Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

BAR-N-BUS TRUST

Reaching out to Young People
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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
05/04/24£194£243£-49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/23£387£352£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/22£184£156£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/21£100£114£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/20?£103£73£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/18£42£29£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/17£55£65£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/16£75£96£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/15£129£106£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/14£91£108£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/13*£103£91£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/12£73£70£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/11£82£82£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/10£72£70£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/09£93£79£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/08£107£102£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/07*£111£95£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/06*£117£108£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/05£128£131£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/04£115£117£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 29 years

www.barnbus.org.uk

susieking@barnbus.org.uk

01268543304

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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
BBC Children in Need£80,281
Garfield Weston Foundation£70,000
Essex Community Foundation£39,560
DCMS£26,594
National Lottery Community Fund£6,106
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Bar 'N' Bus Trust
£5,000 16/02/2024
to support the ongoing provision of mobile youth work across Basildon, Castle Point and Rochford districts
Essex Community Foundation - Bar 'N' Bus Trust
£10,000 24/08/2023
towards the core operating costs of providing a range of support services for young people primarily across the South of Essex
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - Bar 'n' Bus Summer Programme
£6,106 28/07/2023
The funding will be used for additional summer holidays youth work for people aged 11-16 offering sports activity days art sessions and day trips. This project aims to offer safe and positively engaging activities for young people facing deprivation ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Bar 'N' Bus Trust
£4,790 09/02/2023
to deliver a Young Women’s Self Defence and Safety programme in Basildon
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Bar 'n' Bus Trust
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£35,000 30/09/2022
24
Weston Youth Grant
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£35,000 05/11/2021
24
Weston Youth Grant
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Bar 'N' Bus Trust
£4,855 26/02/2021
to support the provision of detached youth work in Basildon
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Bar 'n' Bus Trust
£79,781 09/09/2020
18
COVID19 - This project will deliver detached youth work to children and young people in Rochford, facing a range of disadvantages making them hard-to-reach, increased by Covid-19 effects. Activities will improve their social skills, life prospects ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£26,594 19/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Bar 'N' Bus Trust
£5,000 24/04/2020
to second a detached youth worker to help support vulnerable young people in Rochford and Castlepoint during the COVID19 crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Detached Youth Work Development
£9,915 20/03/2020
12
to provide weekly street-based detached youth work in Rayleigh and Hullbridge
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Youth Outreach Work
£10,000 09/10/2019
12
Community Youth Outreach Work
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-71
  • AARON WATTS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Youth And Community Pastor
  • ANDREW CHURCHILL Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Accountant
  • KEITH NORMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Trustee
  • MICHAEL WEBB Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Community Worker
  • ROBERT DART Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Nhs Business Manager
  • SAMANTHA BUTT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Probation Officer
  • SUSANNA KING Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Higher Education Administrator
  • WAYNE JOHNSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Manager, Financial Services
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/05/1996, number: 1055210
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/08/1994, number: 02961054
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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 60 days late, AR07: 63 days late, AR06: 647 days late,
Main office

The Hive
6 Honeypot Lane
Basildon
SS14 2JZ

Objectives

(1) to promote and maintain values found in Christianity through supporting and encouraging young people (predominantly11-18 year olds) to embrace those values in their own lives.(2) to relieve need and advance the life chances of young people through: a. providing a listening ear, practical help and wise counsel to enable them to gain a sense of purpose, value, responsibility and self-confidence and thereby promote and stimulate their overall maturity and personal, social, emotional and spiritual development. To nurture personal resilience and help them develop a contributing role within the wider community.b. providing engagements and positive activities that offer a safe and supportive environment, giving new opportunities and, as appropriate, alternatives to behaviours and actions which could be detrimental to fullness of life (e.g. abuse, substance misuse, criminal behaviour etc.).(3) to promote equality, diversity and inclusion through: a. providing opportunities and an environment for young people to develop effective, lasting personal relationshipswith others, and to enable individuals from different backgrounds to get along together in a spirit of tolerance and mutual understanding

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM AND WORLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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