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Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 9
  • Spending declining: -1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

OCEAN YOUTH TRUST NORTH

OYT North aims to develop and educate young people between 12 and 25 years by using the unique and challenging environment of the sea to foster teamwork, social skills and international relations. Participation is open to all young people regardless of background, gender, ethnicity or creed. Every effort is made to encourage and accommodate disabled access within the limits imposed by the boat
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending is declining
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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
31/10/23£240£202£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/22£263£232£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/21£178£135£43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/20*£178£135£43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/19£185£240£-55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/18£217£308£-92n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/17*£193£186£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/16*£220£227£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/15£463£241£222n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/14?£220£215£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£281£207£74n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£224£210£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£158£165£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£161£152£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£173£161£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£154£161£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£154£183£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06*£160£155£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£139£122£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£171£122£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 25 years

www.oytnorth.org.uk

office@oytnorth.org.uk

01912571212

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

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
Garfield Weston Foundation£45,000
Sport England£30,802
Rank Foundation£20,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£16,450
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£10,800
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Ocean Youth Trust North
£3,000 23/03/2023
Sailing trip for 24 children from seaton sluice first school
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Ocean Youth Trust North
£2,500 16/03/2023
Sailing trips for 24 young people from a youth organisation south shields
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Ocean Youth Trust North
£3,450 23/02/2023
Repairing the #2 yankee headsail on the james cook to ensure the vessel can continue to offer sailing experiences for disadvantaged young people
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Ocean Youth Trust North
£1,000 10/02/2023
Sailing trip for 12 young people from youth organisations in the west end of newcastle
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Ocean Youth Trust North
£2,000 08/09/2022
General charitable purposes
Rank Foundation - GOLDEN AWARDS OCEAN YOUTH TRUST NORTH 2022
£20,000 23/03/2022
The Golden Award was given to Ocean Youth Trust North to give Young people the opportunity to take part in a voyage - from Hull
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£45,000 05/11/2021
24
Weston Youth Grant
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Ocean Youth Trust North
£3,000 24/06/2021
New bunkbeds on the James Cook vessel
Sport England - Covid-19 Return to Play
£23,302 11/06/2021
8
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Covid-19 Return to Play. This project lists its main activity as Sailing & Yachting
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - a residential voyage for young people from Berwick
£750 04/02/2021
a residential voyage for young people from Berwick
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - a three-day residential voyage for ten pupils of Thornhill Academy in Sunderland
£750 28/01/2021
a three-day residential voyage for ten pupils of Thornhill Academy in Sunderland
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£7,500 12/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Sailing & Yachting project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - members of Hebburn Sea Cadets attending a five-day voyage on the James Cook
£7,800 02/04/2020
members of Hebburn Sea Cadets attending a five-day voyage on the James Cook
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - sail training voyages for 48 young people from Seaton Sluice Middle School in the summer of 2020.
£3,000 02/04/2020
sail training voyages for 48 young people from Seaton Sluice Middle School in the summer of 2020.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Sail training for young people from Seaton Sluice
£3,000 15/03/2018
Sail training for young people from Seaton Sluice
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 28/11/2017
Social Impact Assessment Project
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Personal Development of Young People from the North East
£8,125 02/02/2017
Towards Personal Development of Young People from the North East
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Ocean Youth Trust (North East)
£20,000 24/10/2016
Refurbishment of sailing vessel for a charity which provides sailing training
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 53-76
  • ANDREA MARION HAYES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Headteacher
  • DAVID BROWN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director
  • DUNCAN RICHARD GRAHAM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Software Engineer
  • NIGEL HORNE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Emergency Medical Technician
  • PROFESSOR PETER STRIKE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired University Vice Chancellor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/03/2000, number: 1079955
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/12/1999, number: 03898088
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 64 days late, AR17: 6 days late, AR16: 4 days late, AR06: 69 days late,
Main office

c/o Greaves West & Ayre
17 Walkergate
Berwick-upon-Tweed
TD15 1DJ

Objectives

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG PERSONS UP TO THE AGE OF 25 YEARS PRINCIPALLY FROM THE NORTHEAST OF ENGLAND AND FROM ALL OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (THE BENEFICIARIES) IN YACHTING, BOAT SAILING, SEAMANSHIP AND NAVIGATION.2) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR YACHTING AND BOAT BUILDING IN ORDER TO HELP EDUCATE THE BENEFICIARIES THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIAL AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND AND FROM ALL OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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