Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 12

Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +12

Overall GiG Score: 21

XLP

XLP is working to create positive futures for young people in London.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 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
31/08/23	£2,437	£2,436	£1	£162	£1,585	£1,011	5	59	100
31/08/22	£2,319	£1,939	£380	£111	£1,583	£814	5	49	100
31/08/21	£2,045	£1,501	£544	£101	£1,204	£584	4.7	40	150
31/08/20	£1,845	£1,494	£351	£114	£660	£342	2.8	40	141
31/08/19	£1,899	£1,903	£-3	£178	£309	£161	1	47	150
31/08/18	£2,195	£2,146	£49	£189	£429	£304	1.7	41	0
31/08/17	£1,894	£1,858	£36	£208	£380	£359	2.3	41	0
31/08/16	£1,576	£1,496	£80	£218	£344	£321	2.6	35	0
31/08/15	£1,387	£1,373	£15	£177	£264	£150	1.3	35	0
31/08/14	£1,247	£1,241	£6	£133	£249	£191	1.9	30	0
31/08/13	£1,078	£1,173	£-95	£104	£243	£151	1.5	23	0
31/08/12	£1,042	£1,033	£9	£91	£337	£241	2.8	23	0
31/08/11	£991	£910	£81	£81	£328	£225	3	23	0
31/08/10	£816	£755	£61	£83	£247	£192	3	21	0
31/08/09?	£678	£606	£71	£66	£186	£164	3.2	17	0
29/02/08	£306	£357	£-51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/07?	£491	£420	£72	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/05	£184	£171	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/04	£36	£0	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 64%
Reserves/Spending: 5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Comment: - Unrestricted reserves decreased from £358,779 to £304,195 during the 2018 financial year. Of this, £162,295 is a designated reserve relating to motor vehicles, leaving general (“free”) reserves at the end of the year of £141,900 compared with £193,463 at the end of the financial year 2017

Source: Giving is Great

Established: 21 years

www.xlp.org.uk

info@xlp.org.uk

02072566240

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other education support

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Camden, City Of London, Greenwich, Hackney, Islington, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
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

