Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 15
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

LIVING UNDER ONE SUN 

Living Under One Sun is based in the heart of Tottenham. We actively create welcoming places to share stories, ideas and skills for people to become "can do" communities, embracing and leading positive change to include and benefit all cultures, backgrounds, abilities, ages and Nature - in neighbourhoods and globally.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
Established: 7 years
(16 years as a company)

www.livingunderonesun.co.uk

info@livingunderonesun.co.uk

02088016868

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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*£246£268£-22n/an/an/an/an/a64
31/03/22£348£266£83n/an/an/an/an/a130
31/03/21£263£188£75n/an/an/an/an/a122
31/03/20£140£158£-18n/an/an/an/an/a311
31/03/19£122£130£-8n/an/an/an/an/a246
31/03/18£167£144£24£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Haringey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 64 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
Henry Smith Charity£147,600
Tudor Trust£120,000
City Bridge Trust£86,595
People's Health Trust£37,780
Greater London Authority£26,812
Power to Change£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Living Under One Sun
£147,600 06/11/2023
towards three years‘ running costs of an organisation providing a range community-led services for people from disadvantaged communities in the London Borough of Haringey.
Greater London Authority - Community Outreach 2023-34 - Living Under One Sun
£26,812 24/10/2023
Based in our Community Hub in Tottenham Hale, ‘My Skills My Learning’ will reach members of our community who don’t have access to information, services, and learning and training ....more
Power to Change - LIVING UNDER ONE SUN LIMITED (RCF)
£10,000 12/12/2022
Grant to LIVING UNDER ONE SUN LIMITED (RCF)
Tudor Trust - Grant to Living Under One Sun
£120,000 25/08/2021
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over three years as core funding for a small charity running a community hub and other projects in Tottenham, North London
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Living Under One Sun
£49,695 13/05/2021
towards a core support team including an operational development manager and Volunteer development worker, as outlined in your application
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Living Under One Sun
£36,900 19/06/2020
£36,900 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Sport England - COVID19
£0 11/06/2020
1
Funding under Sport England's Crowdfunder Initiaive, 'Active Together'. This was an online crowdfunding campaign which Sport England contributed towards, with a pledge value of £10,000. They ....more
People's Health Trust - Welcome Women
£37,780 16/01/2020
This 18-month project runs a range of activities for local women of all ages who live close to Living Under One Sun’s community hub in Tottenham. It provides a safe and welcoming space in which ....more
Greater London Authority - Grant to Living Under One Sun
£25,000 19/10/2017
Creating a new mult-purpose community hub and café by refubishing a disused bowling club building. The space will allow for flexible activities with the aim of connecting pople and reducing social ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Green Saturdays!
£9,980 22/03/2017
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The funding will be used to run a programme of volunteer training and horticultural activities. The project aims to encourage people to become more involved in their community and learn new skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - Blooming Beds and Bees
£58,448 28/06/2011
24
This project will carry out a programme of education and outreach in the local community focusing on learning about the environment and growing edible plants that also support much needed bee ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 18-68
  • CAMILLA STANGER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Teacher At Laoe Tottenham And University Lecturer
  • CHERIE NELSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Practice Nurse - Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/04/2017, number: 1172710
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/03/2008, number: 06545497
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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; AR23: 57 days late,
Main office

Neighbourhood Resource Centre
177 PARK LANE
London
N17 0HJ

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPACITY, SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP ABILITIES OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OF, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, TOTTENHAM AND OTHER SOCIAL AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AREAS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HARINGEY (THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT') BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES WHICH THEY WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO ACCESS, IN ORDER TO WORK TOGETHER, LEARN BY EXPERIENCE AND RECOGNISE THEIR EXISTING SKILLS AS ASSETS, TO GAIN CONFIDENCE IN THEIR OWN ABILITIES AND, AS A RESULT, HELP IDENTIFY AND MEET THEIR NEEDS AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY. 2. THE PROMOTION OF URBAN REGENERATION IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT AND, IN PARTICULAR, LOCAL ECONOMICALLY OR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED RESIDENTS, BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:I) THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HEALTH THROUGH HEALTHY LIVING ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING ORGANIC HORTICULTURE, FOOD GROWING, HERBAL MEDICINE, BEEKEEPING, HEALTHY COOKING AND EATING, SEWING, CYCLING AND WALKING;II) THE PROMOTION OF COMMON INTERESTS, EQUALITY, HARMONY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE REDUCTION AND PREVENTION OF SOCIAL ISOLATION AND THE CELEBRATION OF DIFFERENCE AND DIVERSITY. III) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT THROUGH A RANGE OF INTERVENTIONS AND PATHWAYS, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF WORK EXPERIENCE FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT WHETHER AS AN EMPLOYEE OR ON A SELF-EMPLOYED BASIS,IV) THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF POVERTY AMONGST PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT;V) THE PROTECTION, CONSERVATION OR IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT.3. TO FURTHER BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT, 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.4. TO ADVANCE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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