Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

LEAF - LOCALLY ENCOURAGING ALL TO FLOURISH 

LEAF is a charity focused on improving the well-being of people in its community. We work across all age ranges and offer a variety of activities and support. These include a chaplaincy service in the local surgery, mentoring and couselling of children in the local school, couselling for adults, debt advice, children's activities, Kintsugi Hope and Alpha courses and Family Support provision,
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently

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
31/03/23£62,409£58,404£4,00545
31/03/22*£42,503£7,940£34,56347
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

https://www.leafledbury.com/

tony.hodder@gmail.com

01531636840

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Christian religious associations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Herefordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 45 volunteers

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Expansion of GP Chaplaincy (listening and guidance service)
£5,001 05/07/2022
Grant to LEAF Locally Encouraging All to Flourish

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/04/2021, number: 1194047
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
2 returns made; AR22: 5 days late,
Main office

21 BIDDULPH WAY
LEDBURY
HR8 2HP

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, OR SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE (IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY THE PROVISION OF: • PASTORAL CARE AND PEER SUPPORT;• COUNSELLING IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED A BEREAVEMENT OR WHO HAVE A SUBSTANCE ADDICTION;• EDUCATION AND TRAINING;• ESSENTIAL ITEMS AND SERVICES SUCH AS FOOD AND CLOTHING OR DEBT ADVICE. 2. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH ATTACHED TO THIS SCHEDULE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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