Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Learning Curve provides training, education and support to vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals to help them improve their lives. In addition, we support other third sector organisations who also contribute to these aims.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £235,663

Total expenditure: £157,465

Total income includes £72,243 from 1 government contract(s)

People

2 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:

Education/training
Economic/community Development/employment

Who the charity helps:

Elderly/old People
People With Disabilities
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/mankind

How the charity helps:

Provides Services
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Where the charity operates:

Bristol City
Cornwall
Devon
Hampshire
Swindon
Wiltshire

Governance

Registration history:

21 February 2002: Standard registration

Organisation type:

Charitable company

Other names:

THE LEARNING CURVE (Working name)

Company number:

04324686

Gift aid:

Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid

Other regulators:

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies:

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

Land and property:

This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

2 Trustee(s)

Hannah Rendle

Trustee

20 July 2021

DEVON & CORNWALL TRAINING PROVIDERS NETWORK LIMITED

Recently registered

Sean Westlake

Trustee

22 December 2017

None on record

Sean Westlake

Financial history

Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure	31/03/2020	31/03/2021	31/03/2022	31/03/2023	31/03/2024
Total gross income	£563.85k	£105.57k	£67.36k	£204.98k	£235.66k
Total expenditure	£633.17k	£73.27k	£57.18k	£153.45k	£157.47k
Income from government contracts	£412.24k	£45.57k	£67.36k	£43.25k	£72.24k
Income from government grants	£119.26k	£43.89k	N/A	N/A	N/A
Income - Donations and legacies	£31.22k	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Income - Other trading activities	£0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Income - Charitable activities	£532.56k	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Income - Endowments	£0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Income - Investment	£77	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Income - Other	£0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Income - Legacies	£0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities	£633.17k	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds	£0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Expenditure - Governance	£12.07k	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution	£0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Expenditure - Investment management	£0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Expenditure - Other	£0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.

Title	Reporting year	Date received	Received	Download
Annual return	31 March 2024	16 December 2024	On Time
Accounts and TAR	31 March 2024	16 December 2024	On Time	Download Open in new window
Annual return	31 March 2023	31 January 2024	On Time
Accounts and TAR	31 March 2023	31 January 2024	On Time	Download Open in new window
Annual return	31 March 2022	31 January 2023	On Time
Accounts and TAR	31 March 2022	31 January 2023	On Time	Download Open in new window
Annual return	31 March 2021	01 November 2021	On Time
Accounts and TAR	31 March 2021	01 November 2021	On Time	Download Open in new window
Annual return	31 March 2020	15 January 2021	On Time
Accounts and TAR	31 March 2020	15 January 2021	On Time	Download Open in new window

Submit annual return

Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19 NOV 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 FEB 2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 JUL 2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 MAY 2016 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 DEC 2017

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF CHARITY.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:: The Learning Curve
Swarthmore
78 Mutley Plain
Plymouth
PL4 6LF
Phone:: 01803551551
Email:: info@eatthatfrog.ac.uk
Website:: www.learningcurve.org.uk Open in new window

THE LEARNING CURVE VOLUNTARY SECTOR DEVELOPMENT