Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 14
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +14
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

THE WARREN OF HULL LIMITED

Young peoples resource centre offering informal education, accredited and non-accredited courses, childcare, counselling, cafe, health activities, womens work, work with LGBT young people, music, art, recording studios and sports. All of these activities are provided with in a philosophy of encouraging young people to take control over their own lives).
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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

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:

  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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
31/03/23£1,317£1,252£65£1,211£530£4904.7280
31/03/22£903£756£147£691£465£4196.6230
31/03/21£883£830£53£736£318£3184.6220
31/03/20*£704£661£43£596£265£2654.82230
31/03/19£727£614£113£600£222£2224.32040
31/03/18£681£667£14£0£109£1092220
31/03/17£505£492£12£0£95£952.3190
31/03/16£401£411£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£443£442£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£490£476£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£529£547£-18£532£77£771.7100
31/03/12£600£682£-82£659£94£941.7100
31/03/11*£710£761£-51£10£176£621210
31/03/10*£789£748£40£0£227£1151.8220
31/03/09£943£889£54£0£187£1021.4200
31/03/08*£732£698£34£0£131£0n/a190
31/03/07*£680£661£19£0£97£0n/a180
31/03/06£630£661£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£769£771£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£852£859£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 92%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 96.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 27%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 36 years

www.thewarren.org

website@thewarren.org

01482218115

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • LGBTQ+ support
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kingston Upon Hull City,
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£368,388
Esmee Fairbairn£214,500
Comic Relief£141,806
The Blagrave Trust£117,000
Innox Foundation£90,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£90,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£27,685
DCMS£14,291
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Innox Foundation - Grant to The Warren Project
£90,000 06/12/2023
Unrestricted funding for The Warren Project
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Warren of Hull
£19,500 20/02/2023
Towards core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
The Blagrave Trust - Warren Youth Project (The Warren of Hull Ltd)-
£117,000 31/05/2022
Young people in policy making
DCMS - Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants
£14,291 09/03/2022
National Lottery Project Grants is our open access programme for arts, libraries and museums projects. The fund supports thousands of individual artists, community and cultural organisations.
Comic Relief - Three Minute Monologues
£141,806 25/01/2022
18
The Project will support 60 people to participate in creative writing sessions and wrap-around support, creating a safe space for self-expression and exploration of mental health issues. Creative output will be anonymised and shared with local ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Warren of Hull
£195,000 01/12/2021
Towards core costs for youth led work that supports marginalised and vulnerable young-people to take control of their lives.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Can-Do Curve Project
£368,388 17/09/2021
The Warren are a Hull-based youth organisation who have worked with vulnerable and marginalised 14-25 year olds in Hull for the past 37 years. It offers free support guidance training education counselling employability and training and creative ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Sustainability and Development of The Thing
£45,000 18/01/2021
The Warren of Hull offers free support, guidance, training, music, education and counselling services to young people in Hull. This grant will fund the development of The Thing, the youth-led empowerment and governance structure at the heart of The ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to The Warren Project
£12,685 24/07/2020
Grant to The Warren Project meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 10/06/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 02/04/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Sustainability and Development of The Thing
£5,000 16/03/2020
The Warren of Hull offers free support, guidance, training, music, education and counselling services to young people in Hull. This grant will fund the development of The Thing, the youth-led empowerment and governance structure at the heart of The ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Warren Project
£15,000 04/12/2019
12
Request is towards cost of specialist consultancy advice to develop business plan and feasibility study to develop a new Social Housing Division.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - The Warren Sustainability Model Project
£60,000 13/05/2019
24
To expand the organisation’s approach to social enterprise by developing music events and an industry conference; creating a youth support facility, including a music-themed hotel run by young people; and building opportunities generated from the ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Sustainability and Development of The Thing
£100,000 21/11/2018
24
The Warren of Hull offers free support, guidance, training, music, education and counselling services to young people in Hull. This grant will fund the development of The Thing, the youth-led empowerment and governance structure at the heart of The ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Warren Youth Project
£10,000 20/09/2018
12
The funding will be used to undertake a feasibility study. The project aims to identify the preferred option for the renovation and development of this multi-use centre to make it fit for purpose.
National Lottery Community Fund - Can-Do
£376,882 18/05/2018
60
The group will provide free support, guidance, training, music and recording activities, education and person-centred counselling services to young people experiencing unemployment, homelessness, sexual abuse, physical abuse, drug-abuse, bullying, ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Three Minute Heroes - Mental Health & Music Project
£60,000 11/12/2017
9
Three Minute Heroes links the writing of young people aged 11-25 about their mental health to singers/musicians and performance poets, who then set these words to music and perform them. The Warren plans to evaluate the impact of this project to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Carers Project
£9,680 12/07/2017
12
The group will deliver workshops and specialist support for young people with caring responsibilities. This will provide young people with opportunities to develop interpersonal and social skills as well as access respite time and relief from their ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Sustaining and Developing Empowerment for Future Generations
£60,000 27/02/2017
24
The Warren is a well-established youth charity, based in Hull. It offers a variety of services including an open access youth space and snack bar, counselling, music service with associated record label, active LGBTQ and young women’s groups and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Can Do Project
£492,029 02/06/2014
48
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Warren Project
£28,000 29/07/2013
The Warren is a charity that supports young people in Hull through structured activities to help them develop the personal and life skills to find work, and to be positive citizens. The grant will contribute to a Female Engagement Worker.
National Lottery Community Fund - Can Do
£299,301 07/07/2011
36
A resource centre, counselling, informal learning and health activities will be provided for young people in Kingston upon Hull. The project will help young people to have control of their own lives by providing them with skills, knowledge and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-76
  • ALISON ELIZABETH FLACK Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Nhs Senior Manager
  • DR BRUCE WOODCOCK, Occupation: Universty Lecturer
  • DR JACQUELINE WHITE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Mental Health Nurse Academic
  • EDWARD FLANAGAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor
  • JULIE ANN RIPPINGALE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Trustee
  • LLOYD ATKIN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Trustee
  • PAULA LITTEN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Managing Director
  • STEPHEN THOMAS KAY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/07/1988, number: 700458
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/05/1988, number: 02257667
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • 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; AR20: 54 days late, AR11: 89 days late, AR10: 3 days late, AR08: 68 days late, AR07: 434 days late, AR05: 17 days late,
Main office

The Warren
Queens Dock Chambers
47-49 Queens Dock Avenue
HULL
HU1 3DR

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE NEED AMONG YOUNG PERSONS PRIMARILY BETWEEN THE AGED OF 16 AND 25 YEARS LIVING IN KINGSTON-UPON-HULL WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED OR WHERE BY REASONS OF ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE OF NEED OF HELP IN ACQUIRING A SETTLED WAY OF LIFE BY PROVIDING DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING CENTRES OR SIMILAR FACILITIES AND TO FURTHER ASSIST SUCH PERSONS THROUGH EDUCATING AND LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES THOSE WHO BY REASON OF ANY PHYSICAL PHYSIOLOGICAL EMOTIONAL OR SOCIAL INFIRMITY ARE IN NEED OF ADVICE COUNSELLING AND OTHER BENEFIT TO ASSIST THEM TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

KINGSTON UPON HULL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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