Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 16
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +13

LEEDS CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TRUST 

Our Vision is to enable, encourage and support individuals, groups and projects that are seeking to make a positive difference in Leeds.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 21 years

www.lcct.org.uk

info@lcct.org.uk

01133508622

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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£434£378£56n/an/an/an/an/a300
31/12/21£569£390£178£0£441£1023.119200
31/12/20£270£254£17n/an/an/an/an/a300
31/12/19£226£232£-6n/an/an/an/an/a436
31/12/18£285£266£19£0£0£0n/a0440
31/12/17£278£308£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£360£430£-71£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£662£650£12£100£334£2725170
31/12/14£743£698£45£105£322£2664.6200
31/12/13£924£850£74£52£354£2964.2240
31/12/12£875£864£10£63£278£2333.2230
31/12/11£957£981£-24£48£287£2483270
31/12/10£1,035£1,014£21£36£369£3113.7300
31/12/09£1,006£964£42£37£358£2783.5230
31/12/08£846£777£68£31£325£2293.5180
31/12/07?£750£637£113£23£252£1042140
31/12/05£356£380£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£282£195£87£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
Who works here?
  • 300 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,

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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£246,000
Justice Together Initiative£200,000
Leeds Community Foundation£134,503
Joseph Rank Trust£22,500
National Lottery Community Fund£22,478
Barrow Cadbury Trust£17,413
Sir George Martin Trust£14,150
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Leeds Space Network (under Leeds Christian Community Trust)
£2,000 29/06/2023
Core costs for Youth Welfare & Education
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Migration and Systemic Justice
£246,000 09/05/2023
Migrant Action is a grassroots advocacy and migrant justice organisation working with people who have migrated to the UK and are outside the asylum system. This grant will support their core work and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Crossgates
£10,000 05/05/2023
The funding will be used to enable the organisation to train support and supervise local people as volunteers to run groups to help address local issues. This will develop the transferable skills and ....more
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Women Arise (under LCCT umbrella)
£1,650 15/03/2023
Core costs for Adult Welfare & Relief of Poverty
Leeds Community Foundation - Halton Moor Space
£2,591 14/03/2023
Grant to Leeds Space Network (LSN)
Leeds Community Foundation - Holiday Club - Easter Eggstravaganza, Summer Club & Holly Jolly
£20,000 02/02/2023
Grant to Connecting Crossgates
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Leeds Space Network (LCCT)
£2,073 22/10/2022
We would like to enable local young people to 'find their fire' — to follow their dreams; for instance to pay for music tuition for those who couldn't otherwise afford it.
Justice Together Initiative - Justice for change
£200,000 08/06/2022
Centring transformational change, Justice for Change articulates the intersectionality of migration and racial justice operationalised by bridging service delivery, grassroots organising and system ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Tackling Homelessness in the City Centre
£12,000 01/03/2022
UPA will work with St Anne's and partners to deliver a range of activities to help support for the homeless through: - Working with St Anne's to provide food / friendship on an evening 5 days a week ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Healthy Easter Extravaganza
£20,000 24/02/2022
1
Each day there will be a different carousel of activities which will include a balanced mix of indoor/outdoor game and a variety of approaches designed to engage with children in a number of ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Intergenerational Projects
£5,000 23/02/2022
11
The top-up grant would provide "real life" events, activities or projects that bring people together around a range of tasks or themes. Community life has been so disjointed for many for ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Sports in the Community
£3,430 01/12/2021
Through the spring and summer 2022 we will host informal sports sessions in the heart of the Hunslet community engaging local children and young in positive physical activity, broadening their ....more
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Hunslet Initiative (under Leeds Christian Community Trust)
£3,000 15/10/2021
Core costs for Youth Welfare & Education
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Leeds Space Network (under Leeds Christian Community Trust)
£1,500 15/10/2021
Core costs for Youth Welfare & Education
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Crossgates Music and Arts Group
£2,500 10/09/2021
This project will use the funding to expand the current services within the organisation to include more creative outlets. The aim of the project is to provide a range of services which will support ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Hunslet Initiative
£9,900 23/08/2021
11
Grant to Hunslet Initiative
National Lottery Community Fund - Staff and volunteer costs for our Leeds Dads project
£9,978 20/08/2021
The funding will be used to fund staff for the Leeds Dads project which organises activities that provide support for Dads that may be struggling with poor mental health feelings of isolation and ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - People Power
