Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 11
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

MERSEYSIDE YOUTH ASSOCIATION LIMITED

The charity provides and co-ordinates in the interest of social welfare, facilities for recreation for young people in Merseyside in order that they may grow to full maturity as individuals.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available

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£4,351£4,313£38£0£3,036£2,8778658
31/03/22£3,689£3,957£-269£2£3,052£2,9539693
31/03/21£3,822£3,536£286£2£3,466£2,4148.2704
31/03/20£4,211£3,905£306£3£3,113£1,7885.5715
31/03/19£3,775£3,531£245£3£2,761£1,6335.5635
31/03/18£4,025£4,133£-108£3£2,473£1,5774.6820
31/03/17*£3,421£3,633£-212£3£2,589£9873.3810
31/03/16*£2,886£2,677£209£3£2,766£7453.3560
31/03/15£3,274£2,504£770£36£2,567£7703.7390
31/03/14£2,403£1,675£729£19£1,883£1,3879.9370
31/03/13*£1,618£2,129£-511£16£1,244£8024.5460
31/03/12*£2,216£2,452£-236£12£1,755£1941710
31/03/11£3,049£3,217£-168£13£1,985£3101.21010
31/03/10£3,212£2,829£382£4£2,375£5862.5980
31/03/09£2,620£2,611£9£46£1,993£1830.8890
31/03/08£2,659£2,778£-120£29£1,975£550.2900
31/03/07*£2,577£2,446£131£21£2,095£180.1850
31/03/06*£1,864£2,040£-176n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£1,811£1,953£-142n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£2,129£2,016£113n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 36 years
(40 years as a company)

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities

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
Department for Work and Pensions£236,408
DCMS£148,446
Youth Music£132,190
National Lottery Heritage Fund£32,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Youth Music - The Incubator Pen
£29,954 25/04/2024
The Incubator Pen
Department for Work and Pensions - PG040 MYA YOUTH HUB 2
£108,605 01/04/2022
Flexible Support Fund (FSF) is a locally managed budget to supplement existing services and tailor support to the needs of individuals in the local area. The local budget is the responsibility of the Service Leader. FSF awards are discretionary and ....more
Youth Music - Musically Minded
£92,818 28/05/2021
Musically Minded
Department for Work and Pensions - PG 014 MYA Youth Hub
£127,803 01/04/2021
Flexible Support Fund (FSF) is a locally managed budget to supplement existing services and tailor support to the needs of individuals in the local area. The local budget is the responsibility of the Service Leader. FSF awards are discretionary and ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£50,922 15/09/2020
"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
Youth Music - Coronavirus - Emergency Fund
£9,418 21/05/2020
Coronavirus - Emergency Fund - Organisational sustainability
DCMS - MYA SPACE
£97,524 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Sport England - Choices Splash and Swim
£4,840 12/02/2020
11
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Choices Splash and Swim. This project is a Swimming & Diving project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Merseyside Youth Association Ltd
£32,600 18/12/2019
Celebrating the past; Creating the future - 130 years of MYA
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£106,355 01/04/2019
.
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£106,355 01/04/2019
.
National Lottery Community Fund - Talent Match Liverpool City Region
£3,001,146 07/11/2018
36
Talent Match Liverpool City Region
Youth Music - The Noise Project
£99,989 11/05/2018
The Noise Project
Sport England - Knowsley Summer Choices
£9,699 20/06/2017
14
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Knowsley Summer Choices. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£106,355 27/04/2017
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DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£106,355 27/04/2017
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
£106,355 27/04/2017
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
£79,767 27/04/2017
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
£79,767 27/04/2017
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
Youth Music - The Noise Project
£99,997 27/04/2016
The Noise Project
Sport England - Active Alt Valley
£9,323 08/03/2014
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Active Alt Valley'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - Disability & Inclusion Project
£280,521 13/03/2013
24
This is a new project to improve the life chances of disabled children and young people (aged 7-19 years) in local communities across Merseyside who are isolated from mainstream services, by engaging them into local play, youth provision, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Talent Match Vision & Prospectus
£6,631,090 01/02/2013
60
The partnership will deliver activities using a personalised pathways approach supported by intensive mentoring. Through initial assessments, young people will agree their starting point in relation to work skills. Accredited personal and social ....more
Sport England - M.Y.A Sports Development Programme
£9,620 03/02/2011
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'M.Y.A Sports Development Programme'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 53-83
  • ANDREW GIBBONS (Chair) Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Company Director
  • DAVID RICHARD SWAFFIELD Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Solicitor
  • DEBRA COOKE Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Social Worker
  • JOHN CADWALADR LEWYS-LLOYD, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • PAUL BOYCE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • PAUL MOONAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • RICHARD DEARS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: None
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/02/1989, number: 700738
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/08/1984, number: 01843226
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • 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; AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR12: 0 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 2 days late,
Main office

MERSEYSIDE YOUTH ASSOCIATION LTD
ABNEY BUILDING
65-67 HANOVER STREET
LIVERPOOL
L1 3DY

Objectives

TO PROVIDE AND CO-ORDINATE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER WELFARE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN MERSEYSIDE WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BECAUSE OF THEIR YOUTHFULNESS INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITY THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MERSEYSIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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