Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 6
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

LANDAU LIMITED 

Landau is a supported employment and work related training organisation providing one to one support for people with learning disabilities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 29 years

www.landau.co.uk

admin@landau.co.uk

01952245015

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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
31/12/22£6,392£6,285£107£0£1,309£6951.31342
31/12/21£4,980£4,873£107£0£1,202£7081.7867
31/12/20£3,945£3,734£211£0£1,095£7042.3817
31/12/19£3,431£3,226£205£0£884£6332.4525
31/12/18£2,178£2,306£-128£0£679£4672.4416
31/12/17£1,550£1,641£-91£0£808£7315.3340
31/12/16£562£635£-73£0£898£86516.3190
31/12/15£674£617£57£30£986£82416220
31/12/14£751£730£21£36£929£75912.500
31/12/13£773£706£68£18£908£75112.800
31/12/12£828£723£105£23£840£66111130
31/12/11£981£796£185£100£735£5057.6130
31/12/10£817£732£85£58£550£2924.8110
31/12/09£401£440£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£427£404£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£526£438£88£76£481£2196120
31/12/06*£517£380£137£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05*£298£361£-62£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£543£563£-19£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 38%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 53%
Reserves/Spending: 1.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 134 employees
  • 2 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Dudley, Sandwell, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City, Telford & Wrekin, Walsall, Wolverhampton,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Lloyds Bank Foundation£88,913
Ministry of Defence£35,000
HM Revenue & Customs£299
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
HM Revenue & Customs - SME Brexit Support Fund
£299 30/04/2021
Training Grant provided for Customs training purposes
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£35,000 13/11/2020
The Positive Pathways programme funded projects that develop and run activities supporting the mental health and wellbeing of ex-Forces.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Landau Limited
£13,913 24/07/2020
Grant to Landau Limited meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Landau Limited
£75,000 03/07/2019
36
Providing supported employment to people with learning disabilities. The grant will fund the salary of a Social Enterprise Development Officer.
National Lottery Community Fund - ThMa/5/2 - BBO Herefordshire
£883,181 17/10/2017
36
ThMa/5/2 - BBO Herefordshire
National Lottery Community Fund - The Olive Branch Cafe and Catering Services
£10,000 21/06/2017
12
This group will use the funding install new kitchen facilities to run catering and hospitality training courses for people with learning disabilities and the wider community. This will give people ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - ThMa/5/2 - Together Herefordshire
£50,000 18/05/2017
11
ThMa/5/2 - Together Herefordshire
National Lottery Community Fund - ThMa/2/1 - All Together Shropshire T&W
£1,367,689 09/11/2016
35
The funding will be used for a project that aims to provide pre-employment support within Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin for disadvantaged people aged 19 and above who are not in work. The project ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Landau Limited
£75,000 20/07/2016
36
Providing supported employment to people with learning disabilities. The grant will fund the salary of a Social Enterprise Development Officer.
National Lottery Community Fund - ThMa/2/1 - All Together Shropshire T&W
£50,000 26/04/2016
12
The funding will be used to develop a project supporting facing multiple barrier to employment, such as low skills, disabilities, or homelessness, to move towards the labour market. The grant will be ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Landau Limited
£40,000 29/07/2013
Telford based charity that will continue to provide opportunities for training, work experience and work placements for adults with learning disabilities as a strong alternative to day centre ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 58-76
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/08/1995, number: 1048645
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/07/1995, number: 03084746
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR06: 20 days late, AR05: 50 days late,
Main office

Landau Ltd
5 Landau Court
Tan Bank,Wellington
TELFORD
Shropshire
TF1 1HE

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH TRAINING FACILITIES AS WILL ENABLE THEM TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP VOCATIONAL SKILLS WHICH WILL ENHANCE THEIR EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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