Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

LS14 TRUST 

Community CafeSchool Holiday Provision/ActivitiesWork ClubCommunity GalasArts & Crafts GroupsArt TherapyMens GroupGardening GroupIT SupportFree WiFiSignposting
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:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Established: 8 years
(15 years as a company)

www.ls14trust.org

info@ls14trust.org

01133180522

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£688£602£87£0£391£15131650
31/03/22£572£556£17£0£304£1102.4630
31/03/21£511£337£173£0£288£943.3730
31/03/20£256£198£58n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/19£156£148£8n/an/an/an/an/a55
31/03/18*£133£136£-3£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 39%
Reserves/Spending: 3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 24.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 16 employees
  • 50 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
Leeds Community Foundation£435,391
National Lottery Community Fund£182,053
DCMS£37,642
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Bridges to Bright Futures
£49,698 13/02/2024
12
Grant to LS14 Trust
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to LS14 Trust
£30,000 03/04/2023
We would certainly benefit from any support with promotion and brand identity and we would value advice and support with partnership development and land/building acquisition.
Leeds Community Foundation - Seacroft Holidays at The Denis Healey Centre.
£19,982 03/02/2023
Grant to LS14 Trust
Leeds Community Foundation - Sporty Holidays
£19,759 03/02/2023
Grant to LS14 Trust
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to LS14 Trust
£9,000 26/06/2022
Additional grant to for development of a website and database which will exist initially as a pilot, and which could integrate with other websites in the future, as part of the Third Sector ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to LS14 Trust
£6,000 28/02/2022
5
Working with Forum Central and a small group of third sector organisations to test, learn and shape a sustainable approach to information gathering and sharing (asset mapping) for the third sector, ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Seacroft Holiday Roadshow
£20,000 24/02/2022
9
The programme will incude: 6 x street parties for fun activities and food; 8 x Sports Days; 5 x large scale community celebration events held in different areas of Seacroft; 5 x Food and fun classes ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Seacroft Holidays at The Denis Healey Centre.
£20,000 24/02/2022
10
The programme will include 4 x Community Celebrations - food, music, games and activities; 17 x Activity Days - With a focus on Sporting Activities but also covering - baking, arts and crafts, ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to LS14 Trust
£142,500 08/06/2021
The creation of 15000 activity packs to be distributed across the city to encourage young people to stay active and creatively engaged during a summer restricted by Covid.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to LS14 Trust
£30,000 17/03/2021
Grant to LS14 Trust
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to LS14 Trust
£25,000 11/03/2021
The development of Seacroft Sociable Folk - capacity building groups of families in six specific areas by providing opportunities to eat, play and learn together while supporting each other to find ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Youth Leadership through sport and activities
£9,950 01/12/2020
24
Grant to LS14 Trust
Leeds Community Foundation - Seacroft Sociable Folk
£7,000 29/09/2020
4
The creation of a sustainable network of families across Seacroft, through the development of six hyperlocal social networks, capacity building groups of families in six specific areas by providing ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£37,642 29/09/2020
"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
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to LS14 Trust
£19,600 24/09/2020
12
Grant to LS14 Trust
Leeds Community Foundation - Seacroft's Sociable Folk
£6,980 07/07/2020
2
Grant to LS14 Trust
Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
£4,500 28/05/2020
Grant to LS14 Trust
Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
£5,000 08/04/2020
0
Grant to LS14 Trust
Leeds Community Foundation - Healthy Holidays
£10,422 28/06/2019
4
Building on the positive impact LS14 Trust has had over the last few years and in particular last summer we aim to provide a full programme of fun events and activities that are free, healthy, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Seacroft Peoples Learning Lab
£182,053 16/05/2019
48
This funding is for a project designed to bring together different generations of local people, ultimately building stronger relationships across the community. It will do this by establishing a ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Kentmere Community Centre Community Engagement Project
£14,770 28/02/2019
12
A year long project working with Leeds Community Spaces to support the formative development of the recently asset transferred Kentmere Community Centre to ensure that the vision, skills and ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Postcard Cafe Community
£19,220 13/11/2018
23
The Postcard Cafe Community project is an expansion of the postcard cafe and the project and will take the successful post-crossing/digital sessions to other community/public sector/residents ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - EAT Project
£39,372 30/10/2018
11
Activities including Sporty Snacks, Family Food Clubs, Cafés with different focuses (carers, world culture, arts) to target loneliness and health inequalities.
Leeds Community Foundation - Family Food club
£5,700 13/03/2018
5
Grant to LS14 Trust
Co-Operative Group - Grant to LS14 Trust
£3,459 29/11/2017
We want to bring 10 local parents together and work with them to put on a fantastic family festival in an unloved and underused local park.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to LS14 Trust
£44,460 14/06/2017
36
The Rein Park Revolution project will provide a Playbox which will allow children to play safely in their own park in Seacroft, Leeds with the aim of increasing confidence, skills and having fun.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Rein Park Revolution
£9,300 01/03/2017
12
The group will lease a repurposed shipping container which will be used as a community facility at the local park during the summer. This will provide a safe outdoor space to access holiday ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Seacroft Neighbourhood Planning project
£10,000 31/01/2013
12
This is a project by a company limited by guarantee in Leeds. The organisation will use the funding to deliver a range of capacity building training sessions to the 21 members of the Neighbourhood ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 42-60
  • BRYAN ROBINSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Tenant Involvement Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/10/2016, number: 1169716
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/02/2009, number: 06827782
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR18: 12 days late,
Main office

45-47 Ramshead Hill
Seacroft
LEEDS
LS14 1BT

Objectives

4 THE CHARITYÆS OBJECTS (ÆOBJECTSÆ) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TOTHE FOLLOWING:TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF LS14 (SEACROFT, SWARCLIFFE AND WHINMOOR) IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF LS14 (SEACROFT, SWARCLIFFE AND WHINMOOR) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.[NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.]

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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