Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

XTRAX (HASTINGS AND ROTHER)

The activities of Xtrax are primarily operated as a drop-in centre providing a host of support and advisory services to avert crisis, homelessness and poverty, engaging young people in programmes to advance their learning, employment, skills and well-being.
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

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
31/03/24£171£142£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£111£134£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£147£127£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£110£126£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£108£91£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£68£80£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.xtrax.org

info@xtrax.org

01424722524

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,
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£189,981
The Blagrave Trust£67,200
DCMS£20,052
Sussex Community Foundation£19,896
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£10,000
BBC Children in Need£3,820
Tudor Trust£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Blagrave Trust - Regional Partnership Grants
£31,200 30/04/2023
Youth advice and information
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Xtrax
£10,000 11/11/2022
Funding was provided towards core costs.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Xtrax (Hastings and Rother Drop-in Centre)
£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’
The Blagrave Trust - Youth advice and information
£36,000 23/05/2022
Detached youth work, advice and information in Hastings
National Lottery Community Fund - Digital Inclusion
£9,981 15/10/2021
The funding will be used to update current IT and buy additional laptops for the Xtrax Centre supporting vulnerable young people who are digitally excluded. The project aims to increase digital skills reducing inequality and improving opportunities.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to XTRAX
£10,000 25/06/2021
8% as salary and overhead costs for a young people's centre in Hastings.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Xtrax
£2,000 22/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
National Lottery Community Fund - Future Perfect
£180,000 14/01/2021
35
The funding will provide support for young people aged 16-24 living in an area of multiple deprivation with issues such as; health and wellbeing housing benefits advice food poverty and more. The aim is to provide timely and appropriate support to ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£20,052 18/06/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Xtrax (Hastings and Rother Drop-in Centre)
£3,320 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will provide practical crisis support, including addressing the digital exclusion of young people in Hastings and Rother who are experiencing additional hardships as a result of Covid-19. The project will improve life chances ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to XTRAX (Young People's Centre)
£4,896 21/04/2020
Xtrax provide a safe, non-judgemental, friendly and personal drop-in service to all young people aged 16-24. Offering support and practical help in a crisis. Xtrax helps vulnerable and disadvantaged young people make real and lasting changes in ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to XTRAX (Young People's Centre)
£5,000 18/11/2019
12
Funding was provided towards the staff costs of a Volunteer Coordinator.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Xtrax (Hastings and Rother Drop-in Centre)
£29,812 08/08/2019
36
This drop-in centre will provide practical crisis support to young people who are experiencing homelessness, family breakdown or poor mental health. The project will help alleviate isolation and improve life skills and mental health.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Xtrax
£75,000 15/07/2019
36
over three years towards core salaries and running costs at charity supporting vulnerable young people in Hastings
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Xtrax (Hastings and Rother)
£5,000 31/05/2019
12
towards one year's running costs of a project providing a range of support, including advice and skills training, for vulnerable young people in East Sussex
The Blagrave Trust - Drop in serving centre of Hastings
£36,000 19/03/2019
Drop in serving centre of Hastings
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to XTRAX (Young People's Centre)
£5,000 16/11/2018
8
Funding was provided for core costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Offering digital services to increase the support we can give
£9,605 26/04/2018
12
This organisation will purchase a range if IT equipment for the benefit of participants who access their young people's centre with the aim of engaging them in positive activities and providing a diversion to anti- social behaviour.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DONOVAN KITSON Appointed: 2023
  • NIGEL JENNER Appointed: 2020
  • PATRICK MOSS Appointed: 2024
  • SUSAN MANWARING (Chair) Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/09/2017, number: 1174692
Gift Aid
  • 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 expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR18: 131 days late,
Main office

7 The Alley
HASTINGS
East Sussex
TN34 1HB

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 24 LIVING IN THE HASTINGS AND ROTHER AREA 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 SKIULLS, 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.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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