City Bridge Trust	£617,300
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington	£380,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£250,000
Henry Smith Charity	£150,000
Comic Relief	£113,625
DCMS	£100,000
Haberdashers' Company	£56,717
Garfield Weston Foundation	£30,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
J J Charitable Trust - Towards its Literacy and Numeracy Programme.
£15,000	12/04/2024	Towards its Literacy and Numeracy Programme.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to XLP
£614,500	04/03/2024 60	£614,500 over five years (£112,100, £117,400, £123,000, £128,300, £133,700) towards keeping young people in schools and out of criminal gangs through a Community Bus Project, Mentoring for Girls, Sports Team, and Arts Project.
Sport England - XLP Girls Community running programme
£4,640	26/02/2024 1	This project will deliver a running project for women and girls aged 11-17. Weekly sessions will be delivered for 36 weeks, with further opportunities to take part in 5K and 10K runs. Funds will cover coaches, marketing, and refreshments.
National Lottery Community Fund - MH XLP Youth Summer Programme
£10,000	14/07/2023	The funding will be used to deliver weekly activities for vulnerable young people aged 11-18 during the school holidays including sports music recording dance and cooking sessions and a week of activities for girls. They will also take their mobile ....more The funding will be used to deliver weekly activities for vulnerable young people aged 11-18 during the school holidays including sports music recording dance and cooking sessions and a week of activities for girls. They will also take their mobile youth centres across local estates. The project aims to build positive community relationships and reduce anti-social behaviour.
Haberdashers' Company - Major Grant 2022_23
£50,000	11/05/2023	Exclusion Reduction Programme, Literacy and Numeracy Tutoring
Haberdashers' Company - Uplift grant
£5,000	10/05/2023	Contribution to core costs in Cost of Living crisis
London Marathon Charitable Trust - XLP Fitness, Dance, Fencing Programme and Youth Gym
£15,000	21/02/2023	towards the delivery of Dance, Fitness and Fencing Programme for disadvantaged young people and improve the equipment facilities at the Youth Gym
Haberdashers' Company - City Giving Day 2022
£1,717	19/10/2022	Unrestricted contribution to Major Grant holders
City Bridge Trust - Eco audit to XLP
£2,800	24/06/2022	£2,800 (7 days) to provide an eco-audit.
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to XLP
£330,000	03/03/2022	Supporting young people as they transition from school to further education and employment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Keeping young people in schools and out of gangs
£240,000	30/09/2021	The project is using funding to develop and expand two of their existing core programmes; Community Bus Project and Exclusion Reduction Programme. The project aims to engage with young people aged 11-18 to improve educational engagement ....more The project is using funding to develop and expand two of their existing core programmes; Community Bus Project and Exclusion Reduction Programme. The project aims to engage with young people aged 11-18 to improve educational engagement self-confidence and aspirations break generational poverty cycles and become positive contributors to society.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000	20/08/2021 36	Keeping Young people in School and out of gangs
Youth Music - XLP Arts and Mobile Music Project
£25,888	25/06/2021	XLP Arts and Mobile Music Project
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to XLP
£4,400	01/06/2021 12	The grant will be used for the core projects costs of XLP.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to XLP
£29,000	25/05/2021	purchase of a vehicle for a charity supporting disavantaged young people in London
Trust for London - XLP
£7,000	03/03/2021	The funding is for our Exclusion Reduction Programme which is aimed to help those at risk of exclusion to remain in school and engage in education. The three strands of this programme are youth worker interventions of group mentoring, 1-2-1 ....more The funding is for our Exclusion Reduction Programme which is aimed to help those at risk of exclusion to remain in school and engage in education. The three strands of this programme are youth worker interventions of group mentoring, 1-2-1 mentoring and Literacy and Numeracy Support.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to XLP (The Excel Project)
£20,000	26/02/2021	Expansion of XLP X-Mobile Project
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Covid-19 London Community Response Renewal Grant - Wave 5
£50,000	23/02/2021 12	To support core funding to enable the organisation to extend its Exclusion Reduction Programme.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to XLP
£10,000	06/10/2020 5	XLP Lewisham Mentoring and Community Project
Comic Relief - XL-Sports Project
£113,625	15/09/2020	This project will help children and young people in the 9 most impoverished inner-city boroughs of London. CYP who live in these neighbourhoods face the symptoms of structural poverty including low educational outcomes, poor physical/mental health, ....more This project will help children and young people in the 9 most impoverished inner-city boroughs of London. CYP who live in these neighbourhoods face the symptoms of structural poverty including low educational outcomes, poor physical/mental health, and the risk of falling victim to or getting recruited by criminal gangs both outside and within their communities. CYP will take part in weekly after-school football and fitness sessions in their local community areas in which they will learn key life skills around leadership and confidence-building, interacting with others in a safe space, and will gain mentorship through positive role models.
The Childhood Trust - XLP - 2020 Mentoring and Community Programme
£5,000	03/07/2020	XLP will provide some of the most vulnerable young people in London with vital support throughout the Covid-19 crisis. We will mentor and provide activities for young people who have poor mental health, challenging home lives, and who are most ....more XLP will provide some of the most vulnerable young people in London with vital support throughout the Covid-19 crisis. We will mentor and provide activities for young people who have poor mental health, challenging home lives, and who are most susceptible to educational failure and youth violence.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£100,000	03/07/2020	"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 "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to XLP
£14,400	29/06/2020 12	The grant will be used for the core projects costs of XLP.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£10,000	19/06/2020 4	Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity building
BBC Children in Need - Grant to XLP
£4,000	17/06/2020 6	COVID19 - This grant will fund additional staffing costs to support young people affected by poverty and deprivation and behavioural difficulties who are isolated due to Covid-19, this funding will help improve mental health.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to XLP
£150,000	19/03/2020 36	towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a mentoring project aimed at helping disadvantaged, at risk, young people in Inner-London
National Lottery Community Fund - XLP Arts Showcase Project
£123,970	27/09/2019 11	XLP Arts Showcase Project
