Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 9

Fundraising costs low: +3

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 13

LINDLEY EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED

The Trust's mission is to release and empower people to develop their individual strengths. The Trust specialises in the development of young people with emphasis on experiential learning through the use of outdoor activities. A key focus is to indentify and develop interventions that benefit disaffected and vunerable young people.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

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		£1,743	£1,585	£159	£19	£1,537	£1,313	9.9	23	30
31/03/22		£1,339	£1,290	£49	£8	£1,378	£1,204	11.2	22	30
31/03/21		£794	£1,004	£-210	£13	£1,329	£1,186	14.2	24	30
31/03/20		£1,778	£1,707	£71	£20	£1,540	£1,452	10.2	28	30
31/03/19		£1,740	£1,717	£23	£10	£1,469	£1,426	10	25	20
31/03/18		£1,606	£1,510	£96	£13	£1,446	£1,376	10.9	24	0
31/03/17		£1,467	£1,426	£41	£18	£1,350	£1,330	11.2	23	0
31/03/16		£1,402	£1,446	£-44	£12	£1,309	£1,309	10.9	19	0
31/03/15		£1,453	£1,399	£54	£14	£1,354	£1,350	11.6	19	0
31/03/14		£1,423	£1,351	£71	£12	£1,300	£1,300	11.5	16	0
31/03/13		£1,042	£1,030	£12	£13	£1,229	£1,225	14.3	22	0
31/03/12		£1,033	£977	£55	£16	£1,217	£1,216	14.9	24	0
31/03/11		£1,024	£996	£28	£16	£1,162	£1,160	14	24	0
31/03/10		£1,021	£1,004	£18	£33	£1,133	£1,131	13.5	24	0
31/03/09		£1,038	£961	£77	£61	£1,116	£1,043	13	23	0
31/03/08		£1,017	£882	£135	£44	£1,039	£968	13.2	20	0
31/03/07		£873	£859	£14	£46	£904	£900	12.6	15	0
31/03/06		£924	£851	£72	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£855	£780	£74	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£875	£708	£167	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 26%
Liabilities/Income: 30%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 9.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6

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Established: 58 years

http://www.lindleyeducationaltrust.org

enquiries@lindleyeducationaltrust.org

01433622082

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Other facilities management and maintenance

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

23 employees
30 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£132,103
DCMS	£62,255
BBC Children in Need	£30,284
Rank Foundation	£12,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Rank Foundation - Col Core Lindley Educational Trust 2023 Part
£12,500	27/04/2023	Lindley Educational Trust received a Cost of Living Core Grant to help cover the cost of staff salaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - Pitsmoor Youth Club
£9,678	14/04/2022	The funding will be used to provide youth workers and a project leader along with football and community centre room hire. The project aims to reduce antisocial behaviour as it provides a place to ....more The funding will be used to provide youth workers and a project leader along with football and community centre room hire. The project aims to reduce antisocial behaviour as it provides a place to get young people off the streets and engaged in a more positive activity. The aim is to build community cohesion as there are young people from different backgrounds engaging together.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching out to girls and young women
£112,509	18/11/2021	Lindley Educational Trust (LET) aims to support young people gain slikks and confidence needed to reach their potential in life. Funding for the organisation will go towards developing their targeted ....more Lindley Educational Trust (LET) aims to support young people gain slikks and confidence needed to reach their potential in life. Funding for the organisation will go towards developing their targeted youth work with young women that builds their confidence self-esteem and raises their aspirations for the future.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Lindley Educational Trust
£30,284	30/07/2021	This project will support young people impacted by local deprivation and poverty with youth club activities. It will increase understanding of bullying and increase self-confidence and physical ....more This project will support young people impacted by local deprivation and poverty with youth club activities. It will increase understanding of bullying and increase self-confidence and physical activity.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£62,255	03/07/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Pitsmoor Youth Club - Unity Project
£9,916	22/08/2019 12	Pitsmoor Youth Club - Unity Project
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	06/02/2018	Hollowford Kit Store 2018
National Lottery Community Fund - Embrace
£9,940	11/10/2017 12	The funding will be used to run a series of sessions for the local community, covering themes such as multicultural food, history, crafts and games. The project aims to bring people together to ....more The funding will be used to run a series of sessions for the local community, covering themes such as multicultural food, history, crafts and games. The project aims to bring people together to socialise, learn new skills and forge new friendships within the community

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-71

LISA JANE MITCHELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Dance School Owner

DAVID HENDERSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Freelance Trainer

DOUGLAS JONES Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Consultant

JAMES MURRAY REYNOLDS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Solicitor

KAREN LESLEY JONES Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Consultant

RICHARD ANTHONY HALL Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Chartered Buyer

TIMOTHY SOAR Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

JOHN PRICE (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: BUXTON MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/04/1966, number: 247662
Registered at Companies House on 20/12/1965, number: 00867065

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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR04: 2 days late,

Main office

Hollowford Centre
Castleton
Hope Valley
S33 8WB

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND PARTICULARLY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND BOTH IN INDIVIDUAL LIFE SKILLS AND AS MANAGERS AND LEADERS ON THE BASIS OF AND CONSISTENT WITH THE TENETS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD

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