Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

THE LAVERTON INSTITUTE 

Provision and maintenance of a Community Centre for the use of the inhabitants of the town of Westbury without distinction of political, religious or other opinions, including use for meetings, lectures or classes, and for other forms of recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the condition of the life of the said inhabitants.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • This charity uses a corporate trustee

Financial issues to consider:

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

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£102£102£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£81£81£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£87£87£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20*£81£81£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£64£64£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18*£60£60£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£56£56£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£53£53£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£56£56£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£61£61£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£55£55£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£245£245£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£60£60£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£62£62£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£57£57£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£62£62£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£52£52£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£50£50£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£59£59£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£34£25£9£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 49 years

www.thelaverton.co.uk

info@westburytowncouncil.gov.uk

01373822232

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Laverton Institute Charitable Trust
£2,000 01/12/2022
For Abrahams Kitchen project to provide a free hot meal to 50-60 people on a regular basis during each school holiday.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Laverton Institute Charitable Trust
£2,000 16/11/2021
Abrahams Kitchen is a Town Council staff-led initiative with the aim of relieving food poverty by encouraging disadvantaged families to cook a budget friendly and nutritious meal.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to The Laverton Institute Trust
£500 28/04/2021
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - The Laverton Project-Phase 4 (the laverton Experience)
£10,000 08/11/2012
12
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (1)

  • WESTBURY TOWN COUNCIL
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/11/1975, number: 270325
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 53 days late, AR18: 364 days late, AR05: 381 days late, AR04: 753 days late,
Main office

THE LAVERTON
BRATTON ROAD
WESTBURY
WILTSHIRE
BA13 3EN

Objectives

PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF WESTBURY WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES OR CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF THE LIFE FOT THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PARISH OF WESTBURY (AS IN 1886)

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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