Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

THE DOOR YOUTH PROJECT 

To advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement of BeliefsTo relieve the suffering amongst young people caused by mental and physical ill health or by social or economic circumstances.To educate and assist young people through leisure-time activities so as to develop their physical, mental or spiritual capacities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals.
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
  • 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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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
30/06/23£567£666£-99£1£331£2033.735120
30/06/22£576£624£-48£35£431£3406.520158
30/06/21£680£466£215£22£479£3067.915100
30/06/20£433£375£58n/an/an/an/an/a120
30/06/19£424£433£-10n/an/an/an/an/a100
30/06/18£424£372£52£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£342£360£-17£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£367£361£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£376£411£-36£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14*£412£353£60£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£283£298£-16£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£239£256£-16£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£212£208£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£2£0£2£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 61%
Reserves/Spending: 3.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 29.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 15 years

www.thedoor.org.uk

info@thedoor.org.uk

01453756745

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 35 employees
  • 120 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
CHK Foundation£267,297
Barnwood Trust£57,500
Lloyds Bank Foundation£32,300
DCMS£15,456
Charles Hayward Foundation£7,000
National Lottery Community Fund£6,750
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
CHK Foundation - CHK Main Grant
£5,000 31/01/2023
to support specified work
CHK Foundation - CHK Main Grant
£7,371 31/01/2023
to support specified work
CHK Foundation - CHK Main Grant
£7,500 31/01/2023
to support specified work
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to The Door Youth Project
£7,000 23/09/2021
Care leavers programme
CHK Foundation - CHK Main Grant
£147,426 25/08/2021
to support specified work
CHK Foundation - CHK Main Grant
£100,000 25/08/2021
to support specified work
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£15,000 17/08/2021
Family face time project
National Lottery Community Fund - Young People Leadership Programme
£6,750 18/06/2021
The organisation will use the funding to train young people to become youth leaders through a leadership programme.
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£20,000 02/02/2021
Mentoring support for young people during pandemic
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£2,500 19/01/2021
Support for vulnerable young people
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£2,500 09/10/2020
Financial support for vulnerable young people
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£5,456 01/10/2020
"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
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 19/06/2020
"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
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£10,000 28/05/2020
Support for vulnerable young people
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Door Youth Project
£32,300 21/05/2020
12
One year core funding to support The Door Youth Project to sustain their work to support work addressing Care Leavers Complex Social Issue (CSI) during COVID19
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£7,500 21/04/2020
Youth project for 11-25s
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£5,000 20/06/2018
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£45,000 13/11/2017
The Door Core Costs
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Door Youth Project
£74,220 21/07/2016
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Providing a safe spaces for young people to socialise and access information, advice and guidance, including employment, education and training. The grant will fund salaries for posts associated with ....more
Sport England - Sports Youth Work Project
£4,140 30/04/2014
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Sports Youth Work Project'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Door Youth Project
£16,000 28/02/2014
The Door Youth Project provides a range of youth work activities in Stroud. This grant will provide an additional youth worker to support young people who are disadvantaged to help them gain skills, ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Door Youth Project
£9,999 12/09/2013
towards one year's running costs of a project that provides a social space, training opportunities and mentoring support to young people in a deprived area of Gloucestershire
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards retail training for disadvantaged young people in Stroud
£2,000 31/01/2013
Towards retail training for disadvantaged young people in Stroud.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Door Youth Project
£9,500 13/06/2012
towards one year's salaries of tutors to run woodwork, design, arts and crafts workshops for disadvantaged young people in Gloucestershire
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards staff costs on the Tranzform Training prog
£2,500 21/07/2010
Towards staff costs on the Tranzform Training programme, a skills based programme for disengaged 12-25 year olds in Stroud.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a mentoring programme
£5,000 27/06/2007
Towards a mentoring programme for young people at risk of exclusion from school and society in Stroud.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Staff salaries for craft workshops & retail outlet
£2,000 01/02/2006
Towards staff salaries for craft workshops & retail outlet
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 27-78
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/09/2009, number: 1131919
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/08/2009, number: 06999936
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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR14: 28 days late,
Main office

The Door
44-45 High Street
STROUD
Gloucestershire
GL5 1AN

Objectives

• to relieve suffering amongst young people caused by mental or physical ill health or by social or economic circumstances in such parts of the United Kingdom or the World as the directors of the Charity (herein called the trustees) from time to time may think fit; • to educate and assist young persons through leisure-time activities so as to develop their physical, mental or spiritual capacities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society and that their conditions of life may be improved in such parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the trustees from time to time may think fit;• to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement of Beliefs appearing in the Schedule hereto in Stroud Gloucestershire and in such other parts of the United Kingdom or the world as the Trustees may from time to time think fit, and to fulfil such other purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales and are connected with the charitable work of the Charity.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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