Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

YOUTH REALITIES LIMITED

Our aims:Reduce abuse within teenage relationshipsIncrease awareness of relationship abuse & challenge violence through educationEmpower young peoples personal development & growthProvide advocacy and trusted support for young survivorsOur activities:Specialist YP/IDVA support and advocacy Creative group activitiesProfessionals training Employment opportunitiesResearch
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers including the Government recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/07/23£258£194£64n/a
31/07/22£142£200£-58n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years
(7 years as a company)

www.youthrealities.co.uk

info@youthrealities.co.uk

02039165709

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnet, Brent,
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£222,961
Greater London Authority£169,176
Henry Smith Charity£147,600
BBC Children in Need£126,273
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£35,000
The Badur Foundation£28,324
DCMS£9,900
John Lyon's Charity£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Wellbeing Workshops for Young Survivors
£9,070 21/07/2023
The funding will be used to relaunch the advocacy support workshops for young people predominantly young women and girls with experiences of relationship abuse and violence. The project aims to deliver a variety of activities including self-defence ....more
Greater London Authority - 1:1 YPVA Support
£169,176 03/04/2023
The project will increase the capacity and strength of Youth Realities specialist 1:1 YPIDVA Support programme for young women aged 11-24 impacted by relationship abuse, violence and exploitation. This funding will enable the programme to expand ....more
The Badur Foundation - Grant to Youth Realities
£13,000 17/03/2023
Towards an extension pilot of the Deepin Dance programme
John Lyon's Charity - Small grant to Youth Realities
£5,000 29/11/2022
1:1 Abuse and Violence Support
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Youth Realities
£147,600 09/11/2022
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towards three years' running costs of a project supporting young women who have experienced violence and abuse in the London Borough of Barnet.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Youth Realities Ltd
£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’
National Lottery Community Fund - Core Staff Funding
£163,351 25/08/2022
The funding will provide support to young people in London surrounding domestic violence and healthy relationships. The project aims to offer a core and in-demand service that is both specialist in interventions and grassroots in practice focusing ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Clinical Supervision for Core Staff
£8,750 08/04/2022
The funding will be used to provide staff with specialist mental health support and supervision. The project aims for staff to be able to safely and effectively support marginalised and vulnerable children and young people.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Youth Realities Ltd
£92,150 10/08/2021
This project will deliver weekly 1:1 support and advocacy to young survivors of abuse and violence in Barnet and support them to increase increase health, wellbeing, safety and happiness.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding: Youth Support Worker in creative education
£35,000 23/07/2021
Youth Realities are a creative education organisation who aim to increase young people's awareness and understanding of relationship abuse, power dynamics, safety and respect. They run workshops in schools, provide one-to-one support and advocacy to ....more
The Badur Foundation - Grant to Youth Realities
£15,324 04/05/2021
Towards staff salaries and equipment in order to meet service demand
National Lottery Community Fund - [WAVE 5 LCRF] Youth Realities
£41,790 18/03/2021
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The project is using funding to support young women in Barnet who have experienced domestic violence sexual violence and socio-economic adversity by providing specialist one to one mentoring group wellbeing sessions support into paid employment and ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Youth Realities Ltd
£33,623 09/09/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund a project delivering 1-1 support for young women affected by domestic abuse and additionally impacted by Covid-19. Participants will be better able to manage their emotions, express themselves and engage in education ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,900 13/08/2020
"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
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£4,505 02/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - COVID-19 DEEP IN DANCE
£10,000 27/02/2019
24
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 DEEP IN DANCE. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - Talk n Chill: Empowerment Programme
£3,416 07/02/2019
12
The project will provide a support system for young women. The aim is to reduce isolation and abuse within relationships.
National Lottery Community Fund - Boyz 2 Men
£6,584 25/05/2018
12
The funding will be used to deliver a series of courses to tackle emotional issues experienced by young men. The project aims to improve mental and physical well-being through personal development.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reflective Arts
£3,414 12/07/2017
12
This project will raise awareness of the effects of domestic abuse and mental ill health. This will equip the young people taking part with skills that will improve their wellbeing.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-55
  • ANA VICTORIA JANE FITZSIMONS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Research Leader
  • ANTHONY LEWIS (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Local Government Officer
  • KARLY ARBER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • NEIL SIMON MEYRICK Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • NICOLA JOANNA SILVER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Managing Director
  • NIKI MICHAEL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • ROSLYN ADONTENG Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Training Curriculum Manager
  • SARA KIRKPATRICK Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Services Development Manager
  • UMA NAYER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Producer And Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/12/2021, number: 1197209
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/07/2017, number: 10855551
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

Pulse Community Flat
Flat 15 Osler Court
9 Charcot Road
LONDON
NW9 5XW

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC BENEFITS:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 11-25 LIVING OR STUDYING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL AND CREATIVE WORKSHOPS TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE BETTER UNDERSTAND TEENAGE RELATIONSHIP ABUSE AND WIDER SOCIAL ISSUES.2) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 11-25 LIVING OR STUDYING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE OF RELATIONSHIP ABUSE OR OTHER FORMS OF ABUSE BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY BY TRAINED PROFESSIONALS.3) TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 11-25 LIVING OR STUDYING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET 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) 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, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND EXPERIENCES OF RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE AND ABUSE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THECONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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