Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 12

LINCOLNSHIRE TRAVELLER INITIATIVE

PROVIDING LIFELONG LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO THE TRAVELLER COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT LINCOLNSHIRE. THESE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL AGES

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 including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female
Over half the Board have joined recently

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£140,703	£154,462	£-13,759	6
31/03/22	£138,706	£143,754	£-5,048	3
31/03/21	£0	£0	£0	0
31/03/20	£0	£0	£0	0
31/03/19	£0	£0	£0	0
31/03/18	£0	£0	£0	0
31/03/17	£0	£0	£0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

theteam@lincsti.co.uk

07503 878 740

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Lincolnshire,

Who it helps

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Providing positives futures for young Travellers in a changing world
£113,310	28/11/2022	Lincolnshire Traveller Initiative works with people of all ages from mainly Gypsy and Irish Traveller heritages, offering education, employability, health and advocacy services. This grant will ....more Lincolnshire Traveller Initiative works with people of all ages from mainly Gypsy and Irish Traveller heritages, offering education, employability, health and advocacy services. This grant will support the development of a new digital hub, which is a response to increased demand for education services. Offering online lessons and tutoring will allow more young people to access support and gain qualifications, and enable staff and volunteers to spend longer working with participants.
National Lottery Community Fund - Health Matters in Traveller Communities
£301,440	25/08/2022	This funding will support Lincolnshire Traveller Initiative to continue to deliver support and engagement work with Lincolnshire’s travelling communities over the next 5 years. It will allow ....more This funding will support Lincolnshire Traveller Initiative to continue to deliver support and engagement work with Lincolnshire’s travelling communities over the next 5 years. It will allow Lincolnshire Traveller Initiative to deliver health advocacy training and employment projects with Travelling communities across the county.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/12 persons

LEE EVANS Appointed: 2014

AMANDA BLAKEY Appointed: 2022

CAROL TAYLOR Appointed: 2022

CLAIRE SMITH Appointed: 2022

EMILY ELIZABETH SMITH Appointed: 2022

LINDA O'HARA Appointed: 2022

LISA WILSON Appointed: 2015

LIZA JANE SMITH Appointed: 2019

PETER ALLEN-WILLIAMS (Chair) Appointed: 2010

PEARL FREESTONE Appointed: 2022

PETER DAWSON Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeships: CHARITY OF THOMAS COWLEY EXCLUSIVE OF THE COWLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, COWLEY EDUCATIONAL,

SHARON BOWER Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/02/2016, number: 1165767

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from LINCOLNSHIRE TRAVELLER INITIATIVE on 22/11/2021

Main office

LTI
c/o Waddington Community Hub
Waddington Parish Council Office
High Street
Waddington
LINCOLN

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM TRAVELLING COMMUNITIES IN LINCOLNSHIRE, WHO ARE NOT IN ANY FORM OF MAINSTREAM EDUCATION OR TRAINING TO IMPROVE BASIC LITERACY AND NUMERACY SKILLS SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND DEVELOP THEIR MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY BOTH AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

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