Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

NO LIMITS (SOUTH)

No Limits was established in 1993. It offers information, advice, advocacy, counselling & support to children & young adults up to 26 in Southampton, Hampshire and Portsmouth. It is a high quality, innovative & award winning service delivered through a drop-in centre, outreach centres and specialist projects which reach out to young people. We seek to help young people help themselves
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 age and dynamic in terms of composition

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£4,049£4,008£40£108£2,765£2,7508.212037
31/03/22£4,232£3,983£249£108£2,725£2,6838.111940
31/03/21£3,912£3,357£556£129£2,483£2,4468.711550
31/03/20£3,308£3,022£286£127£1,928£1,8857.511186
31/03/19£3,331£3,636£-304£141£1,659£1,6165.3119104
31/03/18£3,226£3,008£218£103£1,946£1,8767.51180
31/03/17£3,190£2,585£605£104£1,718£1,6517.71050
31/03/16£2,410£2,299£111£99£1,106£9975.2990
31/03/15£1,853£1,859£-6£105£1,005£8615.6680
31/03/14£1,819£1,543£276£81£1,011£7676490
31/03/13£1,493£1,399£94£61£735£6355.4460
31/03/12£1,114£1,048£66£55£644£5916.8370
31/03/11*£965£932£34£54£579£5407340
31/03/10*£829£827£2£47£545£4877.1240
31/03/09£700£669£31£56£543£4347.8280
31/03/08£710£666£44£45£512£3666.6180
31/03/07£605£639£-34£42£435£2384.5200
31/03/06*£660£626£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£606£600£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£692£643£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 42%
Liabilities/Income: 50%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 8.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 23 years

