Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

LEVEL TRUST

Level Trust provides material support to children to help them overcome the devastating impact that poverty can have on their educational outcomes. We do this by providing children with free school uniform, school shoes, winter coats, learning resources and free holiday activities. Alongside this, we help parents access the support they need to provide good care for their children.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

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
31/08/23£318£333£-15n/a
31/08/22£269£282£-13n/a
31/08/21*£450£446£4n/a
31/08/20£319£196£122n/a
31/08/19£184£219£-35n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.leveltrust.org

admin@leveltrust.org

07480753905

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Luton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£244,139
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation£171,732
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
Postcode Places Trust£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - The Shop Project
£235,636 20/07/2023
Funding will be used to remove barriers to education for young people in Luton. The project aims to help children in poverty overcome their circumstances and thrive by supporting them their parents and their schools.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - This funding will contribute towards costs for their Delivery Coordinator to ensure all families in Luton can access uniform they need.
£4,000 16/02/2023
To provide children living in poverty with the things they need to fully participate in their education
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Uniform Exchange & Laptops For Learning
£20,000 05/01/2023
Uniform Exchange & Laptops For Learning
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Level Trust
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Postcode Places Trust - Helping children living in poverty to fully engage in their education
£25,000 27/09/2022
Funding will be used to deliver our key projects, giving children living in poverty what they need to participate and enjoy their education
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£20,000 06/05/2022
36
The Uniform Exchange
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Community Delivery Project
£24,768 09/02/2022
This grant will enable us to establish a volunteer delivery team taking free school uniform to an estimated 35 additional families each week by the end of the project. As a result, children from 1682 more families every year will experiences these ....more
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Winter Hardship Fund
£2,450 17/12/2021
To act as a community partner for BLCF's collaborative winter hardship appeal, supporting vulnerable people locally, as well as those in financial difficulties (further impacted by covid-19).
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Winter Hardship Fund
£2,200 29/10/2021
To act as a community partner for BLCF's collaborative winter hardship appeal, supporting vulnerable people locally, as well as those in financial difficulties (further impacted by covid-19).
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£20,000 19/02/2021
36
The Uniform Exchange
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Level Trust
£6,000 20/01/2021
3
Donor Advised Donation
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Level Trust
£4,400 11/01/2021
3
Fuel Poverty - Community Partner for Surviving Winter Campaign
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Continue to support children and young people in poverty and disadvantage
£40,272 22/12/2020
Grant to Level Trust
National Lottery Community Fund - We Are Luton
£8,503 11/12/2020
12
The funding will be used to increase the groups capacity to provide educational and welfare support for children who are living with increased disadvantage. The project aims to improve the well-being of young people during the pandemic.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Stream 1 - Delivery or Support Costs
£18,500 03/07/2020
3
Grant to Level Trust
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Level Trust
£2,448 17/06/2020
COVID19 - This grant is for staffing. It will benefit children and young people experiencing poverty and deprivation who are isolated at home due to Covid-19. It will help them to build resilience, prevent hunger and allow them to manage their ....more
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Stream 1 - Delivery or Support Costs
£7,500 09/04/2020
3
Grant to Level Trust
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Level Trust
£41,642 30/01/2020
12
Level Trust
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Level Trust
£7,952 13/10/2019
11
I Love Learning More!
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Level Trust
£99,601 26/06/2019
36
This project will provide a summer play scheme for young people aged 8 - 12 year experiencing poverty and deprivation. The project will improve confidence, increase social skills and enable children to eat healthily.
National Lottery Community Fund - I Love Learning
£9,859 31/01/2019
12
The organisation will use the funding to run a mentor project to help children and young people in poverty have equal access to education.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Uniform Exchange
£91,071 31/10/2018
36
This project provides young people living in poverty in Luton with school necessities such as shoes, coats, school uniforms and learning equipment for the home. This takes place through an exchange system and encourages families to both give and ....more
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Level Trust
£9,949 09/05/2018
12
I Love Learning
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ALTAF HUSSAIN (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • ANISAH AKTHAR Appointed: 2022
  • BINA BRIGGS Appointed: 2019
  • CHRIS CURTIS Appointed: 2014
  • FOWZIA AHMED Appointed: 2022
  • MOSTAQUE KOYES Appointed: 2017
  • SUFIAN SADIQ Appointed: 2021
  • WASIM AKHTAR Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/05/2018, number: 1178223
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR21: 1 days late,
Main office

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Objectives

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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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