Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

WHALLEY RANGE YOUTH OPPORTUNITY ASSOCIATION 

We have 3 projects - JNR8, for under 12's ;-holiday playscheme activities, weekly cookery and craft activities. - WHIZ ,for over 13's,group work e.g. gang awareness, cookery, life skills, girls night,holiday activities. -Celebrate, schools workshops, festival day.;volunteering, community information and networking, intergenerational activities, e.g.arts crafts, information and music.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/09/22£133£104£29n/an/an/an/an/a30
30/09/21£67£76£-9n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/09/20£122£102£20n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/09/19£94£94£-1n/an/an/an/an/a120
30/09/18£90£76£13£0£0£0n/a0150
30/09/17£67£70£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£72£74£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£67£56£11£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£38£45£-7£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£39£35£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£40£47£-7£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11*£44£53£-8£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10£56£53£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£47£47£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08£69£55£14£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07*£96£116£-21£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06*£106£108£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£114£110£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£157£157£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 42 years

www.wryoa.co.uk

carol.packham96@gmail.com

01618813744

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lancashire, Manchester City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 30 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - ACE Jubilee: Celebrate Life
£9,377 08/04/2022
The funding will be used to hold a one day community festival to mark the Queen’s Jubilee and her longevity through the theme of life and will involve a range of intergenerational creative and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - JNR8 Play Scheme
£10,000 11/06/2021
The funding will be used to run a holiday play scheme for children. The group will give children a choice of play opportunities including free play active play educational play outdoor play and ....more
Manchester City Council - Grant to Whalley Range Youth Opps Asc WHIZ
£2,000 01/07/2020
Funding for summer play scheme
National Lottery Community Fund - JNR8 Play Scheme
£9,997 18/04/2019
12
The organisation will deliver a school holiday play scheme for local young people, with the aim of improving access to out of school activities.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Whalley Range Youth Opportunities Association
£122,442 28/02/2019
36
This project will run a series of Thai Boxing sessions, as well as surrounding health and wellbeing activities and trips, for young people with poor mental/physical health, from deprived backgrounds.
National Lottery Community Fund - Celebrate 21 'Harmony'
£9,746 07/02/2018
12
The group will run a festival day, workshops and a music project to bring together local people and community groups. This will help to reduce hostility and negativity towards the Muslim community ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Celebrate, (Whalley Range Youth Opportunities Association)
£4,210 29/11/2017
We want to run workshops with local groups with a lantern procession in Whalley Range to celebrate 20 years of the community festival.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/05/1982, number: 512666
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR11: 22 days late, AR07: 69 days late, AR06: 52 days late,
Main office

JNR8, 82, CROMWELL AVENUE
WHALLEY RANGE
MANCHESTER
M16 0BG

Objectives

TO HELP AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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