WWW.NOLIMITSHELP.ORG.UK

natalie.webb@nolimitshelp.org.uk

02380224224

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, Isle Of Wight, Portsmouth City, Southampton City,
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£926,979
The Blagrave Trust£305,000
Department of Health£112,000
BBC Children in Need£98,475
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£90,000
Charles Hayward Foundation£72,200
Masonic Trust£59,170
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to No Limits
£24,600 29/11/2023
Salary of a specialist dedicated youth worker at No Limits Advice Centre to specifically support highly vulnerable young people aged 12-25
National Lottery Community Fund - No Limits' Advice Centre
£725,000 27/09/2023
The funding will be used to provide children and young people with information advice and support to prevent problems escalating into a crisis. The project aims to improve the mental wellbeing of ....more
The Blagrave Trust - Regional Partnership Grants
£155,000 30/06/2023
Core delivery
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£59,170 18/05/2023
Bright Beginnings project
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to No Limits
£23,600 22/03/2023
Salary of a specialist dedicated youth worker at No Limits Advice Centre to specifically support highly vulnerable young people aged 12-25
BBC Children in Need - Grant to No Limits
£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’
BBC Children in Need - Grant to No Limits
£97,975 03/02/2022
This project will provide individual and group support and drop-in advice to young people with multiple complex challenges. Young people will have more hope for the future, reduce their levels of ....more
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to No Limits
£24,000 29/11/2021
Salary of a specialist dedicated youth worker at No Limits Advice Centre to specifically support highly vulnerable young people aged 12-25
National Lottery Community Fund - No Limits Early Intervention
£201,979 27/08/2021
The funding will be used to continue drop-in early help provision for CYP. The organisation provides information advice and support services to prevent problems escalating into crisis at their ....more
The Blagrave Trust - Core delivery
£150,000 07/08/2021
Unrestricted funding for an organisation providing information, advice, guidance and_x000D_ support for young people in Southampton
Department of Health - No Limits (South)
£32,000 01/04/2021
The funded schemes will expand access for children and young people aged 25 and under to local services to support their mental health and provide early intervention for those at risk of mental ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 19/02/2021
No Limits' Advice Centre
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - No Limits supporting young people
£90,000 13/07/2020
No Limits supports young people in and around Southampton with advice, counselling and specialist youth services, meeting the needs of the those facing the most complex and challenging circumstances ....more
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to No Limits (South)
£35,000 03/06/2020
12
A two-year grant towards Bright Beginnings – intensive support for vulnerable young pregnant women and new mothers in Southampton
Department of Health - No Limits (South)
£80,000 28/04/2020
Competitive Grants Scheme on the extension of existing MH services for children and young people.BAU Yr2 of 3 - changed to S70 for 20/21 (Yr 1 was s64)
The Blagrave Trust - Southampton advocacy project
£130,000 16/07/2019
Southampton advocacy project
Co-Op Foundation - No Limits - #iwill Co-research Challenge
£9,980 12/04/2019
Supporting young people through Co-research to explore the relationship between youth loneliness and youth social action
Department of Health - HWB- CYPMH Fund 19/20- No limits (South)
£160,000 01/04/2019
The Health & Wellbeing Alliance consists of 21 organisations from the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector. These organisations engage in intensive co-production with system ....more
Co-Op Foundation - Co-design offer
£9,984 20/12/2018
Young people exiting their service would create and participate in social action, carrying out loneliness research designed by young people. They will also co-design a "talk to us" campaign.
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Codesign
£9,984 20/12/2018
Young people exiting their service would create and participate in social action, carrying out loneliness research designed by young people. They will also co-design a talk to us campaign.
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Ambassadors
£70,000 29/11/2018
Train young people who have accessed No Limits’ Advice Centre as "Youth Ambassadors" and helping them to deliver campaigns aimed at addressing youth loneliness.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to No Limits
£96,574 23/10/2018
36
This project will deliver 1-2-1 and group support, drop-in support to young people with multiple complex issues. Young people will feel positively empowered, have improved coping skills and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Preventing Homelessness
£300,168 08/08/2018
60
This project will support young people who are homeless, facing homelessness or in need of housing advice. They will be given the opportunity to explore housing options, understand and remove ....more
The Blagrave Trust - Core delivery through the Advice Centre and community drop-ins
£90,000 21/11/2017
Information and advice for young people facing a range of challenges
National Lottery Community Fund - Next Steps
£499,945 30/11/2016
36
This group will bring together the knowledge and skills of voluntary agencies and relevant statutory partners to support three groups of vulnerable, isolated young people at critical transition ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Overcoming the Odds – helping young adults in hardship crisis
£360,112 03/03/2016
60
Support for adults up to age 26 in or at risk of hardship crisis, primarily through homelessness, street homeless or sofa surfing and financial issues. Immediate help will be offered by skilled youth ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - No Limits - Preventing Homelessness
£300,000 13/12/2012
60
Young people who are homeless or facing homelessness in Southampton will receive support to explore their options.Services will include an accessible youth drop-in centre to deliver advice and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Parents Mentoring Project
£10,000 24/11/2011
11
Southampton-based company No Limits will recruit and train volunteer mentors to work with vulnerable young parents, assisting them with advice regarding day-to-day tasks such as seeking benefits, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Next Steps Project (NSP)
£1,000,000 05/05/2011
72
'The Next Steps Project' (NSP)' led by No Limits (Southampton) will support young carers, young people leaving care and young offenders aged 11 to 25.The project will run information and guidance ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 24-64
  • ANDREW SIMPSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Lawyer
  • BWALYA MULENGA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Community Involvement Officer
  • CHIARA WALL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Family Engagement Worker
  • DILIP KUMAR CHAKRABARTI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Programme Lead
  • GAVIN BERGIN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Secretary
  • HEATHER WOOD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Hr Director
  • JENNY BOLAND Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Development (Fundraiser)
  • MARCELLA DOBSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Headteacher
  • MARK DICHLIAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant
  • NIGEL DIBBEN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant
  • NIGEL REICHELT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: It Manager
  • STEPHEN TAYLOR (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Freelance Management Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/10/2001, number: 1088835
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/03/2001, number: 04183173
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
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
  • Investment
  • 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; AR11: 1 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

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Objectives

TO HELP RELIEVE AND PREVENT SUFFERING CAUSED BY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILL-HEALTH OR BY SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AMONGST THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING AN INFORMATION, ADVICE AND COUNSELLING SERVICE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AND/OR GROUP.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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