Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

THE LEARNING THROUGH LANDSCAPES TRUST 

We are the UK’s leading outdoor learning and play charity. We believe in learning without boundaries.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 34 years

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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£1,538£1,668£-130£7£379£3572.63168
31/03/22£1,517£1,659£-142£13£509£4973.6330
31/03/21£1,074£1,195£-121£6£651£6456.5220
31/03/20£1,470£1,517£-47£0£772£7726.1200
31/03/19£2,193£1,905£288£0£1,354£8195.2260
31/03/18£1,629£1,555£73£0£1,066£7315.6230
31/03/17£1,609£1,259£350£0£993£6326210
31/03/16£743£773£-30£0£642£5588.7200
31/03/15£820£928£-108£15£673£4956.4140
31/03/14£1,103£1,033£70£15£780£4725.5150
31/03/13£1,367£1,051£317£18£710£3904.5160
31/03/12£949£1,226£-277£22£393£3263.2190
31/03/11£1,189£1,484£-295£18£671£6094.9270
31/03/10£2,408£2,482£-75£28£966£6293250
31/03/09£2,446£2,371£75£26£1,040£4982.5230
31/03/08£2,598£2,262£336£23£965£3351.8210
31/03/07£2,190£2,219£-29£26£624£1370.7240
31/03/06*£2,543£3,281£-738£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£2,994£2,290£704£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,751£1,817£-66£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 62%
Liabilities/Income: 41%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 2.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 31 employees
  • 68 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

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
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Learning Through Landscapes Trust
£248,663 06/12/2022
My School, My Planet – North West
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Learning through Landscapes Trust
£249,708 27/07/2022
My School, My Planet - Walsall
DCMS - GRCF2020 Polli:Nation for the next generation
£123,350 11/11/2020
Green Recovery Challenge Fund 2020-21. The wider aim of the scheme is: The Green Recovery Challenge Fund is a short-term competitive fund to kick-start environmental renewal whilst creating and ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Learning Through Landscapes Trust
£250,000 14/07/2020
COVID19:Learning through Landscapes
National Lottery Community Fund - Living Through Landscapes
£1,307,282 17/12/2015
48
Over 3.5 years, Learning through Landscapes' proposal aims to support people living with dementia to use the outdoor spaces at their care facilities, by improving and transforming the outside spaces ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Learning Through Landscapes Trust
£76,800 09/07/2015
24
£76,800 over two years (£39,300; £37,500) for the salary of a p/t Project Officer plus admin support and associated running costs
National Lottery Community Fund - The Learning Through Landscapes Trust - Development funding
£50,000 10/06/2015
12
This development funding will enable Learning Through Landscapes (LtL) to look at adapting its work helping children connect with nature, to support older people with dementia. The group is working ....more
Dulverton Trust - Fostering Outside Play in Wales
£15,000 22/10/2014
Fostering Outside Play in Wales
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Learning Through Landscapes Trust
£1,415,100 25/03/2014
Polli:Nation
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-87
  • JUNO HOLLYHOCK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant Project Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/04/1990, number: 803270
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/03/1990, number: 02485660
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
  • Investing charity funds 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 2 days late,
Main office

Ground Floor
F Block
Clarendon House
Monarch Way
WINCHESTER
HAMPSHIR

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN THE PRINCIPLES AND OF THE RAISING OF STANDARDS OF PRACTICE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF ALL SUCH RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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