Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 5
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

RUBYGIRL LIMITED

RUFF & RUBY engages young people to realise their value, reach their potential , re:frame their world & re:purpose their generation by raising self esteem & aspirations through 121 LIFECOACHING & WORKSHOPS, #VIPMYCRIB bedroom makeovers for young people in poverty, SOUND ADVICE MUSIC STUDIO & DIGITAL SUITE & DESIGN YOUR FUTURE employability course & experience @ The Ruff & Rubyrooms #PURPOSE
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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
31/05/23*£87£96£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/22*£102£243£-141n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/21£352£244£108n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/20£179£161£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/19£135£150£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/18£233£237£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/17£262£271£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/16£189£146£43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/15£43£45£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/14£62£51£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.ruffandruby.com

info@ruffandruby.com

07812774632

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City,
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
DCMS£72,611
BBC Children in Need£33,320
Garfield Weston Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Rubygirl UK
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 03/06/2022
FLEX - YOUR POTENTIAL - RUFF AND RUBY
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£69,611 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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Rubygirl UK
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant is for additional 121 life coaching sessions for girls experiencing a range of disadvantage who have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The aim is to improve decision making and promote independence.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000 01/06/2020
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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Rubygirl UK
£29,820 20/03/2020
36
This project provides life coaching for 10-18 year olds in Stoke on Trent at risk of poor mental wellbeing and involvement in risky behaviour. Grant is for a Life Coach to support children to make positive life choices.
National Lottery Community Fund - 'Fresh'
£175,292 24/05/2019
24
This project will seek to impact the lives of young people by concentrating its early-action engagement in schools, building potential future income streams while supporting the organisation's leadership to focus on a more sustainable future. It ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - TENACIOUS
£10,000 27/02/2019
12
This funding will be used to employ support staff to work with vulnerable young people. This will enable participants to take part in activities that will raise aspirations and increase their confidence.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Ruff & Ruby Rooms
£453,531 22/09/2015
36
A youth project to create an urban social enterprise to promote self-esteem, raise aspirations and create work experience and opportunities. The scheme, which includes customer service training, clothing design workshops, life coaching, mentoring, ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • KAY SPEEDMAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired Police Officer
  • MARK JASON BURNHAM Appointed: 2024
  • ROBERT ANTHONY PRICE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Businessman
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/08/2013, number: 1153387
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/05/2013, number: 08512075
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
  • 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
10 returns made; AR23: 15 days late, AR22: 5 days late,
Main office

The RUFF & RUBYROOMS
THE POTTERIES CENTRE
QUADRANT ROAD
HANLEY
STOKE ON TRENT
ST1 1PS

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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