Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 10

Strong growth: +2
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 10

LUMINARY LIMITED

The relief of women who are in need by reason of their social or economicdisadvantage including homelessness; or who have experienced or are at risk ofexperiencing domestic or other forms of violence, by the provision of education,training and support including developing their capabilities, competencies and skillsto be carried out in accordance with Christian values and principles.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

The Board is completely female
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 5 years

www.luminarybakery.com

luminarybakery@gmail.com

02076869779

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Hackney,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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

Comic Relief	£147,525
Mercer's Charitable Foundation	£105,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
The Funding Network	£15,656
The London Community Foundation	£9,980
CAF	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Luminary
£105,000	29/06/2023	Empowering disadvantaged women in London to build a positive future for themselves and their families, and to break the cycle of poverty, violence and disadvantage.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Luminary Bakery
£1,000	31/03/2023	As directed by the donor to the work of Luminary. Luminary is an innovative response to supporting women who have had a social and economic disadvantage. It is a social enterprise designed to offer ....more As directed by the donor to the work of Luminary. Luminary is an innovative response to supporting women who have had a social and economic disadvantage. It is a social enterprise designed to offer opportunities for women to build a future for themselves. The organisation provides a safe and professional environment where women can grow holistically – encouraging ambition, restoration and second chances. Baking is a tool to take women on a journey to employability and entrepreneurship, equipping them with transferable skills for the working world.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	24/06/2022	Empowering Disadvantaged Women To Thrive
CAF - Grant to Luminary Limited
£5,000	02/06/2020 3	Grant to Luminary Limited to support the organisation through COVID19
The Funding Network - Empowering Disadvantaged Women
£15,656	12/05/2020	Investing in strategic leadership - employing a Programmes Manager to focus on impact monitoring, scaling, supporting frontline staff, and ultimately ensuring Luminary programmes are providing women ....more Investing in strategic leadership - employing a Programmes Manager to focus on impact monitoring, scaling, supporting frontline staff, and ultimately ensuring Luminary programmes are providing women with the best opportunities.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Luminary Bakery
£9,980	01/05/2020	We seek funding to continue and adapt our life-changing vocational training and progression support to be delivered virtually to survivors of gender based violence.
Comic Relief - Luminary Bakery Ltd - investment facility
£100,000	28/04/2020	Luminary Bakery Ltd is looking for a credit facility from Red Shed to support it during a period where the business faces challenges due to Covid-19. The facility will be available for drawdown for a ....more Luminary Bakery Ltd is looking for a credit facility from Red Shed to support it during a period where the business faces challenges due to Covid-19. The facility will be available for drawdown for a period of 12 months and any funds that are drawn down will convert to an unsecured loan that Luminary Bakery Ltd will pay back over 72 months with an initial 12 month repayment holiday followed by a 60-month repayment structure.
Comic Relief - Luminary Bakery Ltd
£47,525	24/07/2019 60	Luminary Bakery is looking to expand its successful bakery service which works with vulnerable women and provides them with employment and support. They have identified a new site in London to expand ....more Luminary Bakery is looking to expand its successful bakery service which works with vulnerable women and provides them with employment and support. They have identified a new site in London to expand into and have raised 75% of the funding required for the move (the investment will go towards refurbishing the site, hiring staff, getting equipment and providing funds for the launch). The new bakery will enable Luminary to further grow its income and to work with more vulnerable women by offering them employment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Lumianry Bakery Training Centre
£496,742	18/04/2019 36	The project will offer a bespoke training centre where they can increase their support from 21 women per year to 70.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 30-57

CLIONA FORDE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Human Resources

CHARLOTTE PATON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Freelance

FIONA MOODIE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

JACQUELINE MILTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

LOUISE QUY (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

RACHEL MILLAR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Civil Servant

RAPHAELA THYNNE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Civil Servant

TANDI PILANI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Programme Coordinator

ANNA SHEPPARD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Safeguarding Advisor

DIANE FEENEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Owner, Other trusteeship: EQUALITY NOW,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/02/2019, number: 1181835
Registered at Companies House on 31/10/2018, number: 11651624

Gift Aid

NOT 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; AR20: 8 days late,

Main office

71-73 ALLEN ROAD
LONDON
N16 8RY

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF WOMEN WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE INCLUDING HOMELESSNESS; OR WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED OR AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC OR OTHER FORMS OF VIOLENCE BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SUPPORT INCLUDING DEVELOPING THEIR CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS TO BE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN VALUES AND PRINCIPLES.

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