Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 26 ?

BURTON UPON TRENT AND DISTRICT YMCA

Providing supported housing for people between ages 18-64Providing emergency accommodation for homeless people.Operating a furniture redistribution service for low income familiesProvision of emergency food parcel for the homeless and those in crisis.Provide a Family Mediation Service and a free Counselling Service for homeless people.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined 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
31/12/23£2,047£1,993£54£72£1,549£1,3788.35250
31/12/22£1,750£1,786£-36£55£1,387£1,3028.75051
31/12/21£1,806£1,755£51£61£1,423£1,2798.75648
31/12/20£1,921£1,923£-1£434£1,372£1,1837.45173
31/12/19£1,904£1,603£300£444£1,373£1,1598.748250
31/12/18£1,477£1,436£41£405£1,073£9648.1440
31/12/17£1,606£1,349£257£421£1,032£8667.7360
31/12/16£1,459£1,661£-202£550£774£7305.3400
31/12/15£1,538£1,447£91£457£976£9487.9430
31/12/14*£1,605£1,375£230£462£885£8447.4440
31/12/13*£1,440£1,382£57£26£660£6145.3400
31/12/12£1,407£1,279£128£285£603£5725.4290
31/12/11£1,333£1,281£52£316£475£4754.4280
31/12/10*£1,209£1,224£-15£23£422£4224.1330
31/12/09£1,120£1,130£-11£226£438£4134.4250
31/12/08£997£1,053£-56£191£448£4344.9230
31/12/07£943£949£-6£263£506£5006.3230
31/12/06£872£886£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£831£776£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04*£839£602£237n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 89%
Reserves/Spending: 8.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 5.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 25 years

www.burtonymca.org

office@burtonymca.org

01283538802

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Derbyshire, Staffordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

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£387,175
Henry Smith Charity£179,900
DCMS£114,093
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£100,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting the homeless and alleviating poverty in East Staffordshire
£387,175 27/04/2023
This project will use funding to support vulnerable people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in East Staffordshire. Both staff and volunteers bring significant lived experience including childhood trauma homelessness family breakdown ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Burton upon Trent and District YMCA
£179,900 25/08/2022
36
towards three years' continuation funding of a project providing mediation, in-depth counselling and support work for families in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire.
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£7,000 18/03/2022
community grant
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£7,000 18/03/2022
community grant
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Burton upon Trent and District YMCA
£20,000 01/02/2022
purchase a vehicle for a charity supporting people who are homeless in Staffordshire
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Burton upon Trent & District YMCA
£100,000 01/12/2021
48
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£2,000 23/10/2020
Weston Charity Award Bonus
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£114,093 08/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Reconnecting Lives
£192,330 17/10/2019
36
This project will secure shelter over the next three years for around 300 rough sleepers. It will also act as a crucial starting point for many, enabling at least 40 homeless people to secure a longer term place to call home. The funding will also ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - You are not alone
£9,995 15/08/2019
12
The funding will be used to recruit an engagement officer who will provide support to people experiencing homelessness who access the night shelter. The project aims to enable them to take positive steps for their future.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Burton upon Trent and District YMCA
£147,300 12/06/2019
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing mediation, in-depth counselling and preventative work for families in East Staffordshire
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500 31/05/2019
WCA Winner 2019 - 2020 Cohort
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 29/05/2019
You are not alone
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 31/05/2017
Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Bank
£10,000 01/02/2017
12
Volunteers will be trained with this funding so they are able to distribute food parcels and assess the needs of people who may be facing economic challenges. This will improve the group’s infrastructure, so that it may better provide ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - No place like home
£198,535 11/10/2011
60
This is a continuation and expansion of a mediation service which aims to reduce youth homelessness in Burton on Trent. The project works with health, social, voluntary and community agencies who refer young people who have reached crisis point. ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-81
  • AMIE HELEN-ANNE BLOCKLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Teacher
  • DARYL WILLIAMS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • DAVID LAMBOURNE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • DR CHARLES GODFREY LAURENCE PIDSLEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • LYNN CHAPMAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Hr Manager
  • PATRICIA ACKROYD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • RONALD GEORGE DOUGAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/10/1999, number: 1077798
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/10/1998, number: 03646202
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Homes England
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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR14: 45 days late, AR13: 31 days late, AR10: 38 days late, AR04: 9 days late,
Main office

Northside House
Northside Business Park
Hawkins Lane
Burton upon Trent
Staffordshire
DE14 1DB

Objectives

(A) TO UNITE THOSE WHO, REGARDING JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR GOD AND SAVIOUR ACCORDING TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, DESIRE TO BE HIS DISCIPLES IN THEIR FAITH AND IN THEIR LIFE, AND TO ASSOCIATE THEIR EFFORTS FOR THE EXTENSION OF HIS KINGDOM(B) TO LEAD PEOPLE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND TO FULLNESS OF LIFE IN HIM(C) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR MEN AND WOMEN WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE(D) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION FOR PERSONS OF ALL AGES WITH THE OBJECT OF DEVELOPING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES(E) TO RELIEVE OR ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF PERSONS OF ALL AGES WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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