Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

LITTLE GATE FARM 

Little Gate is a charity providing a skills and training program for learning disabled & Autistic adults and young people who want to go into paid work through supported employment. We also provide respite through our holiday club for children with learning disabilities and difficulties.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
Established: 11 years

www.littlegate.org.uk

andrearandallsmith@littlegate.org.uk

01797260580

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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
31/08/22£1,321£1,309£11£26£464£4584.2746
31/08/21£965£933£32£9£375£3624.7572
31/08/20£853£752£101£17£343£3305.3544
31/08/19£741£676£66£45£242£2123.849101
31/08/18£480£496£-16£0£0£0n/a015
31/08/17£400£342£57£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£290£220£71£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15£192£142£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£60£46£14£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 4.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 9.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 74 employees
  • 6 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£255,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£106,050
Masonic Trust£61,323
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
National Lottery Community Fund£44,996
Sussex Community Foundation£29,985
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Power to Change - Little Gate Farm (RCF)
£10,000 12/12/2022
Grant to Little Gate Farm (RCF)
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£2,000 21/07/2022
Funding was provided towards staffing their Jobs Forum job coaches.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£120,000 07/04/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing employability and wellbeing support for people with learning disabilities and autism, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, in East ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£61,323 10/11/2021
A grant to support young people with learning disabilities and autism in East Sussex, through a programme of skills development to enable them to take on apprenticeships.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Little Gate Farm - 15/10/21
£1,000 03/11/2021
Core Funding
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£2,406 23/10/2021
The Little Gate Healthy Eating project trains young adults with learning disabilities and autism, in the Hastings and Bexhill areas, to prepare and cook healthy meals to help them gain independence.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000 17/09/2021
Little Gate Farm Work Training Programme for adults with learning disabilities and Autism
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£9,985 07/07/2021
Little Gate Farm is a registered charity which supports adults and children with Learning Disabilities & Autism. Their goal is to create opportunities for paid work for people who are currently ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Rangers@Glyne Gap
£9,996 27/05/2021
The funding will be used to run a holiday club in a new location for children and young people living with learning disabilities or additional needs. The project aims to provide an accessible space ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£10,000 28/01/2021
Little Gate Farm supports adults and children with Learning Disabilities & Autism. The charity creates opportunities for paid work for people who are currently excluded from employment. Funding ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£5,000 18/11/2020
12
Funding was provided for project costs associated with running a Jobs Forum for adults with learning disabilities. This will include venue hire, new laptops as well as supporting staff salaries.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Little Gate Farm
£6,050 23/07/2020
Grant to Little Gate Farm meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£3,320 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund additional staffing costs relating to online delivery of activities for disabled children and young people and their families, reducing isolation due to COVID-19.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£135,000 10/06/2020
36
towards three years' continuation funding of a 'Work Training Project' at a farm that offers employment support to adults with learning disabilities in East Sussex
National Lottery Community Fund - Staying Connected - COVID-19
£35,000 02/06/2020
6
Littlegate Farm supports young people with learning disabilities into paid employment through work training at their site farm and supported employment in various work places in and around Hastings ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£100,000 29/05/2020
24
The grant will support young adults with learning disabilities to gain meaningful employment through a programme of skills training and support once employment has been established.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,320 19/05/2020
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
CAF - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£5,000 07/05/2020
3
Grant to Little Gate Farm to support the organisation through COVID19
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£20,000 07/05/2020
Supporting People with Learning Disabilities into paid employment.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£3,000 21/04/2020
Little Gate supports people with Learning Disabilities & Autism into paid employment so they can live happy fulfilled lives. Funding for core costs, adapting the service to online and telephone ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£2,500 15/03/2019
11
Funding was provided towards a Healthy Kitchen project for 60 young adults with Learning Disabilities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Assisted Apprenticeship Programme
£435,000 31/10/2018
60
This project supports young adults with autism and learning disabilities to help fulfil their potential by supporting them in to paid work. The project will use funding to support a newly created ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£52,489 30/07/2018
24
The grant will support young adults with learning disabilities to gain meaningful employment through a programme of skills training and support once employment has been established.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£5,000 16/03/2018
10
Little Gate Farm supports adults and children with Learning Disabilities. They help vulnerable people develop skills which promote confidence, enterprise and employment skills. Funding was provided ....more
People's Health Trust - Life Skills Project
£31,260 08/03/2018
This two-year project saw the development of ad-hoc life skills sessions into a structured programme of workshops teaching life skills to young adults who have a learning disability or autism from ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000 06/02/2018
Work Training for Adults with Learning Disabilities
Power to Change - Little Gate Farm
£10,000 29/01/2018
Grant to Little Gate Farm
Tudor Trust - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£50,000 28/06/2017
24
over two years towards the salary of Head of Little Gate Farm - a care farm for people with learning disabilities in East Sussex
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£60,000 14/06/2017
36
This project offers a holiday scheme for young people with a learning disability, providing outdoor activities on a working farm. Young people will benefit through improved self confidence, increased ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£60,000 09/03/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Work Training Project' at a farm that offers paid work to adults with learning disabilities in East Sussex
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£6,500 26/04/2016
purchase of a charcoal retort and trailer for a charity which works with disabled people in East Sussex
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£50,000 17/03/2016
24
The grant will support young adults with learning disabilities to gain meaningful employment through a programme of skills training and support once employment has been established.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Little Gate Farm
£10,000 17/09/2015
12
towards one year's salary of the Project Leader at an organisation providing support to adults and children with learning disabilities in East Sussex
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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/08/2013, number: 1153584
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
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

Little Gate Farm
Horseshoe Lane
Beckley
Rye
TN31 6RZ

Objectives

TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS, AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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