Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

BIRKENHEAD YOUTH CLUB 

The Birkenhead Youth Club provides a wide range of sporting and non sporting activities for its members.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 4 trustees

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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£169£174£-5n/an/an/an/an/a23
31/03/22£165£145£20n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/21£139£132£7n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/20£157£167£-9n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/19£112£117£-6n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/03/18£106£120£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£113£113£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£86£105£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£89£131£-42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£129£149£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£181£127£54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£195£119£77£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£207£323£-116£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£562£270£292£0£589£301.330
31/03/09£263£315£-52£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£79£74£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£82£67£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£77£68£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£92£71£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£101£67£33£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 23 years

www.birkenheadyouthclub.co.uk

info@birkenheadyouthclub.co.uk

01516474484

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Wirral,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 23 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£19,920
Sport England£19,900
Co-Operative Group£2,133
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - New Bike Storage Area
£9,920 25/11/2022
The funding will be used to create a cycle shelter at the youth club. The project aims to encourage the health and environmental benefits of cycling and provide young people with a safe suitable ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Birkenhead Youth Club
£2,133 23/10/2021
We want to buy indoor golf equipment to provide a new activity for the benefit of physical and mental health for every child, regardless of their age, gender or physical health condition.
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£4,900 16/02/2021
6
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Trampolining project, with a focus on younger ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Computer Room
£10,000 19/09/2019
12
Computer Room
Sport England - New Showers for Female Changing Room
£15,000 05/06/2019
14
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled New Showers for Female Changing Room. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Birkenhead Youth Club
£1,600 20/07/2018
24
towards a two-night trip to an outdoor activity centre in North Wales for a group of disadvantaged children from Merseyside

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 44-77
  • LEE GIBSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Self Employed
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/07/2001, number: 1087690
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/07/2000, number: 04038868
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

BIRKENHEAD YOUTH CLUB
8 WATSON STREET
BIRKENHEAD
CH41 3PY

Objectives

TO HELP AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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