Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

THE STEPHEN LAWRENCE DAY FOUNDATION

The Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation will inspire a fairer and just society through Stephen's legacy engendering equality, diversity and inclusion for young people and communities globally.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/07/23£484£389£95n/a
31/07/22£164£145£20n/a
31/07/21£289£115£174n/a
31/07/20£35£2£33n/a
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 20%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Established: 5 years

www.stephenlawrenceday.org

info@stephenlawrenceday.org

0203 195 3946

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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Fundraiser - Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation
£57,671 13/07/2023
to support social inclusion
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant Masters Award - Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation
£5,000 28/04/2023
In addition to the Fundraising Dinner, James Thomson is organising an event at Guildhall for 100 to 150 young people on 29 Nov to demonstrate broader support on the 30th Anniversary of Stephen's death. He states, 'I am passionate about inclusivity'.
Home Office - THE STEPHEN LAWRENCE DAY FOUNDATION
£75,000 01/03/2021
To grant fund the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust to establish the governance, strategy and plan to deliver Stephen Lawrence Day in accord with the Prime Ministers announcement on the 25th anniversary of the murder of Stephen Lawrence, that there ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ADRIAN SYKES Appointed: 2020
  • BARONESS DOREEN LAWRENCE OBE (Chair) Appointed: 2019
  • DR CLIVE JULIAN DRISCOLL Appointed: 2020
  • ELVIN OSEI ODURO Appointed: 2023
  • GEORGINA LAWRENCE Appointed: 2019
  • SONIA MEGGIE Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/01/2020, number: 1187566
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

124 CITY ROAD
LONDON
EC1V 2NX

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF (I) EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY (II) RACIAL HARMONY AND (III) SOCIAL INCLUSION IN EACH CASE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) CELEBRATING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THE MEMORY AND LEGACY OF STEPHEN LAWRENCE AND PROMOTING A THEME FOR EACH STEPHEN LAWRENCE DAY AMONGST THOSE IN EDUCATION AND OTHERS;(B) USING THE MEMORY AND LEGACY OF STEPHEN LAWRENCE AND OTHER MEANS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RAISE AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS SO AS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS AND ABOUT SOCIAL EXCLUSION SO AS TO LEAD TO BETTER OUTCOMES FOR THOSE IN, OR AT RISK, OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION; (C) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION;(D) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE STEPHEN LAWRENCE DAY, TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS;(E) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC;(F) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;(G) PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS;(H) PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET THE BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.?

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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