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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

THE WHEELS PROJECT LIMITED

To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by working with young people living in Avon who are socially excluded or at serious risk of being socially excluded by the provision of educational and training opportunities which engage, motivate, build awareness, skills and capacity around safe vehicle road use and ownership, vehicle repair, maintenance, Further Education and employment.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/03/24£334£308£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£272£291£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£269£271£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£291£270£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£280£277£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£275£276£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£264£262£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£274£276£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£271£276£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£258£257£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£259£244£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£319£296£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£222£262£-40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£273£304£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£302£255£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£247£248£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£304£306£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£336£331£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£280£363£-83n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£320£323£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 25%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Established: 24 years
(32 years as a company)

www.wheelsproject.org.uk

david@wheelsproject.org.uk

01179771717

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
Henry Smith Charity£132,400
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
CHK Foundation£15,000
Masonic Trust£12,600
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£9,700
Quartet Community Foundation£4,410
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Wheels Project Ltd (Bristol)
£132,400 15/03/2023
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing training and employment opportunities for young people from disadvantaged communities across the West of England.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Wheels Project Ltd
£4,410 01/06/2022
To modernise the group's workshop and training equipment and to improve environmental performance, and to develop employment opportunities for young people.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£25,000 12/11/2021
36
"Tackling Exclusion"
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Wheels Project
£9,700 23/03/2021
19% as running costs of providing alternative education sessions for young people in Bristol in motor mechanic skills, culminating in renovating a vehicle to donate to a charity.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£12,600 24/02/2021
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£25,000 02/10/2020
36
"Tackling Exclusion"
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£15,000 10/09/2020
unrestricted, to further the Charitable Objects
Quartet Community Foundation - Community Vehicle Programme
£35,100 28/03/2019
Year three of a three-year grant towards a community vehicle project where young people are trained to work in the motor vehicle industry and gain skills for employment.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 07/03/2019
Driving Ambition!
Quartet Community Foundation - Community Vehicle Programme
£34,400 19/03/2018
Year two of a three-year grant towards a community vehicle project where young people are trained to work in the motor vehicle industry and gain skills for employment.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 02/10/2017
Driving Ambition!
Quartet Community Foundation - Community Vehicle Programme
£33,800 15/03/2017
Year one of a three-year grant towards a community vehicle project where young people are trained to work in the motor vehicle industry and gain skills for employment.
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000 19/10/2016
Training and counselling in employment, road safety and crime reduction for isolated young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Vehicle Programme (CVP)
£218,117 23/09/2014
36
Not Available
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Wheels Project Ltd (Bristol)
£94,600 05/12/2013
36
towards three years' running costs of a community vehicle project that provides practical training and support to young people in a deprived area of Gloucestershire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Wheels Project
£16,000 27/04/2012
the costs of four introductory level courses in motor vehicle servicing for disengaged young people
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Vehicle Programme (CVP)
£119,077 12/07/2011
36
This project will work with young people (YP) who are disengaged from school and their community and help raise their self-esteem and confidence while gaining new skills. The group will run support mechanics sessions over the academic year, outside ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Wheels Project Ltd
£20,000 08/03/2011
Towards core costs to help involve disadvantaged young people in the wider community through practical charitable work, whilst learning mechanic skills.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-66
  • ANNE LOUISA EASON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • DAVID SMITHEN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Solicitor
  • DUNCAN CHARLES MASSEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
  • JONATHAN CUMMINS (Chair) Appointed: 2024
  • NICK ADAMS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • RACHAEL WHEATLEY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/06/2000, number: 1081236
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/09/1992, number: 02745215
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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; all on time
Main office

31-32 Bonville Road
Brislington
Bristol

Objectives

1) TO PROVIDE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN BRISTOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE, POVERTY OR SOCIAL ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:A) THE REHABILITATION OF YOUNG OFFENDERS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CUSTODIAL SENTENCES; ANDB) THE DIVERSION FROM CRIME OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE REGARDED AS AT RISK OF OFFENDINGBY THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE FACILITIES FOR THE SAID YOUNG PEOPLE, TO INCLUDE THE OPPORTUNITY OF REBUILDING AND DRIVING OLD OR DAMAGED VEHICLES UNDER PROPER SUPERVISION AND OF RECEIVING EDUCATION ON CAR MAINTENANCE AND OTHER ASPECTS OF RESPONSIBLE CAR OWNERSHIP AND ROAD USEAGE AND CITIZENSHIP GENERALLY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BRISTOL AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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