Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 6
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

YMCA SOUTH DEVON

Youth and Childrens centre
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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
31/08/23£748£810£-62£10£83£390.6358
31/08/22*£727£745£-18£11£145£731.2296
31/08/21£635£537£99£16£169£611.4296
31/08/20£499£485£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£626£552£74£9£56£190.4367
31/08/18£483£424£59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£462£443£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£381£382£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£257£244£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£266£255£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13?£535£583£-48£24£40£-10-0.2100
31/03/12£411£430£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£352£383£-32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£335£413£-78n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£358£360£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£273£291£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£216£265£-49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£181£294£-113n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£129£133£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£217£223£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 47%
Reserves/Spending: 0.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 3.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 24 years

http://www.ymcasouthdevon.co.uk/

maria.g@ymcasouthdevon.org.uk

01803551578

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon, Torbay,
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
DCMS£98,700
Garfield Weston Foundation£70,000
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Devon Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 13/10/2023
YMCA South West Nightstop project
National Lottery Community Fund - YMCA South Devon Nightstop project 2023-24
£10,000 30/03/2023
The funding will be used to recruit and train volunteers who will provide homeless young people with short term accommodation. The group will then work with the young person to find suitable long-term accommodation. The project aims to build ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to YMCA South Devon
£4,705 22/10/2022
We aim to pay for a support worker to provide 1:1 sessions for young people struggling with mental health problems, to enable them to develop a more positive outlook and have aspirations.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 03/06/2022
Nightstop Torbay
National Lottery Community Fund - YMCA South Devon Nightstop project
£10,000 08/10/2021
The funding will be used to support vulnerable young people who are facing homelessness. The project will provide these young people with the use of a spare room in a positive environment where a trained vetted host will offer them an evening meal ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 09/10/2020
Nightstop
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£98,700 19/08/2020
"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
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 'Fit for Life' Coronavirus emergency response
£5,000 30/04/2020
1
Grant to YMCA South Devon
National Lottery Community Fund - ?Inside, outside? activity programme
£10,000 02/08/2019
12
The funding will be used to enhance the current activity programme for children and young people living with disadvantage. The project aims to engage learning, develop life skills and improve relationships.
National Lottery Community Fund - YMCA South Devon Holiday Club
£10,000 10/01/2018
12
The funding will be used to run a holiday club to offer additional support for children with special educational needs. The project aims to provide one-to-one support to make sure suitable provision is available to all.
Devon Community Foundation - 'Fit for Life'
£3,000 06/11/2017
11
supporting young people facing a range of challenges and difficulties in Torbay through the 'Fit for Life' project, encouraging them to interact socially and emotionally with their peers in a safe, calm environment and providing them with ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to YMCA South Devon
£45,000 05/12/2012
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Fit for Life' project, supporting young people facing multiple deprivation in Devon
National Lottery Community Fund - New heating system at YMCA South Devon
£10,000 08/12/2011
12
This is a project by a charity in Paignton, South Devon. The group will use funding to install a new boiler and heating system at their venue. This will provide a much needed update to the current system, which is unreliable and outdated.
National Lottery Community Fund - Fit for Life
£79,393 07/03/2011
36
Aimed at young people not in education, employment or training, living in the Torbay area, the project will help young people get Fit for Life by providing structured learning and support with behavioural needs to enable them to gain recognised ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ALLISON MCSPARRON-EDWARDS Appointed: 2023
  • CLARE TALBOT Appointed: 2023
  • DAVID GLEDHILL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Marketing & Communications Manager
  • JAMES ROBERT DEVONPORT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Certified Accountant
  • MARIA GOODWIN Appointed: 2015
  • PATRICK BASIL STAPLETON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Human Resources Manager
  • RACHEL MURCH Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Receptionist
  • TANYA ALFORD-HOWARD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Charity Worker
  • WENDY THOMAS (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired Business Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/05/2001, number: 1086783
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/03/2001, number: 04183050
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 10 days late, AR06: 43 days late, AR05: 36 days late,
Main office

DARTMOUTH ROAD
CLENNON VALLEY
PAIGNTON
DEVON
TQ4 6NX

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 YOUNG 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.(F) TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS OF ALL AGES WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE TORBAY, SOUTH HAMS AND TEINBRIDGE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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