ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Affirming Our Beliefs to Make Great Things Happen Grant-Giving in 2014/2015
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ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Affirming our beliefs to make great things happen Grant-giving in 2014/2015 ABOUT JOHN LYON’S CHARITY In 2014/15 John Lyon’s Charity awarded 164 new grants and expended £7,468,565, an increase on the previous year of Who was John Lyon? £646,050. We feel very fortunate that we are in a position A yeoman farmer from Harrow who, in 1572, was granted a Royal Charter by Elizabeth I to found a free grammar school to increase our grant-making capacity as it allows us to be for boys: Harrow School. The Charter anticipated that John Lyon would establish a separate trust for the purpose of more flexible in our response to the current challenges maintaining two roads between London and Harrow, now the Harrow and Edgware roads. In 1578, John Lyon provided an facing the voluntary sector. endowment in the form of a farm of some 48 acres in the area now known as Maida Vale for that purpose. What is John Lyon’s Foundation? John Lyon’s Foundation consists of Harrow School as the original school, The John Lyon School established in 1876 Grants awarded as a day school to provide education for boys from the local community and John Lyon’s Charity. It is governed by the Who governs the Charity? Keepers and Governors of the Free Grammar School of The Governors of the Foundation are the Trustee of John Total number of grants requested 294 John Lyon, the Corporation that was established by the Lyon’s Charity. They have appointed a Grants Committee to 1572 Charter. oversee the grants programme and recommend awards for their approval. John Lyon’s Charity is a separate registered Total number of grants approved 164 charity and is independent from the two schools. Where does John Lyon’s Charity fit in? Total number of grants approved for one year 71 For over four hundred years the income from the estate What is the Charity’s policy? in Maida Vale went to the various authorities that were Total number of ongoing grants (more than one year) 93 responsible for the upkeep of the two roads. In 1991, the To promote the life-chances of children and young people Charity Commission scheme came into effect giving the through education. The Charity gives grants to benefit Governors discretion to apply the income for charitable children and young people up to the age of 25 who live in Total grants approved £9,214,498 purposes for the benefit of the inhabitants of the boroughs the Charity’s nine boroughs in northwest London. of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith& Fulham, Since 1992, the Charity has distributed over £85.5million Total amount paid £7,468,565 Kensington & Chelsea and the Cities of London and to a range of services for young people, including youth Westminster - the boroughs served by the two roads. clubs, arts projects, counselling initiatives, childcare and parental support schemes, sports programmes and academic bursaries. Grants are awarded to registered charities and organisations with automatic charitable status. Occasionally Breakdown of approved grants grants are awarded to local authorities in the Charity’s Beneficial Area who are working with voluntary sector partners. The Charity has worked especially hard BURSARIES 9 grants £1,097,978 to develop closer relationships with the local authorities in BARNET the Beneficial Area and encourage them to work together. MAIN GRANTS HARROW This is proving to be a vital asset. The relationship informs 114 grants £7,859,150 the Charity about current council work and priorities, helps avoid duplication and maximises the benefit of the grant SCHOOL EXPLORER 2 grants £1,600 BRENT spend in the Beneficial Area. CAMDEN SCHOOLS IN PARTNERSHIP 1 grant £104,500 EALING CITY OF CITY WESTMINSTER An information brochure setting out the grant-giving SMALL GRANTS 38 grants £151,270 guidelines and details of the application procedure is available from the Charity office, or can be accessed £9,214,498 KENSINGTON HAMMERSMITH & CHELSEA through our website www.jlc.london & FULHAM These figures represent grants approved in 2014/15. Total figures include grant payments approved for more than one year. Total amount paid includes all payments made in the year, including grants approved in previous years. Front cover the White City Adventure Playground (for more information turn to page 8); above John Lyon in the chapel at Harrow School John Lyon’s Charity Annual Report 2015 1 Members and Advisers Chairman’s Foreword John Lyon’s Charity continues to move forward in dynamic THE TRUSTEE MEMBERS OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE PROFESSIONAL ADVISERS and exciting ways. In this brief introduction, I will try to highlight just a few of its achievements and successes over the past Keepers and Governors of the Possessions Revenues RCW Odey BA Chairman, Investments Committee SOLICITORS and Goods of the Free Grammar School of John Lyon The Hon RJ Orr-Ewing Estate Governor