Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

BRENT CENTRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

The Brent Adolescent Centre is committed to the well being of vulnerable young people in and around the London borough of Brent (aged 14-21) and provides free mental health support services - in house and in the community. It also undertakes research into adolescent breakdown.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£1,335£1,631£-296£96£1,422£8416.24510
31/03/22*£1,450£1,365£85£112£1,736£1,23410.84010
31/03/21£1,134£1,242£-108£120£1,562£1,48014.33610
31/03/20£942£1,022£-80£88£1,507£1,42516.73314
31/03/19£930£818£112£88£1,672£1,59323.42913
31/03/18£1,959£724£1,236£84£1,579£1,52025.2310
31/03/17£681£686£-5£76£343£2845280
31/03/16£685£640£44£34£348£2885.4140
31/03/15£722£694£28£136£351£2925140
31/03/14£590£649£-60£81£323£2634.9290
31/03/13£652£635£18£80£382£3236.1260
31/03/12£502£525£-23£65£364£3057260
31/03/11£471£469£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£455£451£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£536£499£37£82£381£3107.5120
31/03/08£520£494£26£96£344£3107.5120
31/03/07£568£563£5£84£319£2856.1120
31/03/06*£553£568£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£456£474£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£463£466£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 13%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 59%
Reserves/Spending: 6.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 24 years

www.brentcentre.org.uk

info@brentcentre.org.uk

02073280918

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Brent, City Of Westminster, Ealing,
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£437,664
John Lyon's Charity£324,600
BBC Children in Need£140,622
Henry Smith Charity£140,000
City Bridge Trust£98,800
Charles Hayward Foundation£50,000
Comic Relief£40,000
DCMS£32,751
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Brent Centre For Young People (BCYP)
£140,000 14/06/2023
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing specialist mental health support for vulnerable young people in the London Boroughs of Brent and Westminster.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Brent Adolescent Centre London NW6
£25,000 22/03/2023
Youth Offending Project
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Brent Centre for Young People
£8,000 05/12/2022
Cost-of-Living Uplift
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Brent Adolescent Centre
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
National Lottery Community Fund - Helping young people to lead happy healthier lives
£9,508 23/03/2022
The funding will be used to purchase a new CRM system and laptops which will allow therapists to get a complete overview of young people’s information and details as well as being able to digitally make notes of the sessions. The project aims to ....more
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Brent Centre For Young People
£25,000 28/02/2022
Youth Offending Project
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Brent Adolescent Centre
£120,000 18/11/2021
In-house Services: Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Healthy Minds Brighter Futures
£428,156 27/10/2021
The project is using funding for the Healthy Minds Brighter Futures programme which provides early intervention and preventative therapy; in depth therapy for those whose conditions are complex and/or exacerbated by effects of Covid 19. The services ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Replication grant to Brent Centre for Young People
£150,000 14/07/2021
Replicating Brent Centre’s Schools Mental Wellbeing Service into Ealing
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 24/12/2020
Brent Centre Adolescent Mental Health + Service for Young People
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Brent Adolescent Centre
£109,426 18/12/2020
This project will deliver a programme of football coaching and group therapy for disadvantaged young people experiencing mental health issues in Brent, supporting them to improve mental health and wellbeing and reduce disruptive behaviours.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Brent Adolescent Centre
£30,696 30/11/2020
This grant will contribute to organisational costs of running programmes for young people in Brent facing multiple disadvantages including increased isolation due to Covid-19 and support them to better manage their mental health and wellbeing.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Brent Adolescent Centre
£98,800 28/10/2020
60
£98,800 over two further and final years (£49,000; £49,800) towards the costs of providing therapy and professional interventions to young people with mental health needs in five schools in Brent.
John Lyon's Charity - COVID-19 grant to Brent Centre for Young People
£46,600 14/09/2020
6
COVID-19: LCR Wave 3 - Additional Therapy in Schools
Comic Relief - Brent Centre for Young People Recovery Funding
£40,000 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£32,751 20/05/2020
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 and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Comic Relief - Beyond Grants
£45,529 08/05/2019
12
Brent Centre are looking to develop a private service in order to diversify their income and allow them to scale the reach of their existing services to neighbouring boroughs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Healthy Minds, Brighter Futures
£414,495 10/07/2018
36
This is a project for young people with emotional and mental health issues. It will use early action to provide preventative services to improve mental health and wellbeing. It will provide a space where service users can discuss their problems with ....more
Comic Relief - Sport and Thought- Mental Health Project in Brent
£133,772 28/03/2018
36
The project aims to build on experimental work in schools by testing the ‘Sport & Thought’ model of delivering mental health support to young people facing barriers to accessing traditional mental health services, in 3 different community ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Brent Adolescent Centre
£144,740 23/11/2017
36
£144,740 over three years (£47,200; £48,240; £49,300) towards the costs of providing therapy and professional interventions to young people with mental health needs in five schools in Brent.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 23/10/2017
Adolescent Mental Health + Service for Young People in Brent
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Brent Adolescent Centre
£76,513 09/02/2017
36
This project will provide specialist counselling/therapy to young offenders aged 10-18 yrs in Brent, enabling them to improve their emotional well being and to help reduce anti social behaviour.
Comic Relief - Treatment of vulnerable young people experiencing emotional difficulties in North West London
£112,206 25/11/2015
36
One in ten young people aged 5-16 has a common mental health disorder (Office for National Statistics), and this likelihood increases as children reach adolescence. Brent Centre for Young People operates in North-West London, providing therapy aimed ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Brent Centre for Young People
£29,950 29/04/2014
This Brent charity provides therapeutic support for young people affected by mental ill health and their families. It is seeking funding towards a pilot project working with girl offenders
National Lottery Community Fund - 'Double Double Boiler Trouble' (Boiler Replacement at the Brent Centre
£10,000 26/03/2014
12
The group will use the funding to replace their existing boilers. This will help the group provide an environment that is more conducive for therapy and enable them to continue their services to the community._x000B_
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Brent Adolescent Centre (Brent Centre for Young People)
£105,000 05/12/2013
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a specialist therapeutic service for young people with mental or emotional difficulties in north-west London
National Lottery Community Fund - Window Refurbishment in Consulting Rooms at Laufer House
£10,000 31/01/2013
12
This is a project by a charity in Brent. The group will use the funding to replace the old victorian single glazed windows in their therapy rooms with new modern glazing. This will provide a much needed modernisation to their building, improving its ....more
London Catalyst - Brent Centre for Young People - 2
£7,000 18/07/2012
Support for development of Young Offenders Mental Health project.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 35-75
  • ANOUSHKA BABBAR Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Consultant
  • BERNARD ROBERTS Appointed: 2000, Occupation: Consultant Psychiatrist
  • GIDEON HADARY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Child Psychoanalyst
  • IAN MURRAY BARNES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Businessman
  • PESSI ELIAS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Child And Adolescent Psychotherapist
  • PHILIP STOKOE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Psychoanalyst & Organisational Consultant
  • RANDY MANNIE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Nhs Management Worker
  • SIMON DODDS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Counsel Corporate Laws
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/08/2000, number: 1081903
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/07/2000, number: 04037793
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • 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; AR22: 77 days late, AR06: 16 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

