Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

BAD BIKES YOUTH PROJECT 

BAD Bikes' Youth Project acts as a resource for young people living in the Ward of Blackmill, Bridgend and surrounding areas by providing advice and assistance and organising programmes of physical, educational and other leisure activities as a means of enhancing their lives and developing their skills, capacity and capabilities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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£47£67£-20n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/22£56£45£11n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/21£44£50£-7n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£61£52£9n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/19£46£44£1n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/18*£49£43£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£37£46£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£45£41£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£84£51£33£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

andrewmckay2@sky.com

07915 077299

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bridgend,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 3 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£9,960
BBC Children in Need£3,130
DCMS£3,126
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to BAD Bikes
£3,130 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund activity packs and resources to support children and young people isolated by Covid-19. As a result they will have better coping skills and reduce their anxiety.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,126 02/06/2020
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 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Getting Together
£9,960 09/09/2019
12
Getting Together
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to BAD Bikes
£1,430 22/06/2018
24
towards a two-night camping trip to the Forest of Dean for a group of disadvantaged children from South Wales
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to BAD Bikes
£1,130 30/06/2017
24
towards a two night camping trip to for a group of disadvantaged children from South Wales
BBC Children in Need - Grant to BAD Bikes
£104,431 09/02/2017
36
This grant will fund youth work sessions for children and young people in a deprived area. They will have increased confidence, broaden their horizons, and have improved life skills.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/04/2014, number: 1156773
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
  • 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; AR18: 7 days late, AR15: 42 days late,
Main office

c/o 6 Heol-y-Mynydd
Sarn
BRIDGEND
CF32 9UH

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE WARD OF BLACKMILL, BRIDGEND AND SURROUNDING AREAS 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) 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.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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