Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 5
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

LS-TEN LIMITED

LS-TEN deliver to Leeds:Alternative Education:Working at KS3&KS4 LS-TEN provide a robust curriculum to support host schools in educating children struggling in a mainstream school environment.Skatepark:An indoor skatepark with an outdoor area delivering wheeled sports to schools, community groups and people from across Leeds.Community Engagement:Both onsite and offsite provisions.
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 including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board is predominantly male
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£993£1,104£-111£99£210£2102.33126
31/12/22£978£917£61£55£320£3204.22576
31/12/21*£877£670£207£28£259£2594.62062
31/12/20£475£425£50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 10.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 32%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 2.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 4 years

HTTPS://LS-TEN.ORG/

hello@ls-ten.org

01135325357

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bradford City, Calderdale, City Of Wakefield, Kirklees, Leeds City, North Yorkshire, Sheffield City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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
Leeds Community Foundation£18,458
Sport England£9,800
National Lottery Community Fund£8,080
Sir George Martin Trust£3,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to LS-TEN
£3,500 29/06/2023
Core costs for Youth Welfare & Education
National Lottery Community Fund - Street Skate Together
£8,080 24/02/2023
The funding will be used to run a series of street skateboarding meetups and creative workshops; with a particular focus on engaging young people females and minority genders. The aim of the project is to bring a very large dispersed community of ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Fearnville Skatepark
£1,441 01/03/2022
An inspirational, engaging and exciting beginner's skateboard club for young people in the area including all equipment and coaches, aiming to raise aspirations and promote diversity through wheeled sports.
Leeds Community Foundation - Skate Mates Skateboard Club
£4,510 01/12/2021
An inspirational beginners skateboarding club helping to tackle inactivity, provide opportunity, promote diversity and build confidence while making friends through an exciting alternative sport.
Leeds Community Foundation - Wheely Healthy Holidays
£6,930 07/07/2021
5
The project will tackle holiday hunger and inactivity by providing opportunities to partake in new and exciting wheeled sports with the help of our experienced coaches, while also providing healthy meals through our partners the Real Junk Food ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Armley Skateboard Club
£1,067 08/01/2021
Grant to LS-TEN
Leeds Community Foundation - Skate Mates Skateboard Club
£4,510 01/12/2020
4
Grant to LS-TEN
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£9,800 27/04/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity building
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-65
  • ANGUS MARTIN (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • CLARE NICOLA JARVIS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Head Of Finance
  • DAVID MITCHELL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Sales Director
  • DAVID SMITH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director Of Training
  • EDWARD CARLISLE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Community Project Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/09/2020, number: 1191532
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/01/2019, number: 11753606
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; AR21: 2 days late,
Main office

Unit 1
Kitson Road
LEEDS
LS10 1NT

Objectives

(1) TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 19 YEARS OLD LIVING IN LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AT LS-TEN BY OPERATING AN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROVISION TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS IN LEEDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA(2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.(3) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE WHO ARE EX-SERVICE PERSONNEL OR EX-OFFENDERS FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED BECAUSE THEY ARE UNABLE TO REINTEGRATE INTO MAINSTREAM SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:A) PROVIDING A LOCAL NETWORK GROUP THAT ENCOURAGES AND ENABLES EX -SERVICE PERSONAL TO GAIN ACCESS TO OTHER NETWORKS, MEET WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE VETERAN COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY;B) PROVIDING A LOCAL NETWORK GROUP THAT ENCOURAGES AND ENABLES EX-OFFENDERS TO GAIN ACCESS TO OTHER NETWORKS AND PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY;C) PROVIDING WORK EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES TO EX-SERVICE PERSONNEL AND EX-OFFENDERS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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