Overall GiG Score: 27 ?
Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 17
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +14

LITTLE VILLAGE 

Little Village provides quality baby clothes and equipment, donated by local families, to local families who need it. We promote sustainable living and local families helping one another in a respectful, non-judgemental way. We offer a weekly drop-in service for families who need our support, who are identified through referrals from partners such as health visitors, midwives and local foodbanks.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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
Established: 7 years

www.littlevillagehq.org

hello@littlevillagehq.org

07513826607

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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
31/12/22£3,545£3,418£128£174£2,001£1,9807471,212
31/12/21£2,828£1,861£967£102£1,873£1,82211.733629
31/12/20£2,151£1,428£722£66£906£838724499
31/12/19£865£869£-5£38£184£1572.216416
31/12/18£683£555£128£29£189£1152.57180
31/12/17£96£39£57£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 10.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 47 employees
  • 1,212 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£1,711,250
Camden Giving£224,992
The Childhood Trust£162,500
City Bridge Trust£158,530
The Grocers' Charity£58,736
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Fundraiser - Little Village
£53,736 13/07/2023
to support baby banks
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Little Village
£158,530 18/04/2023
£158,530 over three years (£51,290; £52,830; £54,410) for costs associated with Little Village’s baby bank, covering a contribution to operations staff, delivery and transport costs, site ....more
The Childhood Trust - A box of delights: delivering essential items for babies and young children to their families, with dignity, solidarity, and personalised guidance to further support.
£120,000 23/12/2022
Children under 5 living in poverty across London need the support of our village now more than ever. Demand for essential items and our signposting & guidance service is increasing and there is ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Little Village
£1,255 22/10/2022
We aim to fund our volunteer family liaison phone service, which ascertains which items a family needs from us, while also combatting isolation and signposting families to further support.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 29/07/2022
It takes a village to raise a child
The Childhood Trust - C-59087
£20,000 28/06/2022
Children under 5 living in poverty across London need the support of our village now more than ever. Demand for essential items and our signposting & guidance service is increasing and there is ....more
The Childhood Trust - Merry Little Christmas
£22,500 12/06/2022
We are asking for your help to provide vouchers for 3,750 children under 5 living in poverty across London. The families we support are facing an incredibly tough winter due to the cost of living ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Little Village
£250 18/12/2021
Donation from Anthony Davis Please may donor have an email acknowledgment of this donation.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Little Village
£750 10/02/2021
Donation from Anthony Davis
The Wimbledon Foundation - Contribution to Virtual Village appeal
£2,500 03/06/2020
Contribution to providing clothing, toys and equipment for children
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 Little Village
£5,000 24/04/2020
Working in areas of high deprivation (English Indices)
The Segelman Trust - Covid-19 Response Grant to Little Village
£20,000 22/04/2020
12
To support calls to families in need and towards the rental costs of a warehouse to store goods being delivered to families
Camden Giving - Little Village - Covid19 Charity Fund
£6,000 09/04/2020
We will be providing 'essentials packages' to struggling families, delivered directly and safely to their door. That package would contain a months’ worth of nappies, wipes, adult and baby ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Little Village
£7,674 15/11/2019
We want to expand our reach with volunteer training and vehicle hire to deliver essential clothes and toys to more families in need.
National Lottery Community Fund - Little Village
£1,711,250 01/10/2019
60
Little Village
Camden Giving - Little Village Camden Expansion Project
£100,000 10/07/2019
36
Little Village wants to extend opening hours in community spaces, develop a co-operative creche and offer more social activities.
Camden Giving - Little Village Camden Expansion Project
£100,000 30/06/2019
12
Little Village wants to extend opening hours in community spaces, develop a co-operative creche and offer more social activities.
Camden Giving - Community Outreach in Somers Town, St Pancras and King's Cross
£9,496 09/05/2019
11
The project funds an Ambassadors Outreach Programme in Somers Town, St Pancras and King's Cross wards, seeking to engage communities marginalised by changes in the area, as active participants in ....more
Camden Giving - Community Outreach in Somers Town, St Pancras and King's Cross
£9,496 30/04/2019
10
The project funds an Ambassadors Outreach Programme in Somers Town, St Pancras and King's Cross wards, seeking to engage communities marginalised by changes in the area, as active participants in ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Little Village
£4,030 29/11/2017
We want to pay for a support worker so that the mums we help can get involved in Little Village as volunteers.
National Lottery Community Fund -  Parenting in poverty-21st Cenury London
£9,900 11/10/2017
12
This project will train a group of parents to do digital storytelling, blogging, photography and vlogging. This will develop the skills, self-esteem and confidence of these parents and ensure that ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Our Village
£256,932 02/10/2017
24
This group support families living in the London boroughs of Wandsworth and Camden by upcycling good quality baby clothes, toys and equipment for local families in need. Little Village provides a ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Building a London-wide network of Little Villages to support families
£15,650 20/10/2016
12
Mum of three Sophia Parker believes that it takes a village to raise a child and set up Little Village in early 2016 to support to local families in need. It uses a model similar to a foodbank, ....more
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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

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/10/2016, number: 1169735
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

Little Village
144-146 Tooting High Street
London
SW17 0RT

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN LOCAL UK COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO RELIEVE POVERTY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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