Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 4

Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Static board: -3
All male board: -3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -4

LECHEIRIS - A SPARK IN THE DARK TRUST

TO RELIEVE NEEDS OF FAMILIES AND CARERS WHO ARE CARING FOR SOMEONE WITH A SERIOUS ILLNESS BY OFFERING RESPITE, PRINCIPALLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT GROUPS AND DAY TRIPS.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why is the Board completely male?
The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
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
30/11/23		£26	£43	£-16	n/a
30/11/22	*	£3	£41	£-38	n/a
30/11/21		£25	£41	£-16	n/a
30/11/20	*	£144	£60	£85	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

https://lecheirisuk.org/

office@lecheirisuk.org

03003034747

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Residential nursing care facilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

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	£19,995
City Bridge Trust	£16,580
DCMS	£9,990

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Heal and hope
£10,000	10/02/2023	The funding will be used to continue delivering food packages for families with a member who is experiencing chronic health conditions. The project aims to enable families to access their basic needs and reduce tier financial struggles.
National Lottery Community Fund - Helping Long Covid Sufferers
£9,995	16/07/2021	The funding will be used to run a support group for long covid sufferers. The project aims to provide up to date information on this unknown illness and to reduce isolation.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Lecheiris
£8,990	08/12/2020	0
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,990	22/06/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Lecheiris
£7,590	15/05/2020	A grant of £7,590 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

HERSH LEIB TUNK (Chair) Appointed: 2018

JACOB JAKOBOVITS Appointed: 2018

MEYER RAPAPORT Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/01/2020, number: 1187428

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR22: 4 days late, AR20: 215 days late,

Main office

Flat 7
Colony Court
180-182 Lordship Road
LONDON
N16 5ES

Objectives

TO RELIEVE NEEDS OF FAMILIES AND CARERS WHO ARE CARING FOR SOMEONE WITH A SERIOUS ILLNESS BY OFFERING RESPITE, PRINCIPALLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT GROUPS AND DAY TRIPS.

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