Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 9

MANCHESTER YOUNG LIVES LTD

Manchester Young Lives provides open access play,youth engagement and educational activities to children and young people in Manchester. We provide dedicated support and learning through activities which enable the physical, social, emotional and educational development of children and young people which assists in improving their life chances and making a successful transition to adult life.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently

Established: 26 years

www.manchesteryounglives.org.uk

info@manchesteryounglives.org.uk

0161 437 5923

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£816	£741	£75	£13	£670	£572	9.3	27	15
31/03/22		£916	£1,005	£-90	£15	£595	£496	5.9	57	18
31/03/21		£1,297	£1,124	£173	£15	£685	£563	6	63	12
31/03/20		£1,566	£1,681	£-115	£16	£513	£421	3	63	140
31/03/19		£1,687	£1,640	£47	£13	£628	£500	3.7	60	107
31/03/18		£1,347	£1,344	£3	£11	£580	£482	4.3	61	0
31/03/17		£1,217	£1,189	£28	£0	£577	£484	4.9	55	0
31/03/16		£1,218	£1,154	£64	£0	£549	£434	4.5	51	0
31/03/15		£1,093	£1,083	£9	£8	£485	£431	4.8	47	0
31/03/14		£1,177	£1,345	£-168	£8	£476	£429	3.8	53	0
31/03/13		£1,678	£1,773	£-95	£7	£644	£512	3.5	55	0
31/03/12		£1,205	£1,150	£55	£9	£739	£547	5.7	34	0
31/03/11		£1,017	£1,223	£-206	£9	£683	£353	3.5	27	0
31/03/10		£1,469	£1,313	£156	£9	£890	£325	3	24	0
31/03/09		£1,193	£1,112	£81	£8	£734	£155	1.7	22	0
31/03/08		£936	£908	£28	£8	£627	£40	0.5	17	0
31/03/07		£863	£1,021	£-158	£8	£625	£53	0.6	23	0
31/03/06	*	£1,402	£1,030	£373	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£880	£925	£-45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£1,106	£1,035	£71	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 9.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 6.4

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Manchester City, Salford City, Stockport, Trafford,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

