Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

2 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 9

LEO'S

Leo's supports the well-being of families who require neonatal care in the North East of England. Our focus is on improving mental health of the entire family from birth, until they no longer need Leo's. We do this by offeringcommunity support work to reduce social isolation, we have dedicated peer support, a counselling service, vCreate and heartbeat bears. Also founder of Neonatal MH Week.

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Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending since inception
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 2 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
30/09/22	£134,644	£161,518	£-26,874	5
30/09/21?	£204,795	£216,725	£-11,930	5
19/09/20	£109,408	£82,761	£26,647	12
19/09/19	£33,805	£22,793	£11,012	15

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

www.leosneonatal.org

hello@leosneonatal.org

07824353130

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Darlington, Durham, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, Redcar And Cleveland, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-tees, Sunderland,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£149,830
DCMS	£61,209
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£52,250
BBC Children in Need	£26,090
County Durham Community Foundation	£10,000
True Colours Trust	£5,000
Co-Operative Group	£4,464

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Organisational Development
£9,500	29/06/2023	The funding will be used to fund a Freelance Project manager. This will improve the capacity of the organisation and enable them to manage existing services and develop new approaches. The project ....more The funding will be used to fund a Freelance Project manager. This will improve the capacity of the organisation and enable them to manage existing services and develop new approaches. The project aims to improve care and support provision for more neonatal families in the North East.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Leo's
£2,250	14/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
County Durham Community Foundation - Infant Mental Health & Growth of Community Provision
£5,000	09/06/2022	Infant Mental Health & Growth of Community Provision.
National Lottery Community Fund - Leo's Peer Support Training & Development
£8,172	24/09/2021	The project will use the funding for three training courses for its staff members which will help to provide more succinct interventions to prevent long-term trauma for neo-natal families. This aims ....more The project will use the funding for three training courses for its staff members which will help to provide more succinct interventions to prevent long-term trauma for neo-natal families. This aims to reduce social isolation and improve mental wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Leo's Peer Support & Service Development
£92,498	18/08/2021	The project will use the funding to provide neonatal peer support and community intervention to neonatal families in Teesside Darlington Durham and Sunderland as well as the wider area where needed. ....more The project will use the funding to provide neonatal peer support and community intervention to neonatal families in Teesside Darlington Durham and Sunderland as well as the wider area where needed. This aims to reduce isolation and improve mental wellbeing.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Leo's
£26,090	21/12/2020	This project will deliver neonatal massage therapy courses and musical therapeutic groups to children requiring neonatal care. It will improve family relationships, motor skills, and ability to reach ....more This project will deliver neonatal massage therapy courses and musical therapeutic groups to children requiring neonatal care. It will improve family relationships, motor skills, and ability to reach developmental milestones.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Leo's
£50,000	09/12/2020 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Leo's, awarded under the Foundation's Mental Health funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the ....more Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Leo's, awarded under the Foundation's Mental Health funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£61,209	09/12/2020	The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and ....more The Community Match Challenge is an £85M fund aimed at supporting the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) in their COVID response. Awards were made to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations to match funds raised on a pound for pound basis, to increase the support to the sector.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Leo's
£4,464	24/10/2020	Funding from the Co-op will be used to help renovate doctors' offices into a family room on the neonatal unit at North Durham Hospital.
True Colours Trust - Towards occupational therapy – COVID19 response
£5,000	14/10/2020	Towards occupational therapy – COVID19 response
County Durham Community Foundation - Attachement occupational therapy
£5,000	26/06/2020	Towards attachment occupational therapy.
National Lottery Community Fund - Leo's COVID-19 neonatal mental health pathway
£30,000	25/06/2020 6	The funding will provide support for new parents whose children are still in a neonatal unit. The aim is to provide peer support advice and counselling to help improve their mental health and ....more The funding will provide support for new parents whose children are still in a neonatal unit. The aim is to provide peer support advice and counselling to help improve their mental health and wellbeing during this tumultuous period.
National Lottery Community Fund - Neonatal Community Playgroups
£9,660	19/12/2019 12	The funding will provide community based playgroups exclusively for neonatal families to attend when they leave the ward. The aim is to reduce isolation of families, bringing parents together who ....more The funding will provide community based playgroups exclusively for neonatal families to attend when they leave the ward. The aim is to reduce isolation of families, bringing parents together who have gone through similar experiences and allowing them to seek support in each other.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (2)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW VILLIS Appointed: 2018

PHILIPPA STOREY Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/09/2018, number: 1179901

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

8 Hall Wood Close
YARM
Cleveland
TS15 9FR

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH OF EXPECTANT MOTHERS WHOSE BABY OR BABIES WILL NEED NEONATAL CARE BY:A) PROMOTING EDUCATION AROUND PRETERM AND EARLY LABOUR, CONDITIONS RESULTING IN NEONATAL ADMISSIONS, WORKING WITH OBSTETRIC AND MIDWIFERY STAFF TO RAISE AWARENESS OF, AND THE ACTIONS REQUIRED WHEN PRE-TERM LABOUR IS THREATENED.B) SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE RESEARCH IN PRE-TERM LABOUR, NEONATAL CARE AND OUTCOMES AND THE SUBSEQUENT EFFECT ON THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF PARENTS AND FAMILIES.C) SEEK TO FUND APPROPRIATE DEDICATED, ANTENATAL, NEONATAL CARE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES FOLLOWING DISCHARGE TO COMPLIMENT AND SUPPORT THOSE PROVIDED BY THE NHS, BUT WHERE SUCH ADDITIONAL SERVICES ARE NOT CURRENTLY FUNDED, BY THEM SUCH AS PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT, COUNSELLING, ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, PLAY THERAPY AND PLAY GROUPS WHERE THEY CAN HAVE A DIRECT BENEFICIAL AND POSITIVE EFFECT FOR PARENTS AND FAMILIES.D) PROVIDE EQUIPMENT AND OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM THE NHS TO GIVE PARENTS AND FAMILIES THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND COMFORT THEY NEED DURING THEIR NEONATAL JOURNEY, PARTICULARLY WHILST THEIR BABIES ARE ON NEONATAL AND TRANSITIONAL CARE UNITS.AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN LINE WITH THE AIMS OF THE ORGANISATION AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

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