Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 12
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

CUMBRIA YOUTH ALLIANCE 

Provision of a range of needs led training and development opportunities for young people aged 13 - 25 to ensure they reach their full potentialProvision of support opportunities for organisations working with children and young peopleDevelopment of new and innovative projects for young people to meet identified needsStrategic representation for the sector
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 24 years

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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£598£1,086£-487£0£550£2502.82043
31/03/22£1,343£851£492£0£1,037£1552.21741
31/03/21£750£715£35£0£545£1061.81715
31/03/20£756£622£134£0£509£1072.11427
31/03/19£738£621£116£0£375£751.5145
31/03/18£489£439£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£444£415£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£397£380£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£345£359£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£451£397£54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£387£466£-80£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£385£405£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£480£551£-71£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£571£560£12£4£294£992.1120
31/03/09£473£419£55£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£485£465£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£521£473£48£6£208£441.1110
31/03/06£561£569£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£518£428£91£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£353£326£27£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: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 45%
Reserves/Spending: 2.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 10
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Cumbria,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 20 employees
  • 43 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£775,000
DCMS£96,000
Cumbria Community Foundation£79,494
Department for Work and Pensions£74,763
Lloyds Bank Foundation£72,250
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Sport England£9,716
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Cumbria Community for Young People
£400,000 15/02/2023
This funding will be used to lead with partners both strategic and delivery to commission projects for young people across Cumbria around the agreed agenda of addictions rurality and isolation mental ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Cumbria Youth Alliance
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Department for Work and Pensions - C&L 230 ALLERDALE YOUTH HUB
£74,763 01/04/2022
Flexible Support Fund (FSF) is a locally managed budget to supplement existing services and tailor support to the needs of individuals in the local area. The local budget is the responsibility of the ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Cumbria Youth Alliance
£50,000 02/12/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Cumbria Youth Alliance
Cumbria Community Foundation - Dreamscheme West
£5,000 29/09/2021
Dreamscheme West
Cumbria Community Foundation - Bedrock awards - Stage 1
£15,090 31/03/2021
Bedrock awards - Stage 1
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Young People in Cumbria
£375,000 03/03/2021
59
The funding will be used to help the organisation's growth and delivery of key services and activities over five years which serve the young people of Cumbria. Working with many agencies and partners ....more
Cumbria Community Foundation - Tackling Gaming Addiction in young people
£14,700 05/11/2020
Tackling Gaming Addiction in young people
Cumbria Community Foundation - #CanDo - Dreamscheme
£5,000 01/10/2020
#CanDo - Dreamscheme
Cumbria Community Foundation - Pre work support programme
£12,000 24/09/2020
Pre work support programme
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£96,000 17/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Cumbria Youth Alliance
£2,500 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund additional support, training and equipment for young people in West Cumbria who are not in education, employment or training, and are isolated at home due to Covid-19. ....more
CAF - Grant to Cumbria Youth Alliance
£5,000 08/06/2020
3
Grant to Cumbria Youth Alliance to support the organisation through COVID19
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Cumbria Youth Alliance
£20,000 21/05/2020
12
One year core funding to support Cumbria Youth Alliance to sustain their work to support work addressing Care Leavers Complex Social Issue (CSI) during COVID19
Cumbria Community Foundation - Purchase multiple learner registrations
£4,000 15/04/2020
8
Purchase multiple learner registrations
Sport England - Healthy Young Minds
£9,716 21/01/2020
16
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Healthy Young Minds. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Cumbria Community Foundation - Allerdale Friday Night Youth Partnership
£5,000 09/01/2020
Allerdale Friday Night Youth Partnership
Cumbria Community Foundation - Allerdale Friday Night Youth Partnership
£3,704 09/01/2020
Allerdale Friday Night Youth Partnership
Cumbria Community Foundation - Salary costs
£5,000 20/09/2019
Salary costs
Cumbria Community Foundation - Allerdale Friday Night Youth Partnership
£5,000 20/09/2019
Allerdale Friday Night Youth Partnership
Cumbria Community Foundation - Allerdale Friday Night Youth Partnership
£5,000 20/09/2019
Allerdale Friday Night Youth Partnership
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 08/05/2019
Youth Leadership Initiative
Department for Education - Parent Carer Participation Grant
£18,450 01/04/2019
To fund 152 Parent Carer Forums to represent and support their local areas SEND parents, carers and families.
Cumbria Community Foundation - With the future in Mind
£7,500 21/03/2019
With the future in Mind
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Cumbria Youth Alliance
£50,000 28/02/2019
36
This project delivers one-to-one personal development support for 16-18 year olds living in poverty in West Cumbria who are not engaged in education, training or employment. This will enhance young ....more
Cumbria Community Foundation - First Steps to Employment (FSTE)
£10,000 19/12/2018
First Steps to Employment (FSTE)
Cumbria Community Foundation - Friday Night Youth Projects Allerdale
£5,000 19/12/2018
Friday Night Youth Projects Allerdale
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Leadership Initiatives
£110,000 20/09/2018
24
The group will provide alternative learning for disengaged young people in West Cumbria, and enable them to become young leaders in their communities. This will improve the skills, confidence and ....more
Cumbria Community Foundation - First Steps to Employment (FSTE)
£8,135 20/09/2018
First Steps to Employment (FSTE)
Cumbria Community Foundation - Friday Night Youth Projects Allerdale
£5,000 20/09/2018
Friday Night Youth Projects Allerdale
Cumbria Community Foundation - Dreamscheme
£5,000 29/08/2018
Dreamscheme
Department for Education - Parent Carer Forum Grants (Paid To Multiple Local Parent Carer Forums)
£5,878 01/04/2018
152 parent carer forums (one per LA)
Department for Education - Parent Carer Forum Grants (Paid To Multiple Local Parent Carer Forums)
£7,500 01/04/2018
152 parent carer forums (one per LA)
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Emotional Resilience
£492,500 19/01/2018
36
The partnership will help young people in Cumbria’s coastal communities to improve their emotional resilience, confidence and self esteem through support such as peer mentor training, one to one ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Tomorrow's Leaders
£258,149 09/03/2015
35
Not Available
Sport England - A sporting chance!
£109,000 16/04/2014
Funding under Sport England's Community Sport Activation Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'A sporting chance! '. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Cumbria Youth Alliance
£75,000 12/09/2012
36
towards three years' salary and related project costs of a peer health education programme for young people with learning disabilities in Cumbria
National Lottery Community Fund - First steps on the employment ladder
£79,894 14/08/2012
24
This project aims to support young people with additional needs such as young carers, those will minor learning difficulties, those at risk of offending or those who are long-term unemployed. It will ....more
Northern Rock Foundation - Grant awarded to Cumbria Youth Alliance (Cumbria)
£40,000 13/03/2012
Towards the core costs of the organisation in providing training, advice and information for the youth work sector in Cumbria.
National Lottery Community Fund - Learning Lasts a Lifetime - MyBnk in Cumbria
£156,128 12/07/2011
60
The project will provide and prepare young people in Cumbria aged 11 to 25 with the financial knowledge, skills, entrepreneurial approach and confidence to enable them to positively face financial ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
  • MARK LIBBY (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chartered Investment Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/02/2000, number: 1079508
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/08/1999, number: 03819033
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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Town Hall Community Hub
Oxford Street
Workington
Cumbria
CA14 2RS

Objectives

FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN CUMBRIA, PARTICULARLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE YOUNG MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC UP TO THE AGE OF 25 YEARS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE MEMBER ORGANISATIONS AND SUCH VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH YOUNG MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY

Defined Area of Benefit:

CUMBRIA

Data Sources

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