Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 10

WYCOMBE YOUTH ACTION

Wycombe Youth Action works in the community to challenge attitudes and perceptions around young people. Our projects provide YP with the opportunity to give back to their community by questioning and changing the stereotypes faced by Gen Z today.We educate, engage and equip YP with the right tools, mindset and information to make positive choices and changes in their lives and relationships.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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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	*	£175	£287	£-112	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/22		£298	£278	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/21		£178	£187	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/20		£229	£177	£52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/19		£197	£149	£49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/18		£86	£118	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.wycombeyouthaction.co.uk

info@wycombeyouthaction.co.uk

01494 257357

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social youth organisations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Buckinghamshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£55,000
The Pilgrim Trust	£30,000
Rothschild Foundation	£21,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£20,000
Department for Work and Pensions	£7,639
Co-Operative Group	£5,415
The Grocers' Charity	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Work and Pensions - THE PROFIT WORKS LIMITED
£2,096	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£30,000	29/10/2021	Weston Youth Grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Knife Crime Youth Violence Prevention Programme
£10,000	27/05/2021	The funding will be used to deliver a preventative programme of activities and engagement for young people with a particular focus on the topics of knife crime anti-social behaviour criminal activity ....more The funding will be used to deliver a preventative programme of activities and engagement for young people with a particular focus on the topics of knife crime anti-social behaviour criminal activity and gang culture. The project aims to equip young people with life-skills helping to divert them from potential engagement in negative behaviour.
Department for Work and Pensions - THE PROFIT WORKS
£5,543	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Wycombe Youth Action
£21,000	27/08/2020 12	Support for Wycombe Youth Action's running costs for two months ensuring continuity of their projects and mentoring with vulnerable young people.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	21/08/2020	Child Exploitation Prevention and Victim Programme
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 Wycombe Youth Action
£5,000	18/03/2020	Improving support for disadvantaged children and young people
National Lottery Community Fund - Knife crime and youth gang violence prevention programme
£10,000	09/03/2020 10	The project will use funding to address and prevent youth violence and gang involvement by reducing social exclusion, supporting youth volunteering, and educational, social and personal development ....more The project will use funding to address and prevent youth violence and gang involvement by reducing social exclusion, supporting youth volunteering, and educational, social and personal development needs.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Wycombe Youth Action CIO
£5,415	15/11/2019	We want to provide an afternoon drop-in service, twice a week, assisting young people with CVs and employment advice.
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Wycombe Youth Action
£30,000	19/09/2019 36	Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention Programme
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	29/05/2019	Knife Crime and Youth Violence prevention
National Lottery Community Fund - Knife Crime & Youth Violence Prevention
£10,000	23/11/2018 12	The funding will be used to run a knife crime and youth violence prevention programme over 12 months for young people at risk of leaving mainstream education and/or support services. The project aims ....more The funding will be used to run a knife crime and youth violence prevention programme over 12 months for young people at risk of leaving mainstream education and/or support services. The project aims to give young people the tools to develop ways to understand and manage issues of youth violence, knife crime and grooming. This will take place through workshops, one to one mentoring and skills building sessions.
Home Office - Knife Crime Community Fund 18-19
£15,005	03/09/2018	The fund was set up in 2017/18 to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. The fund was open to ....more The fund was set up in 2017/18 to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. The fund was open to voluntary and community sector groups and the Home Office made up to £800,000 available in 2017 to 2018.A second round of the fund was announced in the Serious Violence Strategy, launched by the Home Secretary on 9 April 2018.In 2018/19 were are increasing this fund to £1.56 million pound for 68 projects.
Home Office - Knife Crime Community Fund 17-18
£19,998	01/12/2017	The fund has been set up to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. Bids have been assessed on ....more The fund has been set up to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. Bids have been assessed on the extent to which they provide value for money and demonstrate, based on their understanding of knife crime in the local area, that they will achieve at least one of the following key aims:Â? Prevent young people from becoming involved in carrying a knifeÂ? Respond to knife crime in our communitiesÂ? Improve support for knife crime offenders and offer an effective exit strategyÂ? Increase reporting of knife carryingÂ? Help young people to deal with conflict without resorting to violenceÂ? Support the siblings of young people involved in or at risk of involvement in knife violenceÂ? Build our understanding of the drivers behind knife crimeÂ? Build our understanding of how to prevent young people from carrying knives

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

BETHANY BRAVINGTON Appointed: 2024

CAROLE ANN PALMER Appointed: 2022

IAN WORKMAN Appointed: 2021

USHA PRASHAR Appointed: 2023

SIMON ROGER KEAREY Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeships: THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY MUSEUM TRUST, NATIONAL TRAILS UK,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/03/2017, number: 1172046

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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR23: 15 days late,

Main office

Wycombe Youth Action
41 Baker Street
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP11 2RX

Objectives

THE ENGAGEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH POSITIVE ACTIVITIES TO AID THEM IN THEIR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT TO BECOME BETTER MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND/OR ACTIVITIES OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN HIGH WYCOMBE AND DISTRICT (THE AREA OF BENEFIT), BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

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