£10,000 03/06/2021
We will connect people with mental health problems, social isolation and/or disabilities, with both paid and voluntary work through out various projects which address wellbeing . The idea is to get ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Connecting Crossgates
£22,500 11/03/2021
Doorstep delivery of lunch packs and activity packs to 50 primary school aged children on four days of the week which will include crafts and outside activities, and will provide opportunities for ....more
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Leeds Dads (under umbrella of Leeds Christian Community Trust)
£3,000 07/12/2020
Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Leeds Dads (under umbrella of Leeds Christian Community Trust)
£3,000 07/12/2020
Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
Leeds Community Foundation - Letter Box
£2,000 08/10/2020
5
Grant to Hunslet Initiative
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Migrant Action
£17,413 07/10/2020
5
A grant to allow Migrant Action to continue to respond to needs arising from the pandemic
Sport England - Belle Isle Activate
£3,800 30/09/2020
14
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Belle Isle Activate. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
£4,500 28/05/2020
Grant to Connecting Crossgates
Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
£2,582 24/04/2020
Grant to Leeds Space Network (LSN)
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Unity in Poverty Action (UPA)
£4,800 14/04/2020
Grant to Unity in Poverty Action (UPA)
Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
£5,000 09/04/2020
7
Grant to Connecting Crossgates
Joseph Rank Trust - Leeds Christian Community Trust
£22,500 27/01/2020
36
To fund the costs of the charity
Leeds Community Foundation - Connections to staying well during winter
£2,500 06/11/2019
4
Using the setting of an English class and through a series of social activities, excursions and information sharing sessions, equip the group to stay well, healthy and active throughout the winter ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Homeless Charter City Centre Coordination
£2,500 22/10/2019
11
This piece of work will focus on the coordination of one of the key Homeless Charter working groups, which is entilted 'Grass Root Groups / Charities connecting with Commissioned Services' and ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Homeless Charter Pilot
£3,000 11/10/2019
8
Recruiting, training and supporting 30-50 volunteers to support 50-100 recently homeless people to integrate into local communities where they are housed
Leeds Community Foundation - Supporting people in their houses
£2,200 10/10/2019
11
This project will enable volunteers to provide a food parcel on a first time visit and additional items to people who are vulnerably housed and will enable DBS checks for new volunteers. This is part ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 18/12/2018
Thrive
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Leeds Christian Community Trust
£4,390 19/11/2018
We want to be able to offer the young people who attend our groups a residential experience next spring or summer.
Leeds Community Foundation - Growing Together
£2,500 31/10/2018
4
With a focus on a sunflower growing competition and through the medium of English classes we will draw people together from different communities and backgrounds to develop strong and positive ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Sunflower ESOL
£3,949 16/10/2018
4
We have an audience here who will benefit from this Winter Wellbeing program. An English class has been run at this time at Leeds Refugee Forum in the past and there has been a steady register of ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards resources for the iVenture programme
£1,000 31/07/2014
Towards resources for the iVenture programme, an alternative education programme for 11-16 year olds at risk in Leeds.
National Lottery Community Fund - WrapAround
£111,556 18/09/2012
36
This project will provide activities to young people aged 7 to 18 living in deprived areas of south Leeds. It aims to reduce offending and anti-social behaviour and improve educational attainment. A ....more
Sport England - Opportunity Sport Community Programme
£9,950 14/03/2012
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Opportunity Sport Community Programme'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Leeds Christian Community Trust - Involve
£63,000 14/03/2012
36
towards three years' running costs of a mentoring project for disadvantaged young people in Leeds
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-82
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/04/2003, number: 1096860
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/01/2003, number: 04632481
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; all on time
Main office

Vineyard House
11 Bennett Road
LEEDS
LS6 3HN

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL COHESION3. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC4. OTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL SEE FIT,IN EACH CASE IN A MANNER WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE VALUES OF THE ORGANISATION, WHICH ARE DRAWN FROM THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AS EXPRESSED AND REVEALED IN THE BIBLE, BOTH OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN THE UK AND PARTICULARLY IN LEEDS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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