Pemberton Greenish twelve months. JA Strachan BSc FRICS 45 Cadogan Gardens MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION Mrs S Whiddington AB Chairman, Grants Committee London SW3 2AQ A trademark of John Lyon’s Charity is its interest in creating “We have awarded more grants as at 31 March 2015 forums to help connect organisations, schools, charities and AUDITORS to charities and organisations Littlejohn youth clubs across its nine designated areas – enabling them RC Compton DL Chairman ADVISERS TO THE CHARITY 1 Westferry Circus to make new contacts, share resources, discuss best practice to help strengthen their JP Batting MA FFA Deputy Chairman Katie Argent Canary Wharf JFR Hayes MA FCA and create collaborative projects. The Charity facilitated two Shirley Boffey London E14 4HD infrastructure and build capacity. SJG Doggart BA informal networking events this past year – one for the Tri- Father Andrew Foreshew-Cain STOCKBROKERS VL Sankey MA FRSA Borough area (Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Close to £300,000 was spent Jean Carter Cazenove Capital Management Ltd Professor DJ Womersley MA PhD FBA FRHS Chelsea and Westminster) and another event for the youth Michael Coveney 12 Moorgate supporting organisations to work CH St JT Hoare work sector. In each case, new partnerships were formed Susan Ferleger Brades London EC2R 6DA KWB Gilbert BA FCA Julia Kaufmann OBE and new projects devised. more closely with others in their EJH Gould MA SURVEYORS Martyn Kempson RCW Odey BA Cluttons LLP Fiona Mallin-Robinson patch, encouraging creative Mrs H S Crawley BA Portman House John Lyon’s Charity also takes seriously its responsibility to Martin Neary LVO MK Fosh BA MSI 2 Portman Street continue to learn about the environment in which it operates. partnerships and upgrading the Liz Rayment-Pickard Professor G Furniss BA PhD FBA OBE London W1H 6DU Towards this objective, we commissioned two new, important Andrew Ross quality of services offered by Professor Sir David Wallace CBE FRS FREng BANKERS pieces of research. New Policy Initiatives charted the changing The Hon RJ Orr-Ewing Coutts & Co demographics of our nine boroughs and confirmed what we smaller and newer organisations.” Mrs S Whiddington AB STAFF 440 Strand had been witnessing. The inner London boroughs are becoming Admiral Sir George M Zambellas KCB DSC BSc(Hons) FRAeS as at 31 July 2015 London WC2R 0QS more expensive and as a result the outer London boroughs are Professor P Binski MA PhD, FBA, FSA CHIEF EXECUTIVE AP McClaran BA(Hons) bearing the brunt of the migration of poorer families and young Andrew Stebbings CGT Stonehill MA(Hons) people into their areas. These outer London boroughs often Dr I Dove-Edwin BSc MD MRCP GRANTS DIRECTOR lack the infrastructure to integrate these families and young GWJ Goodfellow QC MA LLM Cathryn Pender people. The Charity has taken up the mantle to support a range JMP Stroyan MA LLB FINANCE MANAGER of services in the outer boroughs to help meet this gap in Mrs MS Brounger LLB Lloyd Gay provision, particularly in the youth sector. where members of three organisations we support, Ebony AC Goswell BSc(Hons) MRICS GRANTS & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER Steel Pan Band, APPLE and the Harrow Club, created a Anna Hoddinott The Hon A Millett MA Clerk The second piece of research, in partnership with London buoyant, colourful and musical float. GRANTS & PUBLIC POLICY MANAGER Funders and other grant-givers, looked at universal access Erik Mesel for youth provision. The study focused on Brent, Kingston upon In closing, I want to offer my sincere thank you to the hard- MEMBERS OF THE GRANTS COMMITTEE GRANTS & PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Thames, Richmond, Southwark and Tower Hamlets. Again working and incredibly dedicated staff members of the Charity Mrs S Whiddington AB Chairman Alicia Lippiatt the research verified our ‘on the ground’ knowledge. Despite who are always seeking new and innovative ways to serve the Dr I Dove-Edwin BSc MD MRCP COMMUNICATIONS & EVENTS ASSISTANT the size and population demographics of Brent, one of our John Lyon community. I also want to thank my fellow Professor G Furniss BA PhD FBA OBE Megan Falck designated boroughs, the local authority had very little to spend Committee members who offer sage advice and invaluable John Davies MRICS (OL) GRANTS ASSISTANT GWJ Goodfellow QC MA LLM on youth services and fewer youth clubs in comparison to other support to the many creative projects and proposed solutions Daisy Boehm London Boroughs. This research confirmed to the Charity and identified by the Charity’s creative and forward thinking staff. GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR other funders the need for a coordinated and robust approach COPOPTED MEMBERS May Osman to capacity building and joint work on youth service provision Lady Baker BEd ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT and reaffirmed the need for the Charity’s increased funding in Khloe Kingsley Mrs J Forman Hardy LLB our boroughs to support youth projects.