Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 4

Poor Liquidity: -1
Accounts overdue -5
Fundraising costs low: +3

No volunteer policy: -2
Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -2

LIVING WELL UK

The objects of the CIO are, the relief of sickness and preservation of health, with particular emphasis on mental health, in principally (but not exclusively) the Midlands, by:(a) providing psychological therapies and counselling;(b) providing education for organisations and professionals in the mental health field; and (c) promoting research for the public benefit and to publish the useful

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Latest accounts are overdue for filing

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
31/03/22		£4,855	£4,958	£-104	£139	£681	£649	1.6	31	11
31/03/21		£4,359	£4,468	£-109	£136	£784	£768	2.1	21	0
31/03/20		£3,455	£3,524	£-69	£109	£893	£893	3	15	0
31/03/19	*	£1,887	£925	£962	£6	£962	£962	12.5	9	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 78%
Liabilities/Income: 49%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 1.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2

Asset Split ?

Established: 6 years

www.livingwellconsortium.com

01216631254

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Other charitable activities
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

31 employees
11 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

BBC Children in Need	£80,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£36,000
Sport England	£5,300

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Multi-Sports in Sandwell
£5,300	23/11/2022	This project will deliver a range of sessions for young people in Birmingham. These will include open water swimming, football delivered by Front Foot Fitness, walking provided by Run of a Kind, ....more This project will deliver a range of sessions for young people in Birmingham. These will include open water swimming, football delivered by Front Foot Fitness, walking provided by Run of a Kind, gentle activity provided by Impact 4Life.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Living Well UK
£80,000	09/09/2020 18	COVID19 - This project will deliver counselling and mentoring activities to young people, isolated due to Covid-19, with the aim to increase their mental health wellbeing, self-esteem and ....more COVID19 - This project will deliver counselling and mentoring activities to young people, isolated due to Covid-19, with the aim to increase their mental health wellbeing, self-esteem and self-empowerment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Virtual Online Support in response to COVID-19 Crisis
£36,000	04/05/2020 6	The funding will be used to provide a live chat function and virtual pop up secure section on its website for individuals in Birmingham that will be referred to its services as a result of COVID 19. ....more The funding will be used to provide a live chat function and virtual pop up secure section on its website for individuals in Birmingham that will be referred to its services as a result of COVID 19. The project supports individuals and groups to improve their mental health and psychological wellbeing through personal and community friendly initiatives.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

LOVEMORE KALIBE MASIANE Appointed: 2019

DAVY MARK HAY Appointed: 2018

LOUISE DIANE MCKIERNAN Appointed: 2018

RICHARD HADLEY Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/08/2018, number: 1179472

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR19: 55 days late,

Main office

Avoca Court
23 Moseley Road
Birmingham
West Midlands
B12 0HJ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON MENTAL HEALTH, IN PRINCIPALLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THE MIDLANDS, BY:(A) PROVIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES AND COUNSELLING;(B) PROVIDING EDUCATION FOR ORGANISATIONS AND PROFESSIONALS IN THE MENTAL HEALTH FIELD; AND (C) PROMOTING RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF IT.

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