Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 12
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

COMMUNITY LIVES MATTER

We deal with the specific needs found in our local community. We run activities for those who are lonely, elderly, or otherwise vulnerable. We provide services for people with dementia and their carers. We work with asylum seekers and refugees to help them adapt to life in the UK and integrate into their new community. And we support the educationally disadvantaged, particularly after Covid-19.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

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
31/12/23£65£49£16n/a
31/12/22£53£37£15n/a
31/12/21£29£21£8n/a
31/12/20£15£4£11n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

communitylivesmatter.org

communitylivesmatter@outlook.com

01695574103

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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£42,874
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£12,000
DCMS£9,800
Co-Operative Group£1,787
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Friendship and Fun 2024
£5,000 20/12/2023
12
To continue delivery and growth of their luncheon clubs which provides isolated and vulnerable people with access to food and socialisation.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Community Lives Matter
£1,787 21/10/2023
We provide a luncheon club every Wednesday, where people can eat well for £5, share friendship, meet new people, and enjoy the warmth of the service from our team of wonderful volunteers.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Companionship and Luncheon Club 2023-4.
£2,000 02/03/2023
To provide a weekly 3 course meal to 55-65 people each week, the majority of which live alone. It will run for 43/52 weeks of the year with breaks for holidays.
McCarthy Stone Foundation - 2022 Christmas Connections
£500 05/12/2022
Small grants up to £1,000 to support activities connecting older people in the community at Christmas
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Companionship and Luncheon Club 2023
£5,000 01/12/2022
To provide a regular lunch club to local older people who struggle with loneliness and isolation. This provides them with a 3-course meal and a place to socialise and leave the house. Between 55-65 people attend each week.
National Lottery Community Fund - Help for the vulnerable those with dementia asylum seekers the old and lonely
£42,874 18/02/2022
Funding will enable the group to develop activities for local people in Ormskirk. The organisation aims to support and respond to the needs of asylum-seekers people with dementia and their carers and isolated and vulnerable older people in the local ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,800 14/09/2020
"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
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • LIZ WYNNE Appointed: 2020
  • NEIL GORDON REES Appointed: 2020
  • REV PAUL STEPHEN GRIFFITHS Appointed: 2021
  • ROY FREDERICK WYNNE Appointed: 2020
  • THOMAS EDWARD WHITFIELD Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/05/2020, number: 1189401
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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

Cottage Lane Mission
Cottage Lane
Ormskirk
L39 3NE

Objectives

TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF ORMSKIRK AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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