Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
    • Grant maker support: +7
    Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

    THE CLD TRUST 

    The CLD trust is a mental health and wellbeing charity working for over 25 years primarily with children and young adults. A range of therapeutic support is available including counselling, cognitive behavioural therapy and systemic family practice. Where funding permits an early intervention service, Strong Young Minds, providing support advocacy and brokerage is available. .
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

    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
    31/03/23*£701£700£1£0£198£1342.3330
    31/03/22£614£561£52£0£197£1914.1290
    31/03/21£479£460£19n/an/an/an/an/a0
    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 30%
    Liabilities/Income: 12%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 67%
    Reserves/Spending: 2.3 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
    Quick Ratio: 2.3
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 4 years

    www.thecldtrust.org

    info@thecldtrust.org

    01432269245

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    GiG Classification
    • Mental health and addiction
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Herefordshire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Defined Groups
    Who works here?
    • 33 employees

    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£253,082
    BBC Children in Need£29,663
    Herefordshire Community Foundation£15,775
    DCMS£4,950
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Herefordshire Community Foundation - Resources
    £825 27/03/2023
    Grant to The CLD Trust
    National Lottery Community Fund - Talking to Myself
    £9,740 06/01/2023
    The funding will be used to deliver a project encouraging young men to talk about their problems when they need to and prevent suicide. This project aims to enable participants to create a written or ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - to be decided by young people
    £243,342 20/10/2022
    The funding will be used to reach out to young people in the villages and towns of Herefordshire offering safe places for the young people to drop-in and talk about their mental health and wellbeing ....more
    Herefordshire Community Foundation - CLD Website
    £10,000 05/07/2022
    Grant to The CLD Trust
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to The CLD Trust
    £29,663 31/01/2022
    This project will deliver counselling and therapy to young people experiencing mental health difficulties. The activities will result in improved mental health, greater confidence and greater ....more
    Herefordshire Community Foundation - Covid 19 Grant to The CLD Trust
    £4,950 19/08/2020
    Grant to The CLD Trust
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £4,950 19/08/2020
    NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/02/2020, number: 1187873
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Social media policy and procedures
    Filing Record
    3 returns made; AR23: 16 days late,
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from THE CLD TRUST, COUNSELLING LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT on 23/02/2021
    Main office

    Hereford House
    20 East St
    Hereford
    HR12LU

    Objectives

    TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE SUFFERING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TALKING THERAPIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND SOME ADULTS WHO ARE IN NEED THROUGH MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILL HEALTH OR DISADVANTAGE. TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, SUPPORT AND INFORMATION TO CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND CARERS IN NEED.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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