Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 4

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 2

LOVER COMMUNITY TRUST

Lover Community Trust is seeking to provide buildings and other facilities for the use of the community. Current activities consist of negotiating the purchase of the former Redlynch Primary School in Lover, and fundraising to facilitate this purchase and the subsequent renovation of the building to bring it into community use.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
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 and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 8 years

lover.org.uk

heartbeat@lover.org.uk

01725513046

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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	£28	£34	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/12/22	£24	£11	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/12/21	£38	£72	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/12/20	£26	£25	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/12/19	£68	£27	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/12/18	£20	£9	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/17	£16	£26	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£97	£73	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Wiltshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	17/05/2019	Community Room Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Room Project
£10,000	18/04/2019 12	The funding will be used to refurbish a community room for local people and voluntary organisations. The project aims to make the room more accessible and safer for visitors and groups that are ....more The funding will be used to refurbish a community room for local people and voluntary organisations. The project aims to make the room more accessible and safer for visitors and groups that are located in this rural area.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	14/09/2017	The Old School - Heating System Project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALISON CLARKE Appointed: 2022

DAVE CHARLES Appointed: 2017

ELAINE CLARKE Appointed: 2023

GRAHAM BUDWORTH Appointed: 2017

GRAHAM LEE Appointed: 2023

MARLENE LOUISE DUGGANS Appointed: 2016

NICK GIBBS (Chair) Appointed: 2019

PETER HARPER Appointed: 2019

ROBERT PETER EASTON Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/11/2015, number: 1164291

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

8 returns made; all on time

Main office

REDWINGS
BLACK LANE
LOVER
SALISBURY
SP5 2PH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE:TO FACILITATE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFEFOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY BUILDINGS AND OTHER FACILITIES FOR USE BY INHABITANTS OF LOVER AND REDLYNCH AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

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