Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Multiple Deficits: -2
Future income +5
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 14

GOLDEN LION CHILDREN'S TRUST

Fund raising and helping disadvantaged children

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more 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
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 47 years

www.glct.org.uk

enquiries@glct.org.uk

01273 891963

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£39	£34	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/22		£19	£28	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
31/03/21		£30	£28	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/20		£30	£41	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
31/03/19		£36	£28	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
31/03/18		£39	£24	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£44	£32	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£55	£29	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£32	£29	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£20	£30	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£21	£24	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£36	£24	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£10	£20	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£17	£22	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£23	£29	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£21	£25	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£17	£21	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£6	£24	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£16	£22	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£44	£42	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex, Surrey, West Sussex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
70 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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Golden Lion Children’s Trust
£10,000	17/11/2023	Funding was provided for gift vouchers for children and families at Christmas.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Golden Lion Childrens Trust
£5,000	17/11/2021 3	Funding was provided towards purchase of toys, books, games, Christmas sweets, vouchers etc for each of 350+ local children with special needs and/or from families in crisis on a date close to ....more Funding was provided towards purchase of toys, books, games, Christmas sweets, vouchers etc for each of 350+ local children with special needs and/or from families in crisis on a date close to Christmas Eve.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Golden Lion Childrens Trust
£5,000	18/11/2020 3	Funding was provided for Christmas toy sacks for children with special needs whose families are in crisis.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Golden Lion Childrens Trust
£5,000	21/09/2020	Golden Lion Children’s Trust supports children with special needs and disadvantaged young people throughout Sussex, arranging visit and events, offering experiences they may not otherwise enjoy. ....more Golden Lion Children’s Trust supports children with special needs and disadvantaged young people throughout Sussex, arranging visit and events, offering experiences they may not otherwise enjoy. Funding is towards core running costs, in order for the Golden Lion Children’s Trust to survive in spite of the difficulties experienced through the Covid 19 crisis and enable the GLCT to plan ahead with confidence as things improve and gradually return to as near normal as possible.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Golden Lion Childrens Trust
£3,500	18/11/2019 3	Funding was provided to support 8 Sussex SEN schools & units to bring children and staff to a December morning on Bluebell Railway Santa Special steam train.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Golden Lion Childrens Trust
£3,000	16/11/2018 4	Funding was provided to for 8 SEN schools to attend a Santa Speical event on the Bluebell Railway.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Golden Lion Childrens Trust
£3,000	14/07/2017	GLCT supports children with special needs and disadvantaged families throughout Sussex. Funding was provided to help meet the costs of the annual Bluebell Railway 'Santa Special' steam train trip for ....more GLCT supports children with special needs and disadvantaged families throughout Sussex. Funding was provided to help meet the costs of the annual Bluebell Railway 'Santa Special' steam train trip for pupils from 8 Sussex special schools.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

CAROLINE THOMAS Appointed: 2015

CHRISTINE RODGERS Appointed: 2019

JACK SHIRVELL

LIZ LE ROUX Appointed: 2011

SIMON HEAD Appointed: 2015

STEVE TAYLOR

TRACEY EVANS Appointed: 2011

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/04/1977, number: 272993

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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

20 returns made; AR09: 0 days late, AR08: 16 days late, AR07: 26 days late, AR06: 13 days late, AR05: 0 days late,

Main office

PO BOX 400
LEWES
EAST SUSSEX
BN8 4RZ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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