Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 2

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 9

LAWRENCE CLOISTERS TRUST LIMITED

The preservation, restoration, maintenance, repair and improvement of the Cloisters, a grade II* listed building on the 'At Risk' register of Historic England, situated in Barrington Road, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire. The provision and assisting in the provision of tours and educational events.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 4 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£229,418	£227,916	£1,502	5
31/03/22	*	£205,308	£187,450	£17,858	0
31/03/21	*	£166,821	£124,935	£41,886	0
31/03/20		£220,352	£207,887	£12,465	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years
(75 years as a company)

www.cloistersletchworth.co.uk

bookings@lawrencecloisterstrust.org

01462678059

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
DCMS - The Cloisters, Barrington Rd, Letchworth Garden City
£6,000	01/04/2022	Project development work to inform future scheme of urgent repairs at The Cloisters
DCMS - Lawrence Cloisters Trust
£19,782	06/01/2021	The project is to locally strip and reinstate the leaking roof, address any roof timber decay and waterproof, locate the leak source, repair and re-dress the parapet gutter, inspect and repair the ....more The project is to locally strip and reinstate the leaking roof, address any roof timber decay and waterproof, locate the leak source, repair and re-dress the parapet gutter, inspect and repair the dormer windows, cut away and replace damaged internal ceilings, inspect/repair internal floor joists.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-76

ALLISON DEBORAH LANE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

DUNSTAN KING Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Accountant

FRANK FREEMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

JUDITH LINDSEY GOWER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

JAMES ROBERT DAVIS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

PARAMJIT SINGH DEV Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY AND BALDOCK LIONS CLUB (CIO),

THOMAS KEITH GOLDS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

JUDITH LINDSEY GOWER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: UKPIPS LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/08/2019, number: 1184902
Registered at Companies House on 26/02/1949, number: 00465100

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR23: 82 days late, AR22: 21 days late, AR21: 2 days late,

Main office

The Cloisters
Barrington Road
Letchworth Garden City
Hertfordshire
SG6 3TH

Objectives

TO PRESERVE, RESTORE, MAINTAIN, AND ENHANCE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE THE CLOISTERS, A GRADE II LISTED BUILDING, SITUATED IN BARRINGTON ROAD, LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG6 3TH. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE OF THE CLOISTERS BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF TOURS AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS.

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