disabilities, move to remote working during the Coronavirus pandemic
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Liberdade Community Development Trust
£15,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 fast response grant
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Marketing, programme and events co-ordinator salary and programming costs Year 3
£19,758 02/04/2020
Marketing, programme and events co-ordinator salary and programming costs Year 3
DCMS - Gosforth Civic Theatre Recovery Plan
£100,831 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Viable and Sustainable Gosforth Civic Theatre
£49,801 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Sport England - COVID-19 Sport and fitness
£6,158 18/03/2020
16
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Sport and fitness. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Liberdade community development trust
£14,737 04/12/2019
12
For funding to free up capacity of the senior management team by employing a part time fundraiser and also for consultancy input to improve working practices in the staff team.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - running costs for a volunteer support worker for people with learning disabilities at Gosforth Civic Theatre
£2,820 05/11/2019
running costs for a volunteer support worker for people with learning disabilities at Gosforth Civic Theatre
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Marketing, programme and events co-ordinator salary and programming costs Year 2
£19,641 01/04/2019
Marketing, programme and events co-ordinator salary and programming costs Year 2
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Liberdade Community Development Trust
£90,000 06/03/2019
36
Towards core funding which will enable the organisation to further develop and share a model that shows how a cultural building can create long-term and sustainable change in a community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Press Start - making good ideas work
£9,997 28/02/2019
12
The funding provided will expand the organisation's community activity portfolio by developing a training programme for staff and volunteers with learning disabilities, with the aim of providing ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Liberdade Community Development Trust
£90,000 25/02/2019
36
over three years as continuation funding towards the core costs of a charity that supports marginalised individuals, particularly people with learning disabilities. to provide arts and community ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Marketing, programme and events co-ordinator salary and programming costs Year 1
£19,525 04/01/2018
Marketing, programme and events co-ordinator salary and programming costs Year 1
National Lottery Community Fund - Play, Film and Games at Gosforth Civic Theatre
£10,000 06/12/2017
12
The project will develop a network of volunteers to provide activities such as play sessions, film events for older people and user led gaming events for young people with autism. This will help ....more
North East Social Investment Fund (NESIF) -
£100,000 19/09/2017
National Lottery Community Fund - TPP2 - Bringing people together
£49,983 07/04/2017
12
The group will expand its work giving people with learning disabilities the opportunity to take part in theatre performances and get more involved in their local community. The funding will be used ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Liberdade Community Development Trust
£70,000 27/03/2017
24
over two years as core funding for a charity in Newcastle upon Tyne which works with people with learning disabilities to provide a community arts space
National Lottery Community Fund - The development of Gosforth Civic Hall
£10,000 12/10/2016
12
The project will develop a garden area at their community building with fruit trees, shrubs and raised beds. They will use the garden to provide gardening activities for people with learning ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Liberdade community development trust
£8,500 14/09/2016
refurbishment of building for a charity which works with disabled people in Gateshead
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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

Age Range of Trustees: 34-80
  • DOREEN SHAW Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired Teacher
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/10/2015, number: 1163955
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/03/2008, number: 06548122
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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
7 returns made; AR23: 56 days late, AR20: 5 days late,
Main office

Gosforth Civic Theatre
Regent Farm Road
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE3 3HD

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE:3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE LEARNING DISABLED COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES;3.2 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN THE LEARNING DISABLED COMMUNITY TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL AND EDUCATION FACILITIES SO THAT SUCH PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY; 3.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ORDER TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES FACING PERSONS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES;3.4 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; 3.5 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS;3.6 TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PEOPLE, PRIMARILY BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, SUPPORT AND SERVICES NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON EXERCISE, NUTRITION AND FITNESS; AND3.7 SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

Data Sources

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