Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -4 times
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

THE PROJECT 

SBYHP is a free advice, information and resource centre for homeless young people offering:Resettlement Internet AccessTenancy Support Basic SkillsHousing Advice Starter PacksWelfare Rights Key DepositsMoney Advice Initial Bus PassesSexual Health Health AdviceCareers Advice Individual Grant Applications Replacement Birth CertificateVolunteering Opportunities
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Established: 31 years

www.theprojectbirmingham.org

info@theprojectbirmingham.org

01214530606

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UN SDGs
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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*£279£256£23n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/22*£302£362£-59n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/21*£341£313£28n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/20£255£239£17n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19*£217£234£-17n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/18*£153£195£-42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£207£219£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£269£222£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£261£248£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£213£216£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£197£204£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£257£254£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£244£247£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£290£272£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£283£280£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£238£255£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£239£241£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£287£287£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£275£265£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£241£242£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 2 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
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to The Project
£10,000 13/04/2021
The grant will cover the salary of a p/t financial and housing advisor for 3 months, together with some administrative costs for these services.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£49,949 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Get it Together - Continuation
£487,189 21/03/2018
60
This organisation will continue to support people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, or living in poverty, by providing advice on housing, welfare benefits and debt. The project will provide ....more
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000 21/02/2018
Drop-in support, crisis support and advice and information on debt, housing and welfare benefits for homeless people and people at risk of homelessness.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to South Birmingham Young Homeless Project
£37,368 12/11/2014
Charity providing holistic support to young adults/parents with complex needs to help them to manage the transition from homelessness, debt and often long term unemployment. To take control of their ....more
Birmingham City Council - South Birmingham Young Homeless Project
£10,000 17/07/2014
SOUTH BIRMINGHAM YOUNG HOMELESS PROJECT; Housing and advice;
National Lottery Community Fund - "Get It Together"
£233,648 14/05/2014
36
Not Available
Birmingham City Council - Sth B'Ham Young Homeless Project
£8,000 01/04/2014
STH B'HAM YOUNG HOMELESS PROJECT; Neighbourhoods and communities; Community Chest
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/12/1992, number: 1015436
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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; AR23: 71 days late, AR22: 114 days late, AR21: 353 days late, AR19: 46 days late, AR18: 14 days late, AR16: 23 days late, AR15: 26 days late,
Main office

THE DEPOT
BELTON GROVE
REDNAL
BIRMINGHAM
B45 9PD

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF YOUNG PERSONS WHO ARE HOMELESS, IN HOUSING NEED, POVERTY, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY PROVIDING ADVICE, ACCOMMODATION, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, HEALTH AND RECREATIONAL RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES, AND OTHER MEANS AS IS THOUGHT FIT PRIMARILY IN SOUTH WEST BIRMINGHAM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH WEST BIRMINGHAM AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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