Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

BASE 25 

Base 25 is an information, advice and guidance centre for young people between 11 - 25 years. Services offered include a daily drop-in service, counselling, programme to reduce the number of young people at risk of sexual exploitation, Eastern European Community Development work, Safer Action for Everyone, young dads and lads project, anger management programme, and more.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 26 years

https://base25.org

01902572040

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House

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£1,281£1,215£66£0£552£290.3324
31/03/22£1,134£1,033£101£0£486£110.1230
31/03/21£677£679£-1£0£385£1352.4170
31/03/20*£834£596£238£0£386£2424.91414
31/03/19£396£524£-127n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18£625£603£22£0£249£1573.1140
31/03/17£560£547£13£0£227£1673.7120
31/03/16*£494£508£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£474£496£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£547£520£27£10£249£1683.9100
31/03/13£542£514£28£13£222£1593.7110
31/03/12£436£476£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£599£604£-4£9£234£1703.4100
31/03/10*£640£558£81£9£239£2124.5110
31/03/09£633£565£69£13£158£1312.8130
31/03/08£433£441£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£389£397£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£346£345£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£380£327£53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£278£281£-3£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 5%
Reserves/Spending: 0.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 0
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Staffordshire, Wolverhampton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 32 employees
  • 4 volunteers

Who's supporting 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
BBC Children in Need£154,795
National Lottery Community Fund£143,393
Henry Smith Charity£140,400
Garfield Weston Foundation£45,000
DCMS£22,166
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - SAFE 'n' SOUND
£143,393 30/06/2022
The funding will be used to deliver the organisation's SAFE ‘n’ SOUND project to children and young people from Wolverhampton who are victims of and witnesses to domestic violence and abuse. The ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Base 25
£140,400 10/03/2022
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing support and counselling for children and young people who have experienced or witnessed domestic abuse in ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Base 25
£88,298 10/08/2021
This project will provide mentoring sessions to children and young people with experience of abuse/neglect. Outcomes include access to a safe space, increase in self-esteem and positive relationships ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Base 25
£66,497 09/09/2020
12
COVID19 - This project will support young people with experience of abuse/neglect, isolated due to Covid-19, to tell their stories via creative sessions allowing access to safe space, increase in ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£22,166 17/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£45,000 15/10/2019
Base 25
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Base 25
£29,865 15/03/2019
36
This project will provide holiday activities and residentials to vulnerable young people aged 10-18 in Wolverhampton. Children will have improved emotional wellbeing, more positive relationships and ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Base 25
£117,700 12/12/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of a project in Wolverhampton that provides support and counselling to children and young people who have experienced or witnessed domestic abuse and are at risk of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Let's Talk - Supporting children and young people to talk about their
£9,540 10/01/2018
12
This project will provide one to one counselling for children and young people, to support integration with services, their peers, their community and improve personal relationships.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Base 25
£88,668 14/06/2017
36
The project will support young people aged 11-18 in Wolverhampton who experience sexual exploitation, and will support them to have increased confidence, reduce their risk of harm and help them ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Base 25
£15,000 22/09/2016
12
A 6-month pilot project that aims to evaluate and research what happens to clients that are care leavers after they have received a specialised intervention from Base 25. The project would aim to ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Base 25
£102,200 11/09/2014
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the 'SAFE' project, including the salary of a Project Worker who works with teenage perpetrators of domestic violence in Wolverhampton
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Base 25
£34,000 31/05/2013
A dedicated worker will provide support to vulnerable young children who are at risk of sexual exploitation. This will be done trough a series of individual support sessions designed to build their ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-64
  • KEELY EVANS (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Directorate Manager - Paediatrics
  • LAURA BEESON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Senior Risk Assessment And Safety Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/09/1998, number: 1071727
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/02/1998, number: 03514910
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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; AR20: 18 days late, AR16: 25 days late, AR14: 294 days late, AR11: 25 days late, AR10: 390 days late,
Main office

BASE 25
29 - 31 Temple Street
WOLVERHAMPTON
WOLVERHAMPTON
WV2 4AN

Objectives

TO ASSIST AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE IN WOLVERHAMPTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF AN INFORMATION AND ADVICE CENTRE AND SUCH OTHER SERVICES CALCULATED TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPACITIES IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED

Defined Area of Benefit:

WOLVERHAMPTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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