51 WINCHESTER AVENUE
LONDON
NW6 7TT

Objectives

2.1 The Company is established for the following Objects:2.1.1 to engage in psychoanalytic research into adolescence in general, and in particular with reference to the factors which cause or contribute to psychopathology during adolescence;2.1.2 to promote and assist such research by others;2.1.3 to obtain and assist others in obtaining relevant data concerning normal and psychologically abnormal development and behaviour during adolescence;2.1.4 to treat or assist in the psychoanalytic treatment of young people presenting mental and emotional difficulties or disorders;2.1.5 to publish studies of such research as aforesaid whether such research was undertaken by the Company or by others;2.1.6 to organise seminars and conferences for professional and other persons whose professional activity or interest is concerned with or connected with adolescence;2.1.7 to disseminate knowledge of adolescence and the results of psychoanalytic research into adolescence, adolescent psychopathology and related matters;2.1.8 to provide psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic services to young people as well as psychological and therapeutic support to parents and carers; 2.1.9 to promote mental health, as well as welfare to young people in schools, youth clubs, voluntary and statutory organisations and others;2.1.10 to establish and maintain outpatient facilities and services for the care and treatment of young people presenting mental, emotional and psychological difficulties or disorders;2.1.11 to establish and maintain a library for the purpose of facilitating research into adolescence and related matters; and 2.1.12 to make grants, donations or subscriptions to other institutions, trusts and bodies formed for exclusively charitable purposes having Objects wholly, partly or incidentally similar to or complementary to the Objects of the Company.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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