Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

TEES VALLEY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION 

YMCA Tees Valley Foyer is an exciting project for young people aged between 16-25 who are motivated and want to build a better future for themselves.
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
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 31 years

www.teesvalleyymca.org.uk

jbrowne@teesvalleyymca.org.uk

01325462452

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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£716£687£29£0£227£2264133
31/03/22£627£623£4£0£198£1913.7111
31/03/21£660£691£-31£0£184£1562.7105
31/03/20£923£902£21£0£215£1752.3156
31/03/19£975£930£46£0£194£1201.6192
31/03/18£840£804£37£0£148£801.2170
31/03/17£682£730£-48£0£111£951.6110
31/03/16£538£538£0£0£150£882130
31/03/15£460£455£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£522£619£-98£4£145£981.9320
31/03/13*£636£802£-166£4£228£1502.2370
31/03/12£835£747£88£9£394£2744.4390
31/03/11£1,057£1,028£29£4£306£2643.1420
31/03/10£664£663£1£3£274£2424.4270
31/03/09£719£728£-9£3£267£2393.9300
31/03/08£766£752£14£3£306£2774.4350
31/03/07£695£620£75£2£300£2414.7280
31/03/06£492£500£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£443£451£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£663£655£8£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 18%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 3.5
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, Redcar And Cleveland, Stockton-on-tees,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 13 employees
  • 3 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
National Lottery Community Fund£249,829
Tudor Trust£52,000
County Durham Community Foundation£14,200
DCMS£10,000
Power to Change£8,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Power to Change - LTW - TEES VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
£8,000 04/07/2023
360G-ptc-gr-17544LTW - TEES VALLEY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
County Durham Community Foundation - computer access for young people
£2,200 20/12/2022
To provide computer access for young people.
County Durham Community Foundation - Heat and Eat
£2,000 09/11/2022
To provide a warm hub.
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£3,113 04/10/2021
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to YMCA: Tees Valley
£2,000 31/03/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
National Lottery Community Fund - Y Connect Darlington
£249,829 17/03/2021
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The project will use the funding over four years to support vulnerable young people (10-19) in Darlington with community activities including youth work and outreach health arts and social workshops ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the organisations charitable purposes
£3,000 27/11/2020
the organisations charitable purposes
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 10/08/2020
"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
County Durham Community Foundation - Overcoming Digital Deprivation
£10,000 26/06/2020
Towards overcoming digital deprivation.
Crisis UK - Grant to Tees Vally YMCA
£3,236 09/04/2020
Funding for digital connections for Young People
Tudor Trust - Grant to YMCA: Tees Valley
£50,000 06/09/2019
12
towards the conversion of part of the existing premises of a YMCA in Darlington into step-up flats to offer move-on accommodation for young people
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£79,611 01/04/2019
.
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£79,611 01/04/2019
.
Co-Op Foundation - Co-design offer
£9,946 20/12/2018
Targeting young people in their open access services (including homeless young people) to develop approaches to tackling loneliness, which can be taken forward by their youth team.
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Codesign
£9,946 20/12/2018
Targeting young people in their open access services (including homeless young people) to develop approaches to tackling loneliness, which can be taken forward by their youth team.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stepping Up - Refurb and Refresh.
£9,800 06/12/2018
12
The funding will be used for an internal 'fit out' of the group's remodelled supported housing/flats for young homeless people. This will provide larger bedsits and create quality living spaces for ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Salary and on-costs of a Youth Worker - Year 2
£28,400 04/01/2018
Salary and on-costs of a Youth Worker - Year 2
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£79,611 01/05/2017
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DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£79,611 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 ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£79,611 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 ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£59,709 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 ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£59,709 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 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Motiv8 +
£347,758 05/04/2017
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The project aims to empower vulnerable and hard to reach young people in Tees Valley who face issues such as exclusion from mainstream education and services, deprivation, lack of opportunities, ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Salary and on-costs of a Youth Worker - Year 1
£27,900 03/04/2017
Salary and on-costs of a Youth Worker - Year 1
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Tees Valley YMCA
£56,300 09/06/2016
24
towards two years' salary of a Youth Worker at a project providing mental health support to young people in Darlington as part of the 'Positive Support Pathway'
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Tees Valley YMCA
£8,775 22/03/2016
12
Towards the cost of introduce an asset/talent model of working for this organisation that supports homeless young people in Darlington.
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer led 'step down' support for families and young people
£10,000 19/08/2015
12
The organisation will use the funding to train and support volunteers to deliver support to young people affected by homelessness, leaving care and no longer eligible for support from mainstream ....more
Sport England - Onside
£4,461 29/07/2014
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Onside'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Tees Valley YMCA
£14,500 27/09/2013
Tees Valley YMCA works across the Tees Valley delivering services and activities to a range of Young People from differing backgrounds, including the Homeless and NEETs
National Lottery Community Fund - Motiv8
£366,997 20/08/2013
36
This is a continuation and expansion of an existing project by Tees Valley Young Men's Christian Association which aims to increase the life chances of young people by working with those who are or ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Options
£405,932 10/03/2010
36
This project will deliver a range of training and volunteering services to disadvantaged young people in Darlington, many of them homeless. A combination of on-site and outreach activities will be ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 50-72
  • DAVID KIRTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Youth Offending Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/04/1993, number: 1020171
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/02/1993, number: 02794134
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 13 days late,
Main office

MIDDLETON COURT
MIDDLETON STREET
DARLINGTON
DL1 1TU

Objectives

(1) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR MEN AND WOMEN WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE(2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION FOR PERSONS OF ALL AGES WITH THE OBJECT OF DEVELOPING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES(3) TO RELIEVE OR ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF PERSONS OF ALL AGES WHO ARE IN CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES(4) TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS OF ALL AGES WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES(5) TO UNITE THOSE WHO, REGARDING JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR GOD AND SAVIOUR ACCORDING TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, DESIRE TO BE HIS DISCIPLES IN THEIR FAITH AND IN THEIR LIFE, AND TO ASSOCIATE THEIR EFFORTS FOR THE EXTENSION OF HIS KINGDOM(6) TO LEAD YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE LORD JESUS AND TO FULLNESS OF LIFE IN HIM

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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