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Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

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 a grant maker 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:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£39£34£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£19£28£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£30£28£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£30£41£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£36£28£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£39£24£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£44£32£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£55£29£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£32£29£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£20£30£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£21£24£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£36£24£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£10£20£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£17£22£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£23£29£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£21£25£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£17£21£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£6£24£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£16£22£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£44£42£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 48 years

www.glct.org.uk

enquiries@glct.org.uk

01273 891963

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, Surrey, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

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.

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 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. Funding is towards core running costs, in order for ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Golden Lion Childrens Trust
£1,000 02/03/2020
Funding was provided to update Windows 7 systems to Windows10.
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 pupils from 8 Sussex special schools.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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