Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 8

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 7

FOCUS CHARITY

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND DISABLED PEOPLE, AGED 13 - 25. THIS INCLUDES RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS, YOUTH-LED COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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

Established: 26 years

www.focus-charity.co.uk

admin@focus-charity.co.uk

01162510369

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£163	£196	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	28
31/03/22		£160	£349	£-189	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	38
31/03/21	*	£420	£301	£119	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	43
31/03/20		£369	£306	£63	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	43
31/03/19		£243	£274	£-31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	54
31/03/18		£289	£245	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£200	£182	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£135	£135	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£101	£106	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£136	£124	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£116	£132	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£176	£146	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11?		£247	£254	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£171	£281	£-110	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£263	£300	£-37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£423	£297	£126	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06		£240	£201	£39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£106	£114	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£239	£241	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
28 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	£825,960
Garfield Weston Foundation	£65,000
Henry Smith Charity	£20,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Inspire
£415,941	24/03/2023	This funding will enable the project to support young people from ethnically diverse communities working with them to engage in volunteering and community-based activities helping them to increase ....more This funding will enable the project to support young people from ethnically diverse communities working with them to engage in volunteering and community-based activities helping them to increase their confidence and develop the interpersonal and practical skills and attributes to improve their life chances and positively influence their peers and their communities.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Focus Charity
£20,000	10/03/2022 24	towards two years' running costs of a project providing mentoring support for young people from disadvantaged communities in Leicester, East Midlands.
National Lottery Community Fund - Start Project
£10,000	25/02/2022	The funding will be used to engage small groups of high-isolated young people in a range of activities. The project aims to re-engage them with society and transform their lives and future prospects
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000	27/11/2020	Core Costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	10/07/2019	Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Inspire Project
£400,019	25/06/2019 48	This project will bring together young people aged 13-16 from different backgrounds, experiences and communities for a year-long personal development programme that enables them to build trust, ....more This project will bring together young people aged 13-16 from different backgrounds, experiences and communities for a year-long personal development programme that enables them to build trust, develop skills and help to identify goals, ambitions, interests and passions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Breathing Space
£9,980	29/11/2018 12	This funding will be used to deliver an outdoor support programme for young people experiencing mental ill health, which will help to improve their wellbeing.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to FOCUS
£43,100	21/06/2018	From The Soapbox
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	24/01/2018	Core Costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500	06/06/2017	WCA 2017-2018 Cohort
National Lottery Community Fund - The Inspire Project
£279,079	16/06/2016 36	A new 3 year project for young people aged 13 to 16 in Leicester referred through schools and social services. Through an intensive year-long programme of activities and events they will be able to ....more A new 3 year project for young people aged 13 to 16 in Leicester referred through schools and social services. Through an intensive year-long programme of activities and events they will be able to significantly improve their self-awareness, self-esteem, life skills, employability skills and aspirations. Sessions will include young people working in small teams alongside trained volunteers and staff developing work skills as they progress through a series of progressively more challenging activities.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to FOCUS
£38,100	18/06/2015	Look Up Leicester
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to FOCUS
£20,000	11/09/2014 24	towards two years' running costs of a project providing volunteering and community opportunities to increase skills, experiences and motivation of disadvantaged young people in Leicester
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Resilience funding
£60,000	16/07/2013	Contribution to core salaries and capacity building support for developing a new business model
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Focus Charity
£20,000	26/04/2013	the charity provides a leadership training programme for disadvantaged young people. The grant will support 24 young people each year across Leicester in developing skills to recruit peers, develop, ....more the charity provides a leadership training programme for disadvantaged young people. The grant will support 24 young people each year across Leicester in developing skills to recruit peers, develop, plan and deliver a community based project
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Explore Leadership
£105,000	10/05/2011	Explore Leadership has been created for young people to empower their peers to identify, plan and deliver projects which directly benefit their local community.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-51

ALEENA AHMAD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Human Resources Consultant

AMIE ELIZABETH TYERS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Financial Controller

ANDREW DERRICK JACK HARRIS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Operations Director

DAVID JOHN FOLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Financial Investigator

HITESH RAO Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Photographer

LUCY DEBORAH SKINNER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retail Director

MARK JAMES BENNETT (Chair) Appointed: 2001, Occupation: It Project Manager

REMY LAWRENCE CLARKE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/03/1998, number: 1068467
Registered at Companies House on 13/01/1998, number: 03491993

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
Investing charity funds 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

19 returns made; AR21: 1 days late,

Main office

FOCUS
73 CHURCH GATE
LEICESTER
LE1 3AN

Objectives

(A) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED AND WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCE; AND (B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND DISABLED ADULTS IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT OF TEAM BASED PROJECTS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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