Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

LIVE!

Live! provides high quality learning and recreation activities which are accessible and responsive to the needs of children, young people and adults with disabilities. Live! is committed to promoting integration, celebrates peoples' differences and recognises and implements equal opportunities throughout the organisation. Live! provides activities through a wide range of weekly club sessions.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£550£551£-1£0£138£1182.61912
31/03/23£429£409£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£342£384£-42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£450£369£81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£429£399£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£264£209£56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£187£170£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 2.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 4.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 10 years

www.livecheshire.org.uk

enquiries@livecheshire.org.uk

01244320479

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cheshire West & Chester,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£261,492
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
Cheshire Community Foundation£28,600
Westminster Foundation£9,720
The Clothworkers Foundation£7,800
DCMS£7,690
CAF£7,440
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 06/11/2023
24
Live! Clubs and Social Activities
Westminster Foundation - Small grant - Live! - 14/09/2023
£9,720 14/09/2023
12
Inbetweeners
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Live!
£7,800 06/04/2023
0
Purchase of laptop, smartboard and accessories for a charity which work for people with disabilities in Chester
National Lottery Community Fund - Active Live
£9,350 30/03/2023
The funding to pay the salary of an outdoor education coordinator working on a programme of health and fitness activities for 300 people with disabilities of all ages with the aim of improving their overall physical and mental health and wellbeing ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Youth Action Project (YAP)
£10,000 15/12/2022
Youth Action Project (YAP)
National Lottery Community Fund - Adult Live Projects (ALP)
£242,422 24/06/2022
This funding will support Live! to deliver a programme of physical creative and social activities for adults with disabilities aged 18+ at their centre in Hoole Chester receiving £242422 over 3 years.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Stay'n'Play and Super Teens.
£14,760 10/06/2022
Stay'n'Play and Super Teens.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 22/04/2022
Youth Action Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Inbetweeners
£9,720 11/02/2022
The funding will be used to run a programme of workshops including positive relationships assertiveness and living skills for disabled young adults. The project aims to develop the beneficiaries personal and social skills increase confidence and ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Live
£3,165 24/10/2020
We would like to buy an adapted tandem for our Give It A Spin cycling project for people with wide-ranging disabilities and health problems.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£10,000 09/10/2020
Live! activities - Covid recovery.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£7,690 18/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
CAF - Grant to Live!
£7,440 24/06/2020
3
Grant to Live! to support the organisation through COVID19
Cheshire Community Foundation - Covid 19 outbreak - services and support
£3,840 01/06/2020
We are Live! an independent Chester based charity that provides a varied programme of fully inclusive and accessible clubs and social activities for disabled people of all ages. We are applying for funding to deliver a range of interim Covid 19 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Live Lounge Community Cafe
£9,860 16/10/2019
12
Live Lounge Community Cafe
Cheshire Community Foundation - Patchwork Company
£8,271 07/05/2019
At Live! we deliver a wide range of fully inclusive and accessible leisure and personal development activities and clubs for people of all ages with multiple disabilities. We are applying for funding for Patchwork Company, our performing arts ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 05/12/2018
LIVE! activities
Cheshire Community Foundation - LIVE YAP (Youth Action Project)
£9,924 23/11/2018
LIVE! YAP will employ an experienced coordinator that will work with each of their activity groups and clubs suporting disabled young people, to identify a programme of activities and community action. This could include fundraising activities for ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Live! Enterprise
£7,195 12/07/2018
12
The organisation will deliver a business development project aimed at young adult disabled people. This will aim to develop skills and increase access to support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Live! for you
£364,349 10/01/2018
36
This funding will expand a varied programme of inclusive and accessible activities for children, young people and adults with disabilities in Chester. The new programme will be delivered by Live! at the New Scene Youth Centre and will also include ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Next Event
£4,241 01/08/2017
Live! is a small vibrant charity that provides a varied programme of fully inclusive and accessible clubs and social activities for disabled children and young people. The Next Event project is a weekly independent living and social skills group for ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 03/05/2017
Live!
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CARA MORGAN WILLIAMS Appointed: 2022
  • GRAHAM FREDERICK WARREN Appointed: 2023
  • LISA STEPHANIE DUNCALF Appointed: 2022
  • MARY HYDE Appointed: 2015
  • NICHOLA DAWN BURTON Appointed: 2022
  • RICHARD LEWIS Appointed: 2015
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/03/2015, number: 1160972
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

Live Cheshire
New Scene Centre
Lime Wood Close
CHESTER
CH2 2HD

Objectives

3. OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:3.1 TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE EDUCATION AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES SO AS TO INCREASE THEIR CAPACITIES TO MAKE INFORMED CHOICES ABOUT THEIR INDIVIDUAL LIFESTYLES WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY;3.2 TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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