Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

RADIO LOLLIPOP (UK) LIMITED 

Volunteers supporting and playing with children in hospital.Providing a radio service to children in hospital
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and 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
  • Income has been volatile recently

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
31/12/22£97£105£-8n/an/an/an/an/a223
31/12/21£65£98£-33n/an/an/an/an/a400
31/12/20£101£102£0n/an/an/an/an/a480
31/12/19£136£148£-11n/an/an/an/an/a304
31/12/18£135£147£-12£0£0£0n/a0360
31/12/17£107£142£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£117£115£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15*£208£197£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£154£133£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£173£127£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£165£133£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£177£164£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£176£123£54£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£151£146£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£178£120£58£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£134£92£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£90£106£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£75£136£-60£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£63£188£-125£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 44 years

www.radiolollipop.org

info@radiolollipop.org

01932222971

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Renovations to be carried out to the studio areas of both Radio Lollip
£10,000 26/08/2015
12
The group will use the funding to carry out technical renovations at their sites, making them fit for purpose and also available to patients and their families. This will improve and increase usage ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 40-72
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/08/1980, number: 280817
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/08/1980, number: 01512339
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR15: 96 days late, AR08: 13 days late,
Main office

Charlotte BUILDING
Gresse Street
London
W1T 1QL

Objectives

1) TO RELIEVE THE EFFECTS OF SICKNESS AND INFIRMITY AMONG CHILDREN;2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE CARE AND SUPPORT OF THE FAMILIES OF SICK CHILDREN WHO MAY SUFFER AS A RESULT OF THEIR CHILDREN'S ILLNESS;3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONG SICK CHILDREN AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THEIR HEALTH;4) TO PROMOTE HEALTH AMONG CHILDREN;5) TO CONDUCT OR ASSIST IN THE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH INTO HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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