Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 9

BASE 51

Base 51 supports the holistic well-being of young people aged 11 to 25 through: Counselling, Safe Space : one to one support, advice and guidance, youth Groups, LGBTQ youth group :Outburst,Evolution: support for young people affected by serious violence, food, laundry and showers. Base 51 runs a professional training academy ( accredited) , and is based in NGY myplace centre in Nottingham

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 32 years

www.base51.org.uk

info@base51.org.uk

01159525040

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£537	£683	£-146	£0	£391	£268	4.7	26	36
31/03/22		£672	£635	£37	£0	£536	£218	4.1	26	19
31/03/21		£681	£557	£124	£0	£499	£202	4.3	23	8
31/03/20		£611	£516	£96	£0	£375	£152	3.5	22	9
31/03/19		£573	£560	£13	£0	£279	£108	2.3	24	14
31/03/18		£535	£557	£-21	£0	£267	£106	2.3	24	0
31/03/17		£581	£545	£36	£0	£288	£99	2.2	25	0
31/03/16		£597	£599	£-2	£1	£252	£97	1.9	26	0
31/03/15		£667	£640	£27	£9	£254	£154	2.9	19	0
31/03/14	*	£872	£895	£-23	£10	£227	£197	2.6	37	0
31/03/13		£980	£933	£46	£933	£317	£259	3.3	25	0
31/03/12		£678	£568	£110	£8	£271	£158	3.3	20	0
31/03/11		£919	£846	£73	£4	£161	£84	1.2	27	0
31/03/10		£713	£726	£-14	£4	£87	£74	1.2	27	0
31/03/09		£606	£593	£13	£5	£101	£61	1.2	19	0
31/03/08	*	£640	£656	£-15	£4	£88	£33	0.6	19	0
31/03/07	*	£487	£494	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£397	£438	£-41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£366	£429	£-63	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£420	£463	£-43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 69%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 12.6

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Derby City, Derbyshire, Leicester City, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

26 employees
36 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Henry Smith Charity	£155,800
DCMS	£40,207
Garfield Weston Foundation	£35,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,741

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - MH- Holiday Arts Club
£10,000	14/07/2023	The funding will be used to deliver an additional summer holiday programme focusing on creative performing and visual art activities for young people. The project aims to engage with young people at ....more The funding will be used to deliver an additional summer holiday programme focusing on creative performing and visual art activities for young people. The project aims to engage with young people at risk of anti-social behaviour criminal or sexual exploitation and serious violence.
National Lottery Community Fund - Art Therapy
£9,741	23/06/2023	The funding will be used to provide art therapy sessions for young people who have experienced trauma. The project aims to support their wellbeing through enabling them to express their feelings.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Base 51
£155,800	09/06/2021 36	towards three years' project costs of a counselling service for young people from disadvantaged communities in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	12/02/2021	Base 51 - Core Work
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£40,207	05/10/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	08/05/2019	Safe Base
National Lottery Community Fund - Food for thought
£9,959	09/08/2018 12	This funding will be used to deliver cooking workshops for children, aiming to equip them with life skills and educate them on healthy lifestyle choices.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Base 51
£73,539	02/03/2018 36	This project will provide support and counselling to children and young people living in temporary accommodation. The aim is to improve mental and physical health and wellbeing, as well as ....more This project will provide support and counselling to children and young people living in temporary accommodation. The aim is to improve mental and physical health and wellbeing, as well as educational attainment.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Base 51
£22,000	29/01/2014	The charity provides a range of youth services including drop in services and one to one support for those homeless and at risk. The grant will provide floating support to enable those deemed most at ....more The charity provides a range of youth services including drop in services and one to one support for those homeless and at risk. The grant will provide floating support to enable those deemed most at risk to access additional support services

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How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-64

FAIZAH MARYAM MUSTAFA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Nhs Improvement Project Manager

GURMIT KAUR Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Community Cohesion Coordinator, Officer In Charge

HEATHER BARTLEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Training Professional

LEAH BINNEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Technical Manager

LUKE RADDON JACKSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Inovation Manger

MARTIN BARNETT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director

MICHAEL OROZCO Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Magistrate

NICHOLAS STEVENSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

PAUL DUCKWORTH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Owner

PETER MORLEY (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Portfolio Manager, Other trusteeship: CLIMATE OUTREACH AND INFORMATION NETWORK,

SHRUTI TRIVEDI Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Director

TROY KNIGHT Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/01/1992, number: 1007702
Registered at Companies House on 18/12/1991, number: 02672194

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR14: 36 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 100 days late, AR06: 9 days late, AR05: 72 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

4A Peachey Street
Nottingham
NG1 4DJ

Objectives

(1) To promote the preservation and protection of the physical and mental health of young persons between the ages of 11 and 25 in the City of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and the East Midlands(2) To Advance the education of such young persons as aforesaid and to provide in the interests of social welfare facilities for their recreation or other leisure-time occupation

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF NOTTINGHAM AND ITS ENVIRONS

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