Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

YOUTH LEADS UK

Youth Leads UK is an award-winning charity getting the voice of young people heard and acted upon. We run skills development programmes to upskill disadvantaged young people, publish Xplode Magazine providing a platform for young people to use their voice and we challenge decision-makers on under-representation of young people at leadership level.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
31/03/23£247£261£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£196£232£-36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£231£164£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£125£131£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£91£114£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
06/04/18£99£109£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
06/04/17£78£38£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
06/04/16£21£44£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
06/04/15£55£30£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

youthleads.uk

info@youthleads.uk

03301200619

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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
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
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
National Lottery Community Fund£212,800
Henry Smith Charity£135,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£51,500
BBC Children in Need£48,700
DCMS£36,630
The Fore£35,000
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust£22,380
The Shears Foundation£19,800
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Shears Foundation - Youth Leads UK
£5,500 11/07/2023
Youth Leads The Way
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500 26/05/2023
WCA Winner 2023-2024
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Youth Leads UK
£45,000 27/04/2023
36
This grant supports a programme of social action projects, employability and industry insight sessions for children and young people in the care system. Intended outcomes are to boost self-confidence and self-worth.
The Fore - Grant to Youth Leads
£30,000 01/04/2023
36
Youth Leads is an entirely youth-led, proudly BAME charity. They are transforming youth representation and leadership for working class young people in Greater Manchester. Youth Leads work with disadvantaged and underserved young people. They ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Youth Leads
£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’
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Staff salary: Youth engagement
£22,380 27/09/2022
Funding facilitated two new staff members helping us better the life chances of over 300 young people across Greater Manchester.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Youth Leads
£135,000 15/06/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing employment support, training and mentoring for young people from disadvantaged communities in Greater Manchester.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£25,000 11/03/2022
36
Youth Leads The Way
The Shears Foundation - Youth Leads UK
£5,000 26/01/2022
Youth Leads The Way
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£500 29/03/2021
Core costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Leads The Way
£180,800 22/02/2021
33
The Bolton based organisation provides support to disadvantaged young people aged between 14 – 15 and help them develop skills through youth led programmes. Funding for the group will go towards expanding their current programme and develop a new ....more
Bolton CVS - Grant to Youth Leads UK
£19,800 16/02/2021
Youth Leads the way
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£33,430 09/10/2020
"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 Leads Covid-19 Response 1
£32,000 18/06/2020
6
A youth-led organisation will support young people (YP) facing increased mental health and wellbeing concerns and YP who do not expect to be re-employed following their furlough leave. Existing support services have moved online and over the phone. ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Youth Leads
£3,200 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund additional staffing to support children and young people living in poverty in Greater Manchester, and isolated due to Covid-19, to influence change. This will help improve their communication skills.
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Youth Leads UK
£5,000 03/06/2020
36
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Youth Leads UK, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,200 20/05/2020
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 and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 01/05/2020
Youth Leads UK
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Youth Leads UK
£10,000 28/04/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
The Shears Foundation - Youth Leads UK
£9,300 29/01/2020
Youth Leads The Way
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 20/09/2019
towards core work of this youth led magazine project during the year end March 2020
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Leads
£9,850 06/06/2019
12
The organisation will deliver workshops, training sessions, work experience and mentorship for young people, with the aim of increasing access to employment skills development and support.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Youth Leads
£29,800 15/03/2019
36
This project will support young people experiencing economic deprivation and living in the care system. It will deliver sessions on magazine production skills to increase their communication, sense of pride, and independence skills.
Bolton CVS - Grant to Youth Leads
£3,000 07/01/2019
To educate and inform young Boltonians aged 11-30 on the impact of Covid-19
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 11/10/2018
Main Grants award
National Lottery Community Fund - Xploding Potential by Xplode Magazine
£9,940 21/03/2018
12
The funding will be used to provide training and work experience opportunities for young people aged 14 to 19 to be able to produce and distribute a magazine. The project aims to improve their chances of gaining employment by teaching them new ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Xplode Magazine
£22,000 15/03/2018
12
over one year as continuation funding towards the salary of the Charity Support Executive at a youth charity running a magazine while also offering employability training to young people in Bolton
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 06/07/2017
Xplode Employ
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Youth Leads UK
£60,000 26/06/2017
36
Towards salary of the CEO of a youth-led magazine and training programme.
National Lottery Community Fund - Xplode Magazine (Bolton)
£9,930 08/02/2017
12
The funding will be used to expand a charity’s existing activities to new areas of Greater Manchester, offering a mentorship programme for young people to develop their media and business skills working on the group’s ‘Xplode ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Xplode Magazine
£20,000 31/10/2016
12
over one year towards the salary of a charity support executive at a youth charity that runs a magazine and offers employability training across Bury and Greater Manchester
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core funding for expansion of Xplode's youth-led model
£60,000 18/07/2016
24
Xplode is a youth-led charity, based in Bolton, which works to upskill 12-22 year olds through a magazine, website and vlog (video blog). This grant will provide core funding for the organisation, as it begins to plan its expansion across Greater ....more
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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

  • ADAM TOORAWA Appointed: 2014
  • CHLOE MARIA BENNETT Appointed: 2019
  • KHALIL MALJI Appointed: 2014
  • LYDIA GERMAN Appointed: 2018
  • ROSALEEN TITE AHERN Appointed: 2023
  • SAIMAH MALJI (Chair) Appointed: 2015
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/02/2014, number: 1155789
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
  • 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
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

Youth Leads UK
Blue
Media City Uk
SALFORD
M50 2ST

Objectives

1. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 22 LIVING IN ENGLAND AND WALES BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:A. 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;B. ADVANCING EDUCATION;C. RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;D. PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.2. TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE INNOVATIVE NON-FORMAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES FOR AND BY YOUNG PEOPLE, WORKING WITH THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR FULL POTENTIAL3. TO ACT AS A PLATFORM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP BUSINESS SKILLS WHICH ARE THEN APPLIED PRACTICALLY THROUGH THE CHARITY’S PUBLICATION, XPLODE MAGAZINE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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