27 employees
15 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	£252,264
Manchester City Council	£10,000
One Manchester	£8,000
MACC	£500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Play for All
£203,843	25/07/2022	This funding will support Manchester Young Lives to provide therapeutic support to children aged 5-15 who attend three after school centres in Wythenshawe Moss Side and Ardwick. £203843 over three ....more This funding will support Manchester Young Lives to provide therapeutic support to children aged 5-15 who attend three after school centres in Wythenshawe Moss Side and Ardwick. £203843 over three years will enable the charity to employ therapeutic workers that will support those young people to gain coping strategies build confidence and improve health and wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stay Safe - Ambassador Project
£10,000	11/03/2022	The funding will be used to expand a pilot project and train 10 junior play workers as Stay Safe Ambassadors to provide information advice and support to children aged 8 – 13 on how to stay safe ....more The funding will be used to expand a pilot project and train 10 junior play workers as Stay Safe Ambassadors to provide information advice and support to children aged 8 – 13 on how to stay safe and avoid activities like anti-social behaviour and how to stay safe online. The peer-led project aims to provide children with good awareness and skills to avoid risky situations and feel safer.
MACC - Manchester Young Lives
£500	25/06/2021	Event(s) to raise awareness and increase the reporting of hate crime
One Manchester - Adventure playground sessions for young people.
£4,000	15/05/2021	This application is for our project based in Ardwick, the A6 Young People's Centre which has a child friendly adventure playground within the grounds. The adventure playground is the main ....more This application is for our project based in Ardwick, the A6 Young People's Centre which has a child friendly adventure playground within the grounds. The adventure playground is the main attraction for young people and is heavily used as an engagement tool, especially with vulnerable children and those considered at risk.
One Manchester - Adventure playground sessions for young people.
£4,000	15/05/2021	This application is for our project based in Ardwick, the A6 Young People's Centre which has a child friendly adventure playground within the grounds. The adventure playground is the main ....more This application is for our project based in Ardwick, the A6 Young People's Centre which has a child friendly adventure playground within the grounds. The adventure playground is the main attraction for young people and is heavily used as an engagement tool, especially with vulnerable children and those considered at risk.
National Lottery Community Fund - Manchester Young Lives Covid-19 Response
£38,421	26/05/2020 5	Manchester Young Lives (MYL) is a youth organisation supporting young people aged five-24 across the city of Manchester. It aims to improve opportunities for young people living increasingly complex ....more Manchester Young Lives (MYL) is a youth organisation supporting young people aged five-24 across the city of Manchester. It aims to improve opportunities for young people living increasingly complex lives through work in its centres established independent school and at street level through detached youth work. Funding will support 300 young people in North and Central Manchester at risk of Covid-19 by establishing a new detached youth work model.
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Young Lives
£5,000	01/06/2019	Development and delivery of 18x educational sessions with young people 80x detached youth work sessions Delivery of 6 workshops on themes of RADEQUAL
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Young Lives
£5,000	01/06/2019	Development and delivery of 18x educational sessions with young people 80x detached youthwork sessions Delivery of 6 workshops on themes of RADEQUAL
One Manchester - Free arts, craft, baking and cooking activity sessions for disadvantaged children
£3,500	01/03/2019	The money will help to fund free activity sessions for disadvantaged children age 5 to 16 years at The Aquarius Community Centre in Hulme. These will include sports, arts and craft, cooking and ....more The money will help to fund free activity sessions for disadvantaged children age 5 to 16 years at The Aquarius Community Centre in Hulme. These will include sports, arts and craft, cooking and baking activities. Joint first place at Community Soup.
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Young Lives
£15,000	28/02/2019	Grant towards delivery of the Intense Mentoring Project to support delivery of activity
Manchester City Council - Grant to Manchester Young Lives
£5,000	01/11/2018	Grant towards 5 workshops on the themes from detached youth work, RADEQUAL and OddArts drama performance
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Manchester Young Lives
£40,000	12/03/2018 48	Main Grant unrestricted core costs
One Manchester - Equipment for play and youth activities
£3,000	01/06/2017	Funding for new equipment to allow play and youth activities to be held all year round in Ardwick.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Manchester Young Lives
£120,000	09/03/2017 36	towards three years' running costs of a targeted engagement project for young women from Manchester who are vulnerable to sexual exploitation and gang involvement
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Manchester Young Lives
£10,000	15/12/2016	Play equipment for a charity in Manchester
One Manchester - Moss side Adventure Playground
£5,000	01/11/2016	Resources to keep on engaging young people to access the provision for next 2 to 3 years.
National Lottery Community Fund - Engage To Succeed
£399,000	04/06/2015 48	This project will continue and expand a youth engagement pilot project and target young people who are particularly at risk of disaffection and involvement in antiâ€“social behaviour, focusing ....more This project will continue and expand a youth engagement pilot project and target young people who are particularly at risk of disaffection and involvement in antiâ€“social behaviour, focusing on those who are furthest from participating in education, training and employment. The project will focus on those 16-18, but also targets 14-16 year olds not attending school.
National Lottery Community Fund - Eco-Youth Heath Project
£10,000	28/01/2015 12	Not Available

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-81

CHRISTOPHER DUNCAN, Occupation: Retired Council Officer

DANIELE ATKINSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: University Project Manager

FIONA ELLIOT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Hr Manager

GREGORY HOLMES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Accountant

HOJOL UDDN Appointed: 2017

KIMONI BELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Outreach Manager

PROFESSOR MICHAEL HARTE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: University Professor, Other trusteeship: STRINES RECREATION GROUND,

QAISRA SHAHRAZ Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Novelist Educationalist, Festival Organiser, Other trusteeship: WE STAND TOGETHER,

ROSEMARY KNOX, Occupation: Retired

RYAN MIEMCZYK (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Research, Other trusteeship: Manchester YMCA,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/07/1998, number: 1070668
Registered at Companies House on 15/10/1997, number: 03450197

Gift Aid

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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

THE ADDY YOUNG
PEOPLE'S CENTRE
WOODHOUSE LANE
MANCHESTER
M22 9TF

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:A) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND OF OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, BEING FACILITIES IN GREATER MANCHESTER:1. OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH AND SOCIAL ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, AND2. WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE CONDITION OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING.B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION & TRAINING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ADVICE TO CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS IN SUCH WAYS AS TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER MANCHESTER

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