Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

GT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON YOUNG CARERS 

GYGYC offers age-specific peer support groups for Young Carers aged 5 to 21 who are caring for their parents or supporting their parents in caring for a sibling. Through targeted activities that offer support, respite, fun and learning opportunities, facilitated by Youth Workers offering support with their coping mechanisms and strategies to improvement their physical and mental health.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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
31/03/23£243£262£-19n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/22?£335£281£54n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/10/20£250£151£99n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/10/19*£147£137£11n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/10/18£149£127£21£0£0£0n/a06
31/10/17£92£125£-34£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/16£150£105£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/15£109£74£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/14£42£54£-12£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.gygyc.org.uk

info@gygyc.org.uk

01493 650056

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for families & carers
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Norfolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 6 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
National Lottery Community Fund£238,164
Henry Smith Charity£152,000
BBC Children in Need£122,534
People's Health Trust£31,538
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
DCMS£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Great Yarmouth & Gorleston Young Carers Project
£118,534 06/10/2023
This grant will provide 1-2-1 mentoring and the opportunity to join peer support groups to Young Carers living in deprived areas. The outcomes are to increase confidence and being able to express the ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Great Yarmouth & Gorleston Young Carers Project
£1,000 31/08/2021
This project will fund the training and mentoring of a project worker who will deliver money management sessions to disadvantaged children. Children will improve their life skills through developing ....more
People's Health Trust - GYGYC Young Adult Carers support Service. GYGYC Young People Committee
£31,538 24/06/2021
24
This two-year project offers peer support and one to one mentoring for young carers who are turning 16 and leaving school in Great Yarmouth. The young carers have expressed their interest in ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Great Yarmouth & Gorleston Young Carers
£152,000 04/02/2021
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of the Manager and the Administration Assistant at an organisation providing support for Young and Young Adult Carers in Norfolk.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Great Yarmouth & Gorleston Young Carers Project
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - Grant for IT equipment to provide online support to young carers who are isolated and lacking in support due to Covid 19. Support will provide social support, build confidence and support ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000 26/05/2020
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 ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 20/03/2020
Orange Peer Support Group
National Lottery Community Fund - Expand GYGYC
£238,164 05/08/2019
36
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Young Carers will use funding to sustain an existing peer support group and create a new group with the aim of reducing the current waiting lists, these groups will ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Great Yarmouth & Gorleston Young Carers Project (GYGYC)
£2,785 19/11/2018
We would like to run a programme of activities, offering respite, fun and learning opportunities to young carers during the school holidays.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Great Yarmouth & Gorleston Young Carers Project
£119,605 23/10/2018
36
The project will deliver youth club activities and support to young carers. The project will reduce isolation, build confidence and improve resilience.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Great Yarmouth & Gorleston Young Carers Project
£29,660 08/05/2018
36
The project will deliver support group activities to young carers. The project will build peer relationships, develop coping skills and support children and young people to have fun.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Great Yarmouth & Gorleston Young Carers
£136,100 07/12/2017
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of the Manager and an Administration Assistant at a project providing support to Young Carers in Norfolk
National Lottery Community Fund - GYGYC Pink Group
£9,968 22/11/2017
12
This project will run a peer support group for young carers in the area.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Great Yarmouth & Gorleston Youth Carers
£99,300 04/12/2014
36
towards three years' salary of the Manager and the running costs of a project providing support to Young Carers in Norfolk
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/05/2013, number: 1152226
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR19: 10 days late,
Main office

GYGYC OFFICE
Shrublands Youth & Adult Centre
Magdalen Way
Gorleston
GREAT YARMOUTH
NR31 7BP

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE RELIEF OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE CARING FOR A PARENT OR SUPPORTING A PARENT CARING FOR A SIBLING, WHO OTHERWISE WOULD MISS OUT ON THE NORMAL TRANSITIONAL YEARS OF ADOLESCENCE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY, PROVIDING SUPPORT TO RELIEVE THE STRESSES EXPERIENCED BY YOUNG CARERS AND OFFERING RESPITE, FUN AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES WHICH THEY MAY OTHERWISE NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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