Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 24 ?

PARTICIPATE PROJECTS

We support organisations, projects and people in the most disadvantaged communities. We help them to implement ideas and tackle issues that affect them; we do this by offering them direct support from our team and by offering them access to specialist resources from the private sector. We work with individuals, schools, community projects, social enterprises and other charities.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/03/23£562£473£89£0£265£1924.9133
31/03/22£385£384£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£308£217£91n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£135£117£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£114£120£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£127£112£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£115£137£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£103£79£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£144£104£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£104£90£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£103£70£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 72%
Reserves/Spending: 4.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 8.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 12 years

www.participateprojects.org.uk

info@participateprojects.org.uk

01274288010

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Power to Change£356,080
Esmee Fairbairn£350,000
National Lottery Community Fund£39,172
Leeds Community Foundation£34,592
DCMS£23,700
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to PARTICIPATE PROJECTS
£350,000 12/12/2023
Towards core costs for Manningham Ideas Mill - a community led / owned enterprise that drives change in the local economy; by unlocking the potential of local people to transform their community
Leeds Community Foundation - The Venturists
£10,000 20/11/2023
Grant to Participate Projects
Leeds Community Foundation - The Venturists
£10,000 30/11/2022
Grant to Participate Projects
National Lottery Community Fund - Team Volunteering Van
£10,000 22/07/2022
The funding will be used to purchase an electric van in order to transport equipment to deliver community activities including community clean ups re-decorating community centres and taking part in events. The project aims to support volunteering ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - The Venturists
£9,802 17/11/2021
The Venturists puts young people in charge, empowering them through real project based learning experiences to develop and deliver their ideas for social change - taking young people who face the most challenging circumstances and moulding an ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - YK Together
£9,954 05/02/2021
6
The funding will be used to deliver services to community organisations who have been hit hardest by the Covid-19 crisis including HR IT and legal along with PPE and a safe space to provide services.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£23,700 27/11/2020
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 and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Power to Change - Made in Manningham (PTC Places) Yr3-5
£356,080 01/11/2020
Grant to Made in Manningham (PTC Places) Yr3-5
National Lottery Community Fund - Bradford Together
£19,218 02/09/2020
6
Participate Projects (PP) are a not for profit company and charity based in West Yorkshire who aim to build the capacity of third sector organisations through specific projects which broker deals between private companies and charities/non-profits. ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Social School School - First Class
£4,790 31/03/2020
8
Grant to Participate Projects
Power to Change - Participate Projects
£35,000 01/10/2019
33
Grant to Participate Projects
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Assets Bradford District
£10,000 22/08/2019
12
Community Assets Bradford District
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Participate Projects
£15,000 21/02/2018
24
to develop a wrap around holistic model of support that will enable people with complex needs develop their ideas for self employment by providing a comprehensive structured employment pilot project
National Lottery Community Fund - Social Venture Partnership
£9,975 06/09/2017
12
The group will support and train people who have identified solutions to community problems by setting up community projects, providing the opportunity for the local community to establish sustainable and social impact.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 24-73
  • GEOFFREY MALCOLM ROBERTS MR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
  • MICHAEL JAMES IAN FORBES Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Accountant
  • OSMAN GONDAL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Operations
  • PARIS DANIEL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Marketing Associate
  • SUSAN ELIZABETH MENDOZA (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Centre Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/05/2012, number: 1147520
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/03/2012, number: 07990889
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

Oakfield Business Centre
39 Carr Lane
SHIPLEY
West Yorkshire
BD18 2NQ

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ENGLAND AND WALES (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE “AREA OF BENEFIT”) AND, IN PARTICULAR, TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS TO ENABLE THEM TO ACCESS CHARITABLE SUPPORT FROM GOVERNMENT, LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND FROM PRIVATE “FOR PROFIT” ORGANISATIONS TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE.(2) THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES BY CHARITABLE AND NON-CHARITABLE BODIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.(3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES (NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY) FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES AT THEIR SCHOOLS.(4) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY PROVIDING SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.(5) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.(6) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.(7) TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; AND (8) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY – “SOCIAL EXCLUDED” MEANS “BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY – BY UNDERTAKING CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES WHICH ASSIST THOSE WHOSE ABILITY TO ACCESS THE INTERNET AND OTHER DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL BENEFIT IS LIMITED BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.THIRD SECTOR ORGANISATIONS MEANS CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES. • CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES. • VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES ARE TYPES OF INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES. SOCIAL ENTERPRISES ARE DISTINCTIVE FROM TRADITIONAL CHARITIES OR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN THAT THEY GENERATE THE MAJORITY, IF NOT ALL, OF THEIR INCOME THROUGH THE TRADING OF GOODS OR SERVICES RATHER THAN THROUGH DONATIONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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