Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +10

    JOINT ACTIVITIES AND MOTOR EDUCATION SERVICE 

    To promote the safety of the public, and in particular to encourage an interest in road safety, and improving the standard of driving and riding, with particular emphasis on young people, in Yorkshire.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • 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
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender
    Established: 28 years

    www.jamesuk.org

    enquiries@jamesuk.org

    01274483075

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
    UN SDGs
    ?

    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*£946£1,039£-94£0£569£3534.1283
    31/03/22£995£988£8£0£663£5436.6375
    31/03/21£880£901£-22£0£655£6338.4327
    31/03/20£901£879£22£0£677£6679.13110
    31/03/19£812£763£49£0£655£6329.9276
    31/03/18£634£731£-98£0£606£5909.7240
    31/03/17£604£709£-104£52£704£68811.7250
    31/03/16£814£846£-32£0£792£75610.7220
    31/03/15£981£917£64£6£824£79210.4190
    31/03/14£951£1,037£-85£7£760£7458.6210
    31/03/13£1,085£988£97£8£845£83110.1230
    31/03/12*£1,019£883£136£12£748£7069.6210
    31/03/11?£950£875£75£875£612£6128.4300
    30/04/10?£424£383£40£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£303£337£-34£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£380£388£-8£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07£404£345£59£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£317£292£25£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£213£239£-26£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£182£184£-2£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: 5%
    Liabilities/Income: 3%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 62%
    Reserves/Spending: 4.1 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
    Quick Ratio: 12.2
    Asset Split ?
    What it does
    • Amateur Sport
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
    Who works here?
    • 28 employees
    • 3 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Bradford City, Calderdale, City Of Wakefield, Kirklees, Leeds City,

    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
    Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£85,000
    Leeds Community Foundation£30,786
    BBC Children in Need£27,525
    The Clothworkers Foundation£25,000
    National Lottery Community Fund£19,052
    Sport England£9,817
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Joint Activities & Motor Education Service
    £25,000 18/10/2023
    Refurbishment and development of a building for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in West Yorkshire
    National Lottery Community Fund - MH - Trusted Connections
    £9,992 14/07/2023
    The funding will be used to deliver one-to-one mentoring support for young people aged 11-18 on issues such as health and wellbeing online safety and relationships with the aim of encouraging ....more
    Leeds Community Foundation - JAMES Keighley Wellbeing
    £28,289 16/09/2022
    Grant to Joint Activities & Motor Education Service (J.A.M.E.S)
    National Lottery Community Fund - JAMES Re-Boot
    £9,060 22/12/2021
    The funding will be used to to update and upgrade their IT infrastructure in response to the pandemic which has led to the majority of services being utilised online. The project aims to allow the ....more
    Leeds Community Foundation - JAMES
    £2,497 26/11/2021
    Supporting young people with unmet needs to become mentors, including supporting a motor vehicle youth club for other young people, including those with disabilities
    Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Joint Activities & Motor Education Service (JAMES)
    £85,000 23/06/2021
    45% of salaries and costs over 2 years for the Enough is Enough project to deter child to parent domestic abuse in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Joint Activities & Motor Education Service (JAMES)
    £27,525 21/12/2020
    This project will deliver a range of outdoor and educational activities including animal care to support vulnerable children and young people in Keighley, Bradford, re-engaging them with support ....more
    Sport England - Time to Shine
    £9,817 26/10/2020
    5
    Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Time to Shine. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Joint Activities & Motor Education Service (JAMES)
    £4,067 15/11/2019
    We want to deliver fun, educational and vocational motor-vehicle evening sessions to disadvantaged young people.
    Leeds Community Foundation - Family, Food, Fitness and Fun
    £3,416 12/03/2019
    0
    To offer Summer holiday lunches for disadvantaged families with children whilst our staff provide games, entertainment, arts and crafts and educational sessions
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 29/11/2018
    JAMES - Supporting young people to achieve their potential
    Home Office - Knife Crime Community Fund 18-19
    £16,015 03/09/2018
    The fund was set up in 2017/18 to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. The fund was open to ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Canal Communities
    £9,974 23/08/2018
    12
    The funding will be used to engage the local community in a range of marine and outdoor activities. The project aims to raise aspirations, increase skills and create a stronger community through ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - GirlS Empowered
    £10,000 08/10/2014
    12
    Not Available
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (9)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 42-83
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/06/1996, number: 1056330
    • Registered at Companies House on 30/05/1996, number: 03205487
    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
    • 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; AR23: 6 days late, AR12: 19 days late,
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from PLAYSPACE ASSOCIATION (PLAYSPACE) on 29/03/2023
    Main office

    Highfield Garage
    Frizinghall Road
    Frizinghall
    Bradford
    BD9 4JB

    Objectives

    (A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE, WHERE NECESSARY ACTING AS AN AGENT TO STATUTORY BODIES, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DELIVERY OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND THE CARE OF YOUNG PEOPLE. YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE RESIDENT IN THE AREA AND HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIMINAL OFFENCE, OR HAVE BEEN REFERRED IN RELATION TO AN OFFENCE, OR BE IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH MAY CREATE TENDENCIES IN THEM TOWARDS SUCH OFFENCES;(B) TO ASSIST YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH RECREATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND TAKE A USEFUL AND RESPONSIBLE PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY;(C) TO PROMOTE THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN PARTICULAR TO ENCOURAGE AN INTEREST IN ROAD SAFETY AND IMPROVING THE STANDARD OF DRIVING AND RIDING, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON YOUNG PEOPLE, IN THE YORKSHIRE, LANCASHIRE AND THE HUMBERSIDE REGION, THE AREA OF BENEFIT;(D) TO PROMOTE VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR YOUNG PERSONS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    YORKSHIRE LANCASHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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