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to XLP
£30,000	04/07/2019 12	To support XLP’s Mentoring Project in Greenwich, using volunteers to help young people improve their life-skills, relationships, and opportunities.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to XLP
£14,400	19/06/2019 12	Core project costs
BBC Children in Need - Grant to XLP
£28,044	15/03/2019 36	This project will provide weekly football coaching and group mentoring sessions for young people living in deprived areas in Hackney and Greenwich. The sessions will improve behaviours, build friendships and develop skills.
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2018
£7,500	04/12/2018	The project supports young people in the most disadvantaged areas of inner London, who are at risk of educational failure and negative influences in their communities, to access the performing arts, raise their self-esteem, improve their educational ....more The project supports young people in the most disadvantaged areas of inner London, who are at risk of educational failure and negative influences in their communities, to access the performing arts, raise their self-esteem, improve their educational engagement and make positive life choices.
Greater London Authority - XLP Summer Activity Programme
£10,000	06/08/2018	A 4 to 6 week programme involving sports; specifically coaching/training sessions, swimming activities, healthy eating and life skills sessions. Two weeks will be solely dedicated to sports. The programme will reach up to an additional 40 young ....more A 4 to 6 week programme involving sports; specifically coaching/training sessions, swimming activities, healthy eating and life skills sessions. Two weeks will be solely dedicated to sports. The programme will reach up to an additional 40 young people and be delivered in lower socio-economic and disadvantaged areas in London.
LandAid Charitable Trust - XLP Mentoring project - part 2
£25,000	25/06/2018 12	The grant will go towards the 2018/19 salary of the Greenwich XL-Mentoring coordinator.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£75,000	15/09/2017 36	XL-R8 Community Bus Project
National Lottery Community Fund - XLP XL-R8 Community Bus Project
£319,378	26/07/2017 36	This group aims to develop their project, which provides high quality-long-term support to young people between the ages of 10 and 18, living in inner-London estates, and who are at risk of becoming involved in gangs, crime and antisocial behaviour. ....more This group aims to develop their project, which provides high quality-long-term support to young people between the ages of 10 and 18, living in inner-London estates, and who are at risk of becoming involved in gangs, crime and antisocial behaviour. Three customised double-decker buses will travel to 24 locations across London to host a range of drop-in sessions with one-to-one/small group support and team activities. Activities will include healthy eating and cooking sessions, games and chill-out sessions.
National Lottery Community Fund - XLP XL-Mentoring Project
£380,494	14/12/2016 36	The group aims to improve the life chances of disaffected and disengaged children and young people through improved behaviours, self-esteem and life skills, helping them to re-engage with education. It will continue its one-to-one mentoring stream, ....more The group aims to improve the life chances of disaffected and disengaged children and young people through improved behaviours, self-esteem and life skills, helping them to re-engage with education. It will continue its one-to-one mentoring stream, but with additional time for mentoring co-ordinators to work with children, young people and families more intensively.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to XLP
£90,000	08/12/2016 36	towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a one-to-one mentoring project aimed at helping disadvantaged, at risk, young people in the London Boroughs of Lewisham, Southwark and Tower Hamlets
BBC Children in Need - Grant to XLP
£90,000	11/10/2016 36	This project will provide one to one/group support for young people at risk of school exclusion to develop improved life skills, re-engage with education, employment or training and improve relationships.
LandAid Charitable Trust - Mentoring programme
£60,762	20/09/2016 11	Continuation and development of effective individual and group mentoring programme currently running at full capacity with a waiting list.
National Lottery Community Fund - XLP Arts Showcase Project
£338,737	02/12/2015 36	This is a continuation of an existing project to provide support for children and young people growing up in inner city London who are struggling with behavioural and educational issues, using the performing arts (e.g. music, dance, illusion, ....more This is a continuation of an existing project to provide support for children and young people growing up in inner city London who are struggling with behavioural and educational issues, using the performing arts (e.g. music, dance, illusion, comedy, rap, poetry). Other issues include a poor home life, underachievement in school, taking part in risky behaviour and gang culture.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to XLP
£115,000	01/04/2015 36	Towards core costs of an organisation that provides intensive one-to-one and group work support for 'at risk' young people and their families in their schools and within their communities.
National Lottery Community Fund - XL-R8 Community Bus Project
£245,196	05/05/2014 30	Not Available
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to XLP
£90,000	12/09/2013 36	towards three years' running costs of a mentoring project for disadvantaged and at risk young people in the London Boroughs of Lewisham, Southwark and Tower Hamlets
National Lottery Community Fund - XLP XL-Mentoring Project
£305,825	30/05/2013 36	Expansion of an existing project by XLP (the Excel Project) for disadvantaged young people in the Southwark, Lewisham and Tower Hamlets areas of inner London. Its aim is to enable them to make wise and informed lifestyle choices and make positive ....more Expansion of an existing project by XLP (the Excel Project) for disadvantaged young people in the Southwark, Lewisham and Tower Hamlets areas of inner London. Its aim is to enable them to make wise and informed lifestyle choices and make positive contributions to their families, communities and society. The project will identify and train additional mentors from the local community who will then be matched to appropriate beneficiaries.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to XLP
£120,000	19/10/2011	Towards core costs for XLP's work alleviating gang involvement in southeast London.
National Lottery Community Fund - XL-R8 Community Bus Project
£498,865	08/03/2011 36	Youth workers and volunteer teams will offer after-school and holiday provision using 2 specially equipped fully accessible double-decker buses. The two buses will be used north and south of the Thames to reach children and young people on some of ....more Youth workers and volunteer teams will offer after-school and holiday provision using 2 specially equipped fully accessible double-decker buses. The two buses will be used north and south of the Thames to reach children and young people on some of the most deprived estates in London. The buses will travel to agreed locations on a weekly basis to host a range of drop-in sessions including one-to-one, small group and team activities.

