Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

URBAN SYNERGY 

Providing youth mentoring services in addition to holding seminars and workshops related to this.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 13 years

www.urbansynergy.com

info@urbansynergy.com

07958451166

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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
26/08/22£446£439£8n/an/an/an/an/a80
26/08/21£536£261£275£5£325£325154120
26/08/20£121£75£46n/an/an/an/an/a60
26/08/19£58£74£-15n/an/an/an/an/a100
26/08/18*£57£60£-2£0£0£0n/a030
26/08/17£66£71£-5£0£0£0n/a00
26/08/16£28£50£-22£0£0£0n/a00
26/08/15£50£32£18£0£0£0n/a00
26/08/14*£32£34£-2£0£0£0n/a00
26/08/13£39£13£26£0£0£0n/a00
26/08/12£22£23£-1£0£0£0n/a00
26/08/11*£20£14£7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 80 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • TREVOR COLE Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Project Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/11/2010, number: 1138802
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/08/2010, number: 07358294
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR18: 2 days late, AR14: 3 days late, AR11: 132 days late,
Main office

2 Lewisham Hill
Lewisham
London
SE13 7EJ

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 9 TO 24 LIVING IN THE UK BY PROVIDING ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISED PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING THEIR LIVES AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SOFT SKILLS, TO ENABLE THEM TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL, TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; ADVANCING IN EDUCATION AND IMPROVING THEIR EMPLOYABILITY THROUGH WORK EXPERIENCE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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