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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

OCEAN YOUTH CONNEXIONS 

Ocean Youth Connexions has been providing various youth and community activities since 2002, within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. These have range from youth club sessions, parents and children's evenings, football training, Taekwando, homework clubs, cycle proficiency training and employment support workshops. The organisation also delivers various holiday programmes targeting families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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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
30/09/22£221£204£17n/an/an/an/an/a2
30/09/21£164£122£42n/an/an/an/an/a1
30/09/20£111£91£20n/an/an/an/an/a1
30/09/19£168£120£48n/an/an/an/an/a1
30/09/18£159£110£50£0£0£0n/a02
30/09/17£111£90£20£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£71£61£11£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£61£92£-32£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£99£79£20£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£54£52£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£87£72£15£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£80£57£23£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10*£78£56£22£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 15 years
(21 years as a company)

https://oceanyc.org/

oceanyc@hotmail.co.uk

07956907379

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other education services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Tower Hamlets,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 2 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
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
National Lottery Community Fund£30,000
DCMS£10,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - MH-Keep them engaged
£10,000 04/08/2023
The funding will be used to deliver additional trips residentials and a community event to young people during the school holidays. The project aims to reduce risk of anti-social behaviour through ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£20,000 07/10/2022
Weston Youth Grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Eone
£10,000 28/07/2022
The funding will be used to host youth club sessions in the evenings. The project aims to support young people who are at risk of damaging life experiences.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£20,000 29/10/2021
Weston Youth Grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Ride along with us
£10,000 19/03/2021
11
The funding will be used to set up a cycling initiative for younger people from a disadvantaged community. The project aims to teach the young people how to repair and maintain their bikes.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Ocean Youth Connexions
£1,000 02/03/2021
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 25/08/2020
"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 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Health and Fitness through Taekwondo
£10,000 15/02/2019
12
The project will run martial art classes as well as health and fitness workshops for disadvantaged young people. The aim is to help address childhood obesity and reduce knife crime activity.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Ocean Youth Connexions Ltd
£29,965 13/11/2017
36
This project will provide weekly supplementary education classes and six-week summer activities for young people from a deprived area in Tower Hamlets. It will improve educational attainment, life ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Engaging SEN & socially excluded young people into sports and fitness
£10,000 08/06/2016
12
The group will use the funding to provide fitness sessions for young people with special needs. This will enable them to improve their health and fitness and discourage antisocial behaviour.
National Lottery Community Fund - Endurance and fitness training through Mixed Martial Arts
£10,000 09/04/2014
12
Not Available
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-42
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/05/2009, number: 1129378
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/09/2002, number: 04543565
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR10: 21 days late,
Main office

STEPNEY CITY FARM
STEPNEY WAY
LONDON
E1 3DG

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN TOWER HAMLETS BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS:B) ADVANCING EDUCATION:C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT:D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

TOWER HAMLETS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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