Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 4

THE WHEELS PROJECT

We provide the AQA unit award scheme in three fields, basic car/motorcycle maintenance, construction and hair & beauty to disadvantaged children aged between 12 and 18yrs. The students, will gain recognized certificates/qualifications to take them further with their future.We also incorporate life skills and team building within these units, again to give the students a good start to their future.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£132	£130	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/22		£139	£124	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£73	£77	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/20		£73	£77	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/19		£78	£74	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£72	£69	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£31	£27	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£7	£17	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£24	£18	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£28	£29	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£29	£36	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£48	£46	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£84	£101	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£89	£102	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£150	£109	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£181	£154	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£204	£151	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£156	£112	£44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£101	£83	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£43	£30	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 23 years

www.wheelsproject.co.uk

info@wheelsproject.co.uk

01914839483

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Development of attenuated bovine herpesvirus-4 as a safe, inexpensive, single dose vaccine to control Streptococcus suis infection in domestic pigs
£51,553	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=104985
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to The Wheels Project
£5,360	10/02/2022	The organisations charitable activities
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to The Wheels Project
£3,500	09/12/2021	The organisations charitable activities
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - the Tyne and Wear High Sheriff District Award (South Tyneside)
£1,250	25/03/2021	the Tyne and Wear High Sheriff District Award (South Tyneside)
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - equipment to facilitate the delivery of educational courses for young people from South Tyneside
£750	28/01/2021	equipment to facilitate the delivery of educational courses for young people from South Tyneside

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

DANNY RICHARDSON Appointed: 2016

ALAN RICE (Chair) Appointed: 2014

CHRISTOPHER BUSHELL CHRIS Appointed: 2016

GLENN MERTON Appointed: 2016

LEWIS RIDLEY Appointed: 2020

RICHARD SAWYER DICKY Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/12/2000, number: 1084227

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints 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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR14: 80 days late, AR07: 20 days late,

Main office

Unit 4
Prince Consort Industrial Estate
HEBBURN
NE31 1EH

Objectives

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE WHEELS PROJECT ARE:A)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF LESS ACADEMICALLY MINDED YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING HANDS ON TRAINING IN MOTOR VEHICLE, MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION (PAINTING AND DECORATING, JOINERY, ELECTRICS, PLUMBING AND BRICK LAYING).B)TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, LIFE SKILLS AND TRAINING WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.C)THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF TEAM WORK TO FOSTER AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH TYNESIDE

Data Sources