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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

SOUTH WEST YOUTH MINISTRIES

South West Youth Ministries is a youth ministry that places trainee youth and schools workers with ministry partners (churches and schools-work projects) throughout the South West of England. SWYM seeks to promote local churches and bring them together in an informal association that works together to be as strategic and effective as possible in Christian schools-work and youth ministry.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

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 £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23*£495£460£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£368£395£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£432£345£87n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£381£341£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19*£343£341£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£373£369£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£375£322£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£391£358£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£344£329£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£345£319£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£327£316£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£301£303£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£249£253£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10£272£260£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/09£266£258£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/08£207£223£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/07*£187£187£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/06£166£171£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/05£216£204£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/04£165£163£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 23 years

www.swym.org.uk

info@swym.org.uk

01395487071

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Christian congregations
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Bristol City, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Plymouth City, Somerset, Torbay, Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Joseph Rank Trust£45,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
The Jerusalem Trust£4,800
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Jerusalem Trust - Cost of Living Uplift Grant
£4,800 29/06/2023
12
Evangelism and Christian mission
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 22/04/2022
SPREE SW Relaunch and Expansion
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 17/07/2020
Drama Residential, SPREE SW and Online Resources for young people and leaders.
Joseph Rank Trust - South West Youth Ministries
£45,000 13/07/2020
36
To fund the costs of the charity
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000 06/06/2017
36
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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: 29-73
  • BRIDGET DOWN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Farmer
  • DANIEL SEARLE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Salvation Army Church Leader
  • ESTHER STANSFIELD MA CANTAB Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Freelance Writer
  • HARRIET SHARP Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Pre-School Manager
  • JOHN ALBERT LEWIS RUSSELL Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Retired
  • JOEL TIMOTHY PRESTON (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Charity Ceo
  • JOSEPH MUDZINGWA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Professional Youth Worker
  • ROSEMARY JANE SOWDEN Appointed: 2001, Occupation: Retired
  • RUTH FLANAGAN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Lecturer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/06/2001, number: 1086877
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/04/2000, number: 03963476
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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; AR23: 5 days late, AR19: 55 days late, AR07: 96 days late,
Main office

Unit 10E Mill Park Ind. Estate
White Cross Road
Woodbury Salterton
EX5 1EL

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OR RELIGIOUS OR OTHER EDUCATION AND THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND WORSHIP OF GOD AND THE SPREADING OF THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE PROMOTION FOSTERING AND FACILITATING OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE OF SCHOOL AGE AND OVER BOTH WITHIN AND WITHOUT SCHOOLS COLLEGES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS (AND THEREBY ASSIST IN ENSURING THAT DUE ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE SPIRITUAL SOCIAL AND MORAL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL AS TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND OCCUPATION OF THEIR MINDS AND BODIES)

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE DEVON, SOMERSET, CORNWALL, DORSET AND BRISTOL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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