Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 10

Strong growth: +2
Future income +5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Multiple returns filed late: -3

Overall weighted support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 20

GO-FORWARD YOUTH

The aim of Go-Forward Youth is to provide a home from home, with other support such as training in entrepreneurship, for 18-24 year old care leavers who find themselves at a low point. Go-Forward will provide a warm supported, caring environment with the developmental support that can help young people through their difficulties when they feel most isolated.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no 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 well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

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		£279	£200	£78	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/05/22		£202	£94	£108	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/05/21	*	£53	£49	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/05/20	*	£51	£35	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/05/19	*	£8	£6	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/05/18	*	£4	£4	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/05/17	*	£5	£1	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

http://www.go-forwardyouth.org/

office@go-forwardyouth.org

02037120967

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Social youth organisations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

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	£280,065
Tudor Trust	£120,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£52,250
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington	£49,914
Youth Music	£30,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£9,600
London Catalyst	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Youth Music - FwdCtrl
£30,000	28/09/2023	FwdCtrl
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	07/07/2023	Go Forward Youth
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Go Forward Youth
£49,914	14/03/2023	London Funders Propel Fund: Care Leavers Peer Research Project; exploring the impact of healthy relationships with statutory organisations
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Go-Forward Youth
£2,250	14/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£750	31/10/2022	Core costs
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Go Forward Youth
£9,600	12/10/2022	furniture and IT equipment for the youth centre for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in London
National Lottery Community Fund - The Hub
£8,000	23/09/2022	This project will pay for furniture and equipment to turn a newly leased space into The Hub which is a home away from home for young care-experienced people aged 16-24. The project will be open evenings and weekends when young people say they feel ....more This project will pay for furniture and equipment to turn a newly leased space into The Hub which is a home away from home for young care-experienced people aged 16-24. The project will be open evenings and weekends when young people say they feel most vulnerable and have nowhere to come in times of celebration or crisis.
London Catalyst - Go Forward Youth - 1
£5,000	06/09/2022	Pastoral support for care experienced young people to equip themselves with resilience, self-awareness, & healthy relationships into the future.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Go-Forward Youth
£50,000	08/09/2021 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Go-Forward Youth
National Lottery Community Fund - Own-It
£272,065	14/07/2021	The group is using funding to deliver the Own-It programme which targets at-risk care-leavers who are prone to experiencing post-care isolation and lower levels of achievement as young adults. It supports care-leavers into work providing paid ....more The group is using funding to deliver the Own-It programme which targets at-risk care-leavers who are prone to experiencing post-care isolation and lower levels of achievement as young adults. It supports care-leavers into work providing paid first-hand work breaking down barriers to employment and exposing the opportunities available through entrepreneurship. The project comprises of three key strands: product design; enterprise and entrepreneurship training; and retail and the open market.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Go-forward Youth
£120,000	17/06/2021 36	over three years as unrestricted funding to support the growth and development of a charity led by and supporting young people with care experience in London
National Lottery Community Fund - Own It
£14,256	20/09/2019 12	Own It
National Lottery Community Fund - Middle Ground
£9,960	23/05/2019 12	The funding will be used to provide a mix of support workshops and activities for care leavers. The project aims to facilitate the transition to an independent life and the development of new relationships.
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Go Forward Youth
£4,914	05/03/2019	Share and Care

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:

AISHA SHAMOON CHOUDHURY Appointed: 2022

EDLIRA MESHAU Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Coach And Mentor

ELIZABETH SENGATI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Senior Personal Assistant

JAVED AKHTAR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director Of Finance

JIM CLIFFORD O.B.E. Appointed: 2017

SARAH ELIZABETH WIGGINS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Charity Campaign Lead

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/08/2016, number: 1168878
Registered at Companies House on 31/05/2016, number: 10206917

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; AR21: 46 days late, AR20: 6 days late, AR19: 165 days late, AR18: 8 days late, AR17: 19 days late,

Main office

Bates Wells Braithwaite
Thames Exchange
10 Queen Street Place
London
EC4R 1BE

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE CHARITABLE, THE SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE AND IMPROVE THE WELLBEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAVE HAD FOSTER CARE OR RESIDENTIAL CARE EXPERIENCE BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, ADVICE, RESOURCES, ASSISTANCE (FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE) TO: ADVANCE EDUCATION, ADVANCE HEALTH, RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT, PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG THOSE BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, DUE TO THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC POSITION AND TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPACITY AND SKILLS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

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