Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

TEEN CHALLENGE UK 

The main object of the charity is to help young people with life controlling problems to become mentally sound, emotionally balanced, socially adjusted, physically well and spiritually alive.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been 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£3,058£3,054£3£41£4,741£4,18516.45560
31/03/22£2,740£2,765£-25£39£4,738£4,28718.656600
31/03/21£2,550£2,669£-119£46£4,763£4,31519.458600
31/03/20£2,485£3,034£-548£93£4,882£4,43517.562600
31/03/19£3,233£3,129£104£111£5,303£4,85818.657600
31/03/18£2,977£2,919£58£129£5,200£4,75519.5600
31/03/17£2,619£3,221£-601£155£5,141£5,03418.8730
31/03/16*£2,768£2,886£-118£237£5,743£5,63423.4600
31/03/15£2,951£2,780£172£173£5,861£5,63624.3570
31/03/14*£2,256£2,483£-226£119£5,769£5,54626.8550
31/03/13*£2,521£2,864£-344£138£5,659£5,43622.8650
31/03/12£2,437£2,866£-429£122£6,003£5,77924.2730
31/03/11*£2,750£3,326£-576£127£6,432£6,15122.2680
31/03/10*£2,455£2,804£-349£130£7,008£6,78329650
31/03/09£2,761£2,740£21£99£7,358£7,14031.3630
31/03/08*£3,547£2,770£777£134£7,426£7,21131.2660
31/03/07*£3,740£2,538£1,203£140£6,649£6,48330.7640
31/03/06*£3,694£2,647£1,047£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£3,545£2,460£1,085£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£3,975£3,153£823£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 16.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 7.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 36 years

www.teenchallenge.org.uk

info@teenchallenge.org.uk

01664822221

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Christian religious associations
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 55 employees
  • 60 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/04/1988, number: 298900
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
20 returns made; AR16: 2 days late, AR14: 45 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR11: 0 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR08: 29 days late, AR07: 44 days late, AR06: 105 days late, AR05: 58 days late,
Main office

Teen Challenge UK
Willoughby House
Station Road
Upper Broughton
Melton Mowbray
LE14 3BH

Objectives

A. ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION PARTICULARLY AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS OF BELIEF SET OUT IN THE SCHEDULE TO THE TRUST DEED. B. THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE RELATING TO MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILL HEALTH OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR DRUG OR ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY. C. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR HOMELESSNESS AMONG ANY PERSONS WHO ARE THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE OBJECTS IN SUB CLAUSE A OR B ABOVE. D. THE PROVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL REHABILITATION TO ANY PERSONS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN BENEFICIARIES OF ANY OF THE OBJECTS SET OUT ABOVE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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