Finance Score: 8

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 9

Good reserves management: +3
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 20

THE LIVING ROOM

The Living Room offers a free, structured, daytime rehabilitation programme for all adults living with the illness of addiction in Hertfordshire and family and carers of someone living with an addiction.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Established: 24 years

www.livingroomherts.org

enquiries@livingroomherts.org

01438355649

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£920	£909	£11	£0	£308	£291	3.8	23	16
31/03/22	£830	£859	£-28	£0	£297	£279	3.9	24	25
31/03/21	£859	£757	£101	£0	£325	£259	4.1	23	11
31/03/20	£752	£743	£9	£1	£224	£189	3	31	45
31/03/19	£551	£519	£32	£1	£215	£169	3.9	20	27
31/03/18	£567	£538	£29	£2	£183	£147	3.3	20	0
31/03/17	£578	£629	£-51	£8	£154	£147	2.8	15	0
31/03/16	£516	£537	£-21	£3	£205	£156	3.5	16	0
31/03/15	£550	£488	£62	£488	£227	£215	5.3	14	0
31/03/14	£539	£499	£39	£387	£165	£134	3.2	17	0
31/03/13	£479	£408	£72	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£351	£356	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£326	£321	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£363	£324	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£277	£299	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£330	£318	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£254	£254	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£220	£216	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£203	£206	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£182	£163	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 3.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 12.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

23 employees
16 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Henry Smith Charity	£482,000
DCMS	£45,320
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£7,500
CAF	£3,950

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Living Room Hertfordshire
£203,500	06/11/2023	towards three years‘ continuation funding of the running costs of an organisation providing counselling support for people in addiction recovery across Hertfordshire.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Living Room Hertfordshire
£117,900	11/03/2022 36	towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing free counselling-based therapy for adults with any type of addiction, including substance and behavioural addictions, impacted by the ....more towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing free counselling-based therapy for adults with any type of addiction, including substance and behavioural addictions, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£35,320	09/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Living Room Hertfordshire
£160,600	12/08/2020 12	towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing free, counselling-based therapy for adults with any type of addiction, including substance and behavioural addictions in Stevenage.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000	03/08/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to The Living Room
£7,500	23/07/2020	Grant to The Living Room meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
CAF - Grant to The Living Room
£3,950	01/05/2020 3	Grant to The Living Room to support the organisation through COVID19
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Living Room
£75,000	22/03/2018 36	The charity provides intensive and holistic abstinence-based therapy to support people in their recovery from substance and behavioural addiction. The request is to part fund the CEO and Operations ....more The charity provides intensive and holistic abstinence-based therapy to support people in their recovery from substance and behavioural addiction. The request is to part fund the CEO and Operations Manager salaries.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Living Room Hertfordshire
£60,200	07/12/2017 24	towards two years' salary of two part-time Alcohol Addiction & Family Support Counsellors to support adults with alcohol or other addictions in deprived areas of Hertfordshire
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	26/09/2017	The Living Room Sustainability Project
Tudor Trust - Grant to Living Room
£15,000	14/07/2016 12	over one year towards the costs of an external evaluation of The Living Room's rehabilitation work with people with addictions
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Living Room
£35,000	28/02/2014	The charity support people affected by addiction. They support clients to work towards abstinence and to improve their wellbeing and future opportunities as well as supporting their children and ....more The charity support people affected by addiction. They support clients to work towards abstinence and to improve their wellbeing and future opportunities as well as supporting their children and families.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

AKHILESH NAIR Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: THE LIVING ROOM,

CHARLES KING Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: THE LIVING ROOM,

DANIEL MARSHALL (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: THE LIVING ROOM,

DANIEL MCGOVERN Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: THE LIVING ROOM,

EDDIE MIILS Appointed: 2017

ELIZABETH FISHER Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: THE LIVING ROOM,

JENNY BRACE Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: THE LIVING ROOM,

RAMESH SUMMAN Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: THE LIVING ROOM,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/05/2000, number: 1080634

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

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
Internal risk management 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; all on time

Main office

The Living Room
8-10 The Glebe
STEVENAGE
SG2 0DJ

Objectives

TO PRESERVE AND SAFEGUARD THE HEALTH OF ALL PERSONS WHO ARE IN DANGER OF BECOMING ADDICTED OR DEPENDANT UPON DRUGS OF ANY DESCRIPTION ALCOHOL, SOLVENTS OR OTHER ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCES AND THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM SUCH ADDICTION OR DEPENDENCY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

STEVENAGE

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