Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 5

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
Future income +5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 4

LONGBENTON YOUTH PROJECT

Established in 1993 Longbenton Youth Project (LYP), a voluntary, not for profit organisation,has a proven track record of working with disengaged hard to reach young people mainly aged 14-25 yrs, External evaluations have shown that LYP can engage socially excluded young people who mistrust authority and fall through the gaps in services. LYP works successfully with around 150 young people p/a.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

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
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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	*	£27	£56	£-29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/22		£12	£40	£-28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/21	*	£43	£48	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/20	*	£7	£57	£-50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£31	£58	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/18		£61	£64	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£79	£81	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£106	£112	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£133	£126	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£71	£62	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£90	£88	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£98	£99	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£106	£116	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£129	£98	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£113	£172	£-59	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£125	£105	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£92	£107	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£128	£96	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£154	£131	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£154	£133	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 30 years

ldyp@hotmail.co.uk

01912661106

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social youth organisations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources

Where it operates

North Tyneside,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Longbenton Youth Project
£45,000	28/09/2023	This project will support isolated young people through detached youth work. It will improve their friendships.
National Lottery Community Fund - HERO (HELP ENGAGE RESPECT OTHERS) PROGRAMME
£9,900	22/07/2022	The funding will be used to start a youth club in the centre as there is no current organisation operating in the area. The project aims to encourage inclusion of socially excluded young people into ....more The funding will be used to start a youth club in the centre as there is no current organisation operating in the area. The project aims to encourage inclusion of socially excluded young people into the project’s activities.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Youth Worker Salary Year 3
£33,600	01/04/2015	Towards Youth Worker Salary Year 3
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Longbenton Youth Project
£16,000	28/02/2014	LYP provides a quality youth service in the Benton and Longbenton Wards of North Tyneside
National Lottery Community Fund - Longbenton Youth Project
£282,438	20/08/2013 60	This is a continuation and restoration of an existing project by Longbenton Youth Project which has reduced in scope due to lack of funding. It aims to create positive lasting change and better life ....more This is a continuation and restoration of an existing project by Longbenton Youth Project which has reduced in scope due to lack of funding. It aims to create positive lasting change and better life chances for socially excluded young people with severe and complex needs through detached youth work. The project will engage hard to reach young people in activities and informal education, giving them the confidence and skills to take responsibility for their actions and the tools to make positive choices.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Longbenton Youth Project
£98,900	13/06/2013 36	towards three years' salary of a Youth Worker and a contribution towards running costs of a youth project in a disadvantaged area of Newcastle upon Tyne
National Lottery Community Fund - (Ale) Alcohol, learning and empowerment
£10,000	25/01/2012 12	This is a project by a registered charity in Newcastle upon Tyne. The organisation will use the funding to deliver confidence, skills building and informal education sessions which will educate young ....more This is a project by a registered charity in Newcastle upon Tyne. The organisation will use the funding to deliver confidence, skills building and informal education sessions which will educate young people about the risks associated with alcohol, as well as a residential activity celebration event. This will raise awareness of alcohol abuse and enable young people to take part in positive activities.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

ALIESHA KING Appointed: 2014

DARREN HAVIS (Chair)

KIMBERLEY CUMMINGS Appointed: 2011

VIOLET WILSON Appointed: 2011

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/09/1994, number: 1041060

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls 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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 28 days late, AR21: 1 days late, AR20: 3 days late, AR16: 0 days late,

Main office

Longbenton Community Centre
Chesters Avenue
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE12 8QP

Objectives

TO EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE MAINLY BETWEEN 14 AND 25 IN NORTH TYNESIDE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONGBENTON AND BENTON WARDS OF NORTH TYNESIDE

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