Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 5

Accounts overdue -5
No PartB

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 0

FOLKESTONE YOUTH PROJECT

The provision of social and recreational facilities to the young people of Folkestone for their leisure time activities, so as to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capabilities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Latest accounts are overdue for filing

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
30/04/23		£67	£58	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/04/22		£115	£73	£42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
30/04/21		£72	£42	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
30/04/20		£41	£40	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
30/04/19		£57	£62	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
30/04/18		£34	£48	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/17		£48	£51	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/16		£51	£50	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/15		£84	£89	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/14		£60	£53	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/13	*	£33	£19	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/12		£0	£1	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/11		£3	£2	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/10		£5	£4	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/09		£42	£38	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/08		£43	£70	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/07		£5	£7	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 18 years

lsmith@wea.org.uk

07851250987

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

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

Kent,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

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	£123,594
BBC Children in Need	£13,457
DCMS	£12,686
The Clothworkers Foundation	£5,100
Woodward Charitable Trust	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - URBAN WILDERNESS
£123,594	29/03/2021 36	The organisation will use funding to develop its outside space so that it can build on existing services. It provides a safe welcoming space for young people to meet and take part in free activities. ....more The organisation will use funding to develop its outside space so that it can build on existing services. It provides a safe welcoming space for young people to meet and take part in free activities. It focuses on respecting each other and our world. Activities include cooking gardening music arts conservation; promoting community cohesion and diversity.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000	26/03/2021	Core costs.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Folkestone Youth Project
£5,100	03/03/2021	refurbishment of outside space for a charity supporting disadvantaged youths in Kent
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,200	25/09/2020	"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 ....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."
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Folkestone Youth Project managemnet committee
£13,457	09/09/2020 12	COVID19 - This grant will fund nature-themed one-to-one youth work for children and young people who may be socially and economically disadvantaged and who are isolated due to Covid-19. Young people ....more COVID19 - This grant will fund nature-themed one-to-one youth work for children and young people who may be socially and economically disadvantaged and who are isolated due to Covid-19. Young people will benefit through improved emotional health.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,486	30/06/2020	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 ....more 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 on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	18/04/2018	Urban Wilderness Youth and Community Cohesion Space
National Lottery Community Fund - Hawkinge Summer Shed of Activity 2017
£8,084	10/05/2017 12	This project will provide a summer holiday programme of physical activities that will engage vulnerable young people aged 10-16 years who live in an isolated rural area. This will extend the current ....more This project will provide a summer holiday programme of physical activities that will engage vulnerable young people aged 10-16 years who live in an isolated rural area. This will extend the current youth provision into Hawkinge, providing holiday activities for young people to improve their physical, social and emotional development.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Folkestone Youth Project
£10,000	09/03/2017 12	towards one year's running costs of a youth project in a deprived area of Kent

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

JAMES DAVID GUNN Appointed: 2016

KEVIN HUMPHREYS Appointed: 2021

SUSAN WALLACE Appointed: 2013

AARON BRANN Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: KENT RELIANCE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION,

DAMIAN COLLINS (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeship: The Sports Trust,

LYNNE SMITH Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeships: THE FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE UNIT OF THE SEA CADET CORPS, FOLKESTONE SPORTS CENTRE TRUST LIMITED,

PETER GANE Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeship: ST MARTIN'S CHERITON COMMUNITY CENTRE LTD.,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/03/2006, number: 1113379

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

17 returns made; AR13: 124 days late,

Main office

252 CHERITON ROAD
FOLKESTONE
CT19 4DN

Objectives

TO PROVIDE SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND, IN PARTICULAR, YOUNG PEOPLE IN FOLKESTONE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR SPIRITUAL CAPABILITIES, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER WITH THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA, LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND SO THAT THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE FOLKESTONE, KENT.

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