Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 5

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 8

LIVING IT UP

Living It Up is committed to offering a range of empowering and skill-building services for people who have a learning disability and/or autism. We have a range of services and are continuing to develop services to enable people to have similar opportunities to others, to reduce social isolation and offer further opportunities that enhance life and can develop skills. We are based in Bedfordshire.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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 ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£0	£0	£0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 2 years

https://www.lovelivingitup.org/

info@lovelivingitup.org

07964067443

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Bedford, Central Bedfordshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

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
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - 500 young people from Bedford with a learning disability will have access to the creative arts and fun social experiences.
£28,899	22/09/2022	Events Project Co-ordinator
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Living It Up
£9,900	01/07/2022	refurbishment of accessible areas in an Arts Centre for a charity supporting people with disabilities in Bedford

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

OLI MONKS Appointed: 2022

GARETH JAMES WRIGHT Appointed: 2022

MICHAEL COLLETT (Chair) Appointed: 2022

SARAH DIANE FLETCHER Appointed: 2022

SARAH NEYLAND Appointed: 2022

VICTORIA MARGARET AIRS Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/05/2022, number: 1199155

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

ST. CUTHBERTS HALL
NEWNHAM STREET
BEDFORD
MK40 3JR

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG VULNERABLE ADULTS AND CHILDREN, WITH A PHYSICAL OR LEARNING DISABILITY OR AUTISM WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR DISABILITY, BY PROVIDING:1. OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN NEW SKILLS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING THAT ARE DESIGNED TO ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY;2. SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

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