Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 2
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

LANCASHIRE ASSOCIATION OF BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS. 

We aim to maintain Lancashire Boys and Girls Clubs as a direct delivery organisation through the continuance of a comprehensive programme of activities and projects for young people and provide practical support and advice to club staff, members and management committee trustees.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male

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 but spending has been maintained
Established: 61 years

www.labgc.org.uk

info@labgc.org.uk

0152465106

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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£162£173£-11n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/22£214£182£33n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/21£184£137£47n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£195£171£24n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£201£213£-12n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/18£240£194£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£191£249£-58£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£246£243£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£261£245£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£183£222£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£157£223£-66£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£277£219£58£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£135£174£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£167£180£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£183£186£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£219£201£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£206£201£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£254£258£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£333£304£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£351£313£38£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Blackburn With Darwen, Blackpool, Bolton, Bury, Lancashire, St Helens, Wigan,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£25,000 21/05/2021
Core Funding to support Post Lockdown Readiness
National Lottery Community Fund - Thrive
£9,400 04/04/2019
12
The organisation will provide training to Youth Club volunteers and staff across Lancashire, with the aim of strengthening the youth sector and bringing people together to be peer leaders.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 24/07/2017
Activ8
National Lottery Community Fund - Train to Sustain
£9,615 17/05/2017
12
The funding will be used by a charity to train staff and volunteers in safeguarding, education, first aid. The project aims to provide people with the correct skills in order to sustain their future. ....more
Sport England - Boxercise - boxing as a no contact sport and dodgeball
£8,400 17/06/2011
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Boxercise - boxing as a no contact sport and dodgeball'. This project lists its main activity as Multi ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/09/1963, number: 521362
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

LABGC
1 Meeting House Lane
LANCASTER
LA1 1TQ

Objectives

TO INSPIRE AND ENABLE ALL YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE CONSIDERED TO BE DISADVANTAGED, TO REALISE THEIR POTENTIAL AS PRODUCTIVE, RESPONSIBLE AND CARING CITIZENS

Defined Area of Benefit:

COUNTY OF LANCASHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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