Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 1

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Static board: -3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -6

LOCAL ACCESS CENTRE

General Charitable Purposes across a wide range of services and we operate Birmingham City Wide, Sandwell, Dudley Walsall Wolverhampton as well as Coventry City & Solihull

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently

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
31/03/23		£50	£34	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£26	£21	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/21		£34	£36	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/20		£47	£69	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/19		£104	£91	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/18		£85	£138	£-53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£83	£96	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£127	£108	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£136	£82	£54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£15	£6	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

www.lacentre.org.uk

INFO@LACENTRE.ORG.UK

01216900787

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
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
Heart Of England Community Foundation - DISABILITY INFORMATION ACCESS SERVICES (DIAS)
£1,000	17/06/2021	Towards volunteer expenses.
National Lottery Community Fund - DISABILITY INFORMATION ACCESS SERVICES (DIAS)
£9,992	07/05/2021	The funding will be used to deliver on-line workshops advice related services and volunteer work placements for older people with disabilities. The project aims to build community relations and ....more The funding will be used to deliver on-line workshops advice related services and volunteer work placements for older people with disabilities. The project aims to build community relations and improve people’s future chances in life by equipping participants with equal access to health and social care education employment support and social interaction.
National Lottery Community Fund - Disability Information Access Services
£9,920	14/12/2018 12	This funding will be used to deliver workshops and work experience placements for older people with disabilities. The project aims to build community relations and improve people's future chances in ....more This funding will be used to deliver workshops and work experience placements for older people with disabilities. The project aims to build community relations and improve people's future chances in life.
National Lottery Community Fund - Disability Information Access Services (DIAS)
£9,986	05/04/2017 12	Training and work experience placements will be provided to the local community with this funding. This will help people to develop skills which improve their future chances in life.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:

DEVIA SURTI Appointed: 2015

JENNY PARMAR Appointed: 2018, Occupation: It

SARFRAZ KHAN (Chair) Appointed: 2006

VALERIE HELEN EGAN Appointed: 2006, Occupation: None

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/01/2013, number: 1150401

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
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

10 returns made; AR15: 26 days late,

Main office

LAC
Unit 3
8 Fournier House
Tenby Street
BIRMINGHAM
B1 3AJ

Objectives

TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC WITHIN THE AREAS OF BIRMINGHAM CITY, WALSALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, SOLIHULL, DUDLEY, SANDWELL AND COVENTRY CITY AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) PROMOTING 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 SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).”(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING;(C) RELIEVING POVERTY AND RELIEVING THOSE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS;(D) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT;(E) DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY 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;

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