Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 4

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 6

THE BASEMENT YOUTH TRUST GROUP, ROSS-ON-WYE

Support and provision of services to young people 11-18 years in the Ross-on-Wye district; eg drop-in sessions, professional training workshops in areas of interest to young people and informal sports sessions. Beneficiaries include deprived and harder-to-reach young individuals. Main location is 'The Venue' (formerly Y-zone) in Ross-on-Wye. The charity is also known as The Basement Trust Limited.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/12/23	£40	£24	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/22	£24	£24	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21	£12	£11	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	£24	£17	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	£23	£26	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18	£21	£24	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17	£20	£24	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16	£21	£24	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15	£28	£28	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14	£39	£31	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13	£39	£30	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12	£16	£20	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11	£24	£22	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/10	£26	£34	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/09	£35	£31	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/08	£20	£28	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/07	£33	£23	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/06	£19	£27	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05	£19	£7	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04	£6	£10	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 29 years

https://basementyouthtrust.wordpress.com/

arichard@pt.lu

07564352627

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Social youth organisations

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Herefordshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£9,000
Postcode Local Trust	£8,100
Herefordshire Community Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£9,000	08/12/2023 36	The Basement Youth Trust Youth Club
Postcode Local Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£8,100	29/09/2023	Continuation of the sporting activities by disadvantaged young people to the benefit of their mental and physical health
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Basement Trust Youth Club in Ross
£5,000	20/04/2023	Grant to The Basement Youth Trust
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£3,000	24/07/2017	Core Costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 52-75

ANNE CHRISTINE RICHARDS (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

CHRISTOPHER MARK BARTRUM Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Councillor

KEITH BERNARD WILDING Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Retired

STEVE RICHARDS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

TALBOT JAMES NASSAU CLIFTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/06/1995, number: 1047127
Registered at Companies House on 26/02/1999, number: 03721898

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
Internal risk management 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 expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

Lower Brook
Buckcastle
Bridstow
ROSS-ON-WYE
Herefordshire
HR9 6QF

Objectives

To provide and maintain a youth centre for the purpose of helping and educating young people through their leisure time activities so as to develop their physical and mental capacities, so 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:

IN PRACTICE, ROSS-ON-WYE AND DISTRICT

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