Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 9

Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Only 4 Trustees: -1
All female board: -3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 9

4LOUIS

To support hospitals, hospices and bereaved families.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board is completely female

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	£976	£964	£12	£78	£443	£443	5.5	6	1,032
31/03/22	£930	£1,058	£-128	£67	£431	£431	4.9	6	426
31/03/21	£842	£685	£157	£5	£559	£535	9.4	5	50
31/03/20	£765	£642	£123	£52	£402	£355	6.6	4	520
31/03/19	£837	£772	£65	£58	£279	£229	3.6	4	400
31/03/18	£633	£684	£-51	£51	£213	£213	3.7	2	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 5.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 30.8

Asset Split ?

Established: 7 years

http://www.4louis.co.uk/

mail@4louis.co.uk

01915144473

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Cyprus, Germany, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

6 employees
1,032 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	£9,000
Co-Operative Group	£8,986
City Bridge Trust	£6,000
County Durham Community Foundation	£3,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to 4Louis
£3,374	23/10/2021	We would like to purchase the items needed to make memory boxes and to provide training to support bereaved families.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,000	15/06/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
City Bridge Trust - Grant to 4Louis
£6,000	15/05/2020	A grant of £6,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
County Durham Community Foundation - COVID-19 Memory Boxes
£3,000	23/04/2020	To provide Covid memory boxes.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Memory Box appeal
£5,611	15/11/2019	We want to provide free memory boxes for families that have suffered miscarriage, still birth and baby or child death.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

EMMA JOANNE LYALL Appointed: 2022

GEMMA MORGAN Appointed: 2020

KIRSTY KNIGHT Appointed: 2017

SHARON ABBOTT (Chair) Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/03/2017, number: 1172212

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

17/02/2022 - Asset transfer in from CHILDREN ARE BUTTERFLIES LTD
16/03/2023 - Asset transfer in from 4LOUIS

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
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from CHILDREN ARE BUTTERFLIES LTD on 17/02/2022
Asset transfer in from 4LOUIS on 16/03/2023

Main office

4Louis
36B Pallion Trading Estate
SUNDERLAND
SR4 6SN

Objectives

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF PARENTS AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE SUFFERED A MISCARRIAGE, STILLBIRTH OR NEONATAL DEATH IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF MEMORY BOXES AND SUCH OTHER SUPPORT AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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