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How do they operate?

Education and Schools Work

Objectives: To help young people who face complex, challenging issues, to address those issues while remaining in school, working hard, gaining qualifications and feeling proud of their achievements

Beneficiaries: Primary and secondary school children

Description: Work with schools is needs led and therefore is different in each school and each area. XLP has worked in schools and pupil referral units delivering:

Assemblies addressing a wide variety of relevant topics
Lunch clubs – a safe place to go and talk, have fun and get additional support if needed,
1-2-1 reading and numeracy support,
In-class student support
Specialist PSHE/RE lessons addressing topics including: Image and Identity; Poverty; Anger Management and Online Safety and Awareness

XL-R8 Community Buses Project

Objectives: To help young people find trusted relationships: role models who listen to, support and encourage them

Beneficiaries: Young people aged 14-19

Description: Three double-decker buses travel to inner-London estates, targeting areas where there are little or no youth work facilities available. Young people find help and advice, a safe place to be and a sympathetic ear, alongside access to computers, games consoles, a music studio, chill out space, and arts and crafts areas. The buses provide accessible drop-in sessions, which include 1-2-1 mentoring, cooking lessons and small group activities.

Each session is staffed by teams of experienced youth workers and volunteers who through the various activities, encourage the young people to develop positive behaviours and life skills, raise their self-confidence, remain in education and set goals and work hard to achieve them.

XL-Mentoring Project

Objectives: To match vulnerable young people with a trained mentor who will encourage them to make positive choices: to stay in education and succeed

Intervention period: Two hours each week, for a minimum of 12 months

Beneficiaries: Young people aged 11-18 who are on the verge of exclusion or have been excluded from school, and/or are at risk of involvement or already involved in gangs, crime and antisocial behaviour

Description: Young people are referred to the project by schools, pupil referral units, youth services or the police. XLP recruits and trains mentors from the young person’s local community.

Mentors are then matched by XLP with a suitable referred young person. Both mentors and mentees commit to meeting up a minimum of 12 months.

XLP then supervise and monitor the mentoring relationship through a full-time experienced youth worker for each borough. The youth worker manages up to 25 active mentoring relationships and supports the mentors, mentees, and the mentees’ family throughout the process.

Arts Showcase Project

Objectives: To help young people develop self-esteem, learn to express themselves well, set goals and work hard to achieve them

Beneficiaries: Young people aged 11-19

Description: The Arts Showcase Project utilises music, dance, drama, comedy, rap and poetry. Young performers are selected, either through auditions held within schools and pupil referral units or on the recommendation of their teachers.

Rather than simply copying celebrities the young people are encouraged to express the challenges they face and to tell their stories through their chosen art form. XLP staff work with the young people to prepare their showcase performances through coaching and rehearsals. This process helps to instil a sense of discipline, provide a positive focus, and build their confidence; skills which can contribute to improved educational achievement, behaviour and attitude

Who works here?

LUKE WILSON
CEO

Luke has been CEO since 2018. He studied Biology at Southampton University and Imperial College London, and worked as a conservation Biologist in Switzerland and the Brazilian Amazon. He then taught Biology in a secondary school in London for five years, before joining Resurgo as a Spear Centre Manager. After four years working directly with 16-24 year-olds, helping them into work or training, Luke then became Resurgo’s Head of Impact in 2014.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 32-71

EDDIE DONALDSON (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Business Advisor

ELIZABETH YENTUMI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Hr Business Partner

HANNAH WILLIAMS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Family Support Worker

KAFUI BRESE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Ceo

NICHOLAS CHARLES BENTON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Data & Portfolio Director

SURU DOUGLAS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Communications Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/12/2003, number: 1101095
Registered at Companies House on 11/11/2003, number: 04959458

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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from RISE CHURCH on 03/11/2020

Main office

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83 London Wall
London
EC2M 5ND

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS TO INCLUDE:(1) EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF A GENERAL NATURE;(2) EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE APPRECIATION AND PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE OF THE ARTS;(3) EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO PROMOTE CHRISTIAN VALUES; AND(4) PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR ALL SUCH EDUCATION AND TRAINING.3.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONG PEOPLES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD3.3 THE PROMOTION, ADVANCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND THE UPHOLDING OF CHRISTIAN VALUES AMONG PEOPLES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD. 3.4 THE PROMOTION, ADVANCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS, WHICH LEAD TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIFE IN URBAN OR RURAL COMMUNITIES TO INCLUDE:(1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL AND OTHER HARDSHIP; AND(2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND OF A CHARITABLE NATURE FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

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