Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

YOUTH ACTION

Youth Action offers bespoke programmes to engage young people tackling issues concerning the environment, social and economic matters. We are committed to helping vulnerable young people through campaigns, research and tailored projects, this results in young people developing their confidence and skills for them to reach their true potential.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
30/03/23£494£432£62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/03/22£991£484£507£0£2,193£1994.94345
30/03/21£577£247£329£0£1,686£1,55775.6784
30/03/20£143£165£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/03/19£64£160£-96n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£29£113£-85n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£140£251£-111n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£524£421£102£0£1,671£1,18033.6580
31/03/15*£721£476£245£3£1,568£85021.4560
31/03/14£828£448£381£3£1,324£54614.6310
31/03/13£446£245£202n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£324£189£135n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 13 years
(19 years as a company)

www.youthaction.org.uk

info@youthaction.org.uk

01254695847

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Blackburn With Darwen, Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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
Department for Work and Pensions£220,699
DCMS£116,081
Garfield Weston Foundation£35,000
Power to Change£30,000
UK Community Foundations£20,000
Sport England£18,315
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
CAF£6,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Archery For All!
£8,565 04/03/2022
The project is a community based sports programme bringing communities together in Blackburn, specifically targeting 100 children aged 10 to 16 to learn archery.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£35,000 29/10/2021
24
Weston Youth Grant
Department for Work and Pensions - YOUTH ACTION
£220,699 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - Youth Action
£30,000 18/09/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - Youth Action
UK Community Foundations - BAME Infrastructure Fund
£20,000 13/08/2020
Restricted funding for COVID-19 Relief (led by people of Black, Asian and/or Minority Ethnic Heritage)
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£94,500 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Connect Online
£10,000 30/04/2020
9
The organisation will expand the services they offer by developing their online support during the pandemic. They will offer group therapy and one to one support to help families during the COVID-19 crisis.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£9,750 23/04/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
CAF - Grant to Youth Action
£6,000 17/04/2020
3
Grant to Youth Action to support the organisation through COVID19
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£14,387 28/02/2020
Junior Jam & Girls Force
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£7,194 28/02/2020
Junior Jam & Girls Force. The wider aim of the scheme is: To deliver onward grants to increase positive activities for young people by delivering extra sessions in youth clubs for the financial year 2019/20
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Ambassadors
£10,000 09/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver youth club activities, where people from different backgrounds will be brought together in an informal environment, whilst addressing issues including community togetherness.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 35-46
  • AYAZ ASGHAR Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Trainee Accountant
  • SHAGUFTA NAWAZ Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • SUHAIL AINARKAR (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Student
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/07/2011, number: 1142935
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/10/2005, number: 05601737
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR16: 0 days late, AR15: 28 days late,
Main office

UNITY HOUSE
49-51 Preston New Road
Blackburn
BLACKBURN
LANCASHIRE
BB2 6AE

Objectives

TO HELP TO EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE NORTH WEST AREA OF ENGLAND, THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED BY WHATEVER CHARITABLE MEANS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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