Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

THE ONSIDE FOUNDATION 

THE TRUSTEES OF THE ONSIDE FOUNDATION ARE CURRENTLY FOCUSED ON RAISING FUNDS AND AWARDING GRANTS TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE OF THE ART YOUTH FACILITIES ACROSS THE UK AND OTHERWISE SUPPORTING THE WORK OF ONSIDE YOUTH ZONES (CHARITY NUMBER 1125893) AND INDIVIDUAL YOUTH ZONE PROJECTS IN THE ONSIDE NETWORK.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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£2,517£5,363£-2,846£0£9,146£7,41916.600
31/03/22£3,258£5,672£-2,414£0£12,855£8,12117.200
31/03/21£12,660£12,422£238£0£14,859£8,264800
31/03/20£8,175£10,113£-1,938£0£13,876£8,64410.300
31/03/19£21,223£9,592£11,631£0£15,613£12,7871600
31/03/18£7,958£4,079£3,879£0£3,982£8722.600
31/03/17£4,697£5,040£-343£0£104£0n/a00
31/03/16?*£1,700£1,503£197£0£447£0n/a00
31/05/15£250£0£250£0£0£0NAN00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 81%
Reserves/Spending: 16.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 477.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 10 years

http://www.onsideyouthzones.org/

enquiries@onsideyouthzones.org

01204369297

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - CMC - Onside Foundation
£5,000,000 28/09/2020
This project has been funded as part of the Community Match Challenge, which aims to provide a match fund grant to philanthropists, foundations and grant making organisations for onward distribution ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/05/2014, number: 1157252
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Investment
  • 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
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR16: 1 days late,
Main office

ATRIA
SPA ROAD
BOLTON
BL1 4AG

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO APPLY FUNDS AT ITS DISCRETION (INCLUDING THROUGH THE MAKING OF DONATIONS OR GRANTS TO OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS) IN ORDER TO HELP AND EDUCATE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES BY PROMOTING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY IMPROVE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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