Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

MANCHESTER YOUNG LIVES LTD

Manchester Young Lives provides open access play,youth engagement and educational activities to children and young people in Manchester. We provide dedicated support and learning through activities which enable the physical, social, emotional and educational development of children and young people which assists in improving their life chances and making a successful transition to adult life.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£816£741£75£13£670£5729.32715
31/03/22£916£1,005£-90£15£595£4965.95718
31/03/21£1,297£1,124£173£15£685£56366312
31/03/20£1,566£1,681£-115£16£513£421363140
31/03/19£1,687£1,640£47£13£628£5003.760107
31/03/18£1,347£1,344£3£11£580£4824.3610
31/03/17£1,217£1,189£28£0£577£4844.9550
31/03/16£1,218£1,154£64£0£549£4344.5510
31/03/15£1,093£1,083£9£8£485£4314.8470
31/03/14£1,177£1,345£-168£8£476£4293.8530
31/03/13£1,678£1,773£-95£7£644£5123.5550
31/03/12£1,205£1,150£55£9£739£5475.7340
31/03/11£1,017£1,223£-206£9£683£3533.5270
31/03/10£1,469£1,313£156£9£890£3253240
31/03/09£1,193£1,112£81£8£734£1551.7220
31/03/08£936£908£28£8£627£400.5170
31/03/07£863£1,021£-158£8£625£530.6230
31/03/06*£1,402£1,030£373n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£880£925£-45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£1,106£1,035£71n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 9.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 6.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 26 years

www.manchesteryounglives.org.uk

info@manchesteryounglives.org.uk

0161 437 5923

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Manchester City, Salford City, Stockport, Trafford,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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£252,264
One Manchester£8,000
MACC£500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Play for All
£203,843 25/07/2022
36
This funding will support Manchester Young Lives to provide therapeutic support to children aged 5-15 who attend three after school centres in Wythenshawe Moss Side and Ardwick. £203843 over three years will enable the charity to employ therapeutic ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Stay Safe - Ambassador Project
£10,000 11/03/2022
The funding will be used to expand a pilot project and train 10 junior play workers as Stay Safe Ambassadors to provide information advice and support to children aged 8 – 13 on how to stay safe and avoid activities like anti-social behaviour and ....more
MACC - Manchester Young Lives
£500 25/06/2021
Event(s) to raise awareness and increase the reporting of hate crime
One Manchester - Adventure playground sessions for young people.
£4,000 15/05/2021
This application is for our project based in Ardwick, the A6 Young People's Centre which has a child friendly adventure playground within the grounds. The adventure playground is the main attraction for young people and is heavily used as an ....more
One Manchester - Adventure playground sessions for young people.
£4,000 15/05/2021
This application is for our project based in Ardwick, the A6 Young People's Centre which has a child friendly adventure playground within the grounds. The adventure playground is the main attraction for young people and is heavily used as an ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Manchester Young Lives Covid-19 Response
£38,421 26/05/2020
5
Manchester Young Lives (MYL) is a youth organisation supporting young people aged five-24 across the city of Manchester. It aims to improve opportunities for young people living increasingly complex lives through work in its centres established ....more
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Young Lives
£5,000 01/06/2019
Development and delivery of 18x educational sessions with young people 80x detached youth work sessions Delivery of 6 workshops on themes of RADEQUAL
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Young Lives
£5,000 01/06/2019
Development and delivery of 18x educational sessions with young people 80x detached youthwork sessions Delivery of 6 workshops on themes of RADEQUAL
One Manchester - Free arts, craft, baking and cooking activity sessions for disadvantaged children
£3,500 01/03/2019
The money will help to fund free activity sessions for disadvantaged children age 5 to 16 years at The Aquarius Community Centre in Hulme. These will include sports, arts and craft, cooking and baking activities. Joint first place at Community Soup.
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Young Lives
£15,000 28/02/2019
Grant towards delivery of the Intense Mentoring Project to support delivery of activity
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Young Lives
£5,000 01/11/2018
Grant towards 5 workshops on the themes from detached youth work, RADEQUAL and OddArts drama performance
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Manchester Young Lives
£40,000 12/03/2018
48
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
One Manchester - Equipment for play and youth activities
£3,000 01/06/2017
Funding for new equipment to allow play and youth activities to be held all year round in Ardwick.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Manchester Young Lives
£120,000 09/03/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of a targeted engagement project for young women from Manchester who are vulnerable to sexual exploitation and gang involvement
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Manchester Young Lives
£10,000 15/12/2016
Play equipment for a charity in Manchester
One Manchester - Moss side Adventure Playground
£5,000 01/11/2016
Resources to keep on engaging young people to access the provision for next 2 to 3 years.
National Lottery Community Fund - Engage To Succeed
£399,000 04/06/2015
48
This project will continue and expand a youth engagement pilot project and target young people who are particularly at risk of disaffection and involvement in anti–social behaviour, focusing on those who are furthest from participating in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Eco-Youth Heath Project
£10,000 28/01/2015
12
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 30-82
  • CHRISTOPHER DUNCAN, Occupation: Retired Council Officer
  • DANIELE ATKINSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: University Project Manager
  • FIONA ELLIOT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Hr Manager
  • GREGORY HOLMES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Accountant
  • HOJOL UDDN Appointed: 2017
  • KIMONI BELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Outreach Manager
  • PROFESSOR MICHAEL HARTE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: University Professor
  • QAISRA SHAHRAZ Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Novelist Educationalist, Festival Organiser
  • ROSEMARY KNOX, Occupation: Retired
  • RYAN MIEMCZYK (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Research
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/07/1998, number: 1070668
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/10/1997, number: 03450197
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

THE ADDY YOUNG
PEOPLE'S CENTRE
WOODHOUSE LANE
MANCHESTER
M22 9TF

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:A) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND OF OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, BEING FACILITIES IN GREATER MANCHESTER:1. OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH AND SOCIAL ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, AND2. WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE CONDITION OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING.B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION & TRAINING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ADVICE TO CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS IN SUCH WAYS AS TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER MANCHESTER

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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