Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

CENTRE 63 KIRKBY

Providing leisure time activities designed to develop the physical, mental and spritual capabilities of young people in the community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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
31/12/23£500£505£-4£13£87£671.675
31/12/22£462£447£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£429£436£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£571£545£26£4£84£390.91615
31/12/19£582£626£-44£0£58£210.4178
31/12/18*£475£514£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£485£435£50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£420£375£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£306£282£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£330£282£48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£345£336£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£350£401£-51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£330£337£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£371£351£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£266£287£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£333£405£-72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£375£367£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06*£351£349£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£356£352£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04*£377£310£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 77%
Reserves/Spending: 1.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 18.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 37 years

www.centre63.org.uk

jeane.lowe@centre63.co.uk

01515491494

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Knowsley,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

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£268,985
Henry Smith Charity£94,500
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£87,556
DCMS£48,260
BBC Children in Need£34,700
John Moores Foundation£18,798
Rank Foundation£9,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Centre 63
£8,798 26/06/2024
Towards the Project Manager's salary
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Get connected
£5,374 23/08/2023
To provide practical digital skills to different groups including care leavers, asylum seekers and refugees. The education will focus on skill gaps such as independent living skills and financial stability for care leavers, and English lessons, ....more
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Turnaround Project
£5,000 06/07/2023
To provide a range of activities including sport, art and culture 3 days a week for 4 hours over 6 weeks. At risk young people aged 11-17 will be the target audience.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Youth Club - Connect Project
£30,000 31/03/2023
To provide a range of activities for young people that support their wellbeing through eating well and exercise, by offering mental health training for in young people and employing a mental health advocate so young people have someone to talk to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Centre 63 Kirkby
£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’
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Breaking the Cycle
£35,904 07/10/2022
The group will deliver trauma-informed sport mentoring program, focused on empowering young people and helping them to understand the impact of their behavior on their wellbeing.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Remake Project
£3,778 18/08/2022
The group will deliver two separate projects one in Upcycling/recycling and the other will be Food waste/Grow your own for children adn young people.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Sport 4 Change
£2,500 10/08/2022
To deliver sports, training, qualifications and sessions on healthy eating and wellbeing to young people and families.
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Enquiry Service
£250,265 25/07/2022
This funding will support Centre 63 to deliver a range of services and activities for young people of Knowsley. The grant of £250265 over 3 years will continue key activities to support young people with improved Mental health and physical ....more
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - The Turnaround Project
£5,000 13/07/2022
To provide a range of courses and diversionary activities to engage at risk young people in Kirkby.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Centre 63 (Kirkby) Ltd
£94,500 10/02/2022
36
towards three years' salary of a Project Manager at an organisation providing therapeutic emotional and practical support services for families who have multiple complex needs in Kirkby, Merseyside.
National Lottery Community Fund - Missing Link Project
£10,000 20/08/2021
The funding will be used to employ a mentor based at the youth club whose duties will include talking to children and young people in support of their physical and mental health as well as providing them with guidance and advice.
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Centre 63
£10,000 15/04/2021
Towards the Missing Link project
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Centre 63 Kirkby
£30,000 14/12/2020
This project will provide a youth club which offers mentoring, advocacy and counselling support to young people affected be poverty and deprivation. The project aims to increase self-worth, improve physical health and reduce social isolation.
CAF - Grant to Centre 63
£4,160 21/07/2020
3
Grant to Centre 63 to support the organisation through COVID19
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£48,260 03/07/2020
"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 Centre 63 Kirkby
£4,200 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund additional sessional staff and emergency support packages for 50 children and young people living in deprived areas and isolated at home due to Covid-19. This project will achieve improved emotional wellbeing and ....more
Rank Foundation - Resilience Fund Centre 63 2020
£9,000 29/05/2020
To cover lost income
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 Volunteer Hub
£8,720 30/04/2020
12
The funding will be used to deliver support remotely and offer a home service to children young people families and those homeless or under threat of becoming homeless. It will provide food supplies items for personal hygiene and offer counselling ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£38,505 01/04/2019
.
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£38,505 01/04/2019
.
National Lottery Community Fund - Remake yourself Hub
£10,000 17/08/2018
12
The Centre will bring in young adults to learn skills involved in upcycling furniture that was destined for landfill, especially around upholstery and sewing. Volunteers will also be coached to spread the message of upcycling across the community. ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Centre 63 Kirkby
£86,962 02/03/2018
24
Acting Sound will offer a range of drama, music and technology based activities for 8 to 18 year olds from Knowsley impacted by poverty and deprivation. This will increase confidence, resilience and participation.
Power to Change - Centre 63
£10,000 19/01/2018
Grant to Centre 63
National Lottery Community Fund - The 'Listen Up' project
£10,000 05/07/2017
12
The funding will be used to run a variety of courses based on raising awareness about and combatting the effects of negative mental health amongst young people within the community. The project aims to provide people with the opportunity to learn ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Enquiry Service (YES) Project
£484,961 14/06/2017
60
This group deliver one-to-one debt advice and tenancy support. The project will provide a route to mainstream services for those who are unable to access them due to personal barriers. Programmes will support asylum seekers, refugees and migrants to ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£38,505 01/05/2017
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DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£38,505 01/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of the open access youth provision, through a £1m ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£38,505 01/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of the open access youth provision, through a £1m ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£28,879 01/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of the open access youth provision, through a £1m ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£28,879 01/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of the open access youth provision, through a £1m ....more
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Centre 63
£10,000 01/02/2017
Towards the Listen Up project
Comic Relief - Active 63-Connected Communities
£71,757 30/11/2016
24
Centre 63 and the Youth Sports Trust will support 10-18 year olds at high risk of exclusion from school and/or becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training) in Kirkby. Participants will attend sport, literacy and numeracy sessions, ....more
Comic Relief - Project Manager for the YES Project
£56,952 27/01/2016
24
Young people face high levels of youth unemployment, a lack of affordable housing and low incomes, and are particularly affected by changes to the benefits system. Centre 63 in Kirkby Liverpool will work with 200 young people who are either homeless ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Centre 63 (Kirkby) Ltd
£30,400 17/09/2015
12
towards one year's continuation funding of the salary of the Manager at the YES (Youth Enquiry Service) project, providing support and advice to young people who are at risk of homelessness throughout England
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Centre 63 (Kirkby) Ltd
£85,700 12/09/2012
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of a Project Manager of the YES Project, to provide support to young people in Merseyside who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Centre 63 Kirkby
£24,000 27/04/2012
the salary and on-costs of a part time Debt Advisor for the YES project
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-64
  • EDITH CAROLINE COLLINS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Accountant
  • JEREMY DAVID FAGAN (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Clerk In Holy Orders
  • JOHN WHITE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Manager
  • RACHEL LESLEY- TALBOT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Senior Trust Manager
  • REV PHILLIPPA CLARE LEA Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Vicar
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/03/1988, number: 700064
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/03/1988, number: 02227915
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
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 41 days late, AR06: 198 days late, AR04: 225 days late,
Main office

Centre 63
Old Hall Lane
Kirkby
LIVERPOOL
L32 5TH

Objectives

A) TO DEVELOP CHRISTIAN WORSHIP AND WITNESS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IN AND AROUND KIRBY NEAR LIVERPOOL IN THE COUNTY OF MERSEYSIDE. B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE NEED AMONGST THE YOUNG PERSONS OF THE COMMUNITY AFORESAID THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPABILITES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITTIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

KIRKBY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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