Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Very static board: -5
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

GIVE YOUTH A BREAK 

provide leisure and recreational activities to socially disadvantaged youth
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be very static

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
31/08/22£115£115£0n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/08/21£134£132£2n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/08/20£85£103£-18n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/08/19£72£69£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/18£65£68£-3£0£0£0n/a021
31/08/17£103£103£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£70£65£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15*£53£53£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£8£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£15£14£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12*£2£11£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11£30£11£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/10£18£12£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/09£13£11£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/08£13£25£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/07*£40£22£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/06*£43£52£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£49£47£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£61£63£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 22 years

020 8432 2734

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Services for females
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnet, Hackney, Haringey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 30 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£9,950
DCMS£9,550
Henry Smith Charity£2,750
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Give Youth A Break
£2,750 14/07/2023
36
towards the costs of a three-night residential trip to Bournemouth for 20 children from disadvantaged communities in the London Borough of Barnet.
National Lottery Community Fund - Unity Connect: Bridging Our Community Together
£9,950 29/06/2023
The funding will be used to provide social craft and baking sessions for young people from the Jewish community. The project aims to improve mental wellbeing through the development of stronger ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,550 20/08/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer training
£9,820 26/10/2018
12
The project aims to increase the activities and support for young people.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards running costs of the club for disadvantaged children
£500 23/03/2017
Towards running costs of the club for disadvantaged children in the Borough of Barnet.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Give Youth A Break
£1,050 05/03/2015
towards a day trip to a fruit picking farm for a group of disadvantaged children from London
National Lottery Community Fund - Smart Summer Space
£10,000 04/03/2015
12
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Celebrating Lives
£10,000 19/05/2011
12
This is a project by a charity in Barnet. The group will use funding to train young volunteers who will then take part in running a programme of weekend activities for disadvantaged young women. This ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/06/2002, number: 1092690
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR15: 21 days late, AR12: 73 days late, AR07: 24 days late, AR06: 4 days late,
Main office

9 WOODVILLE ROAD
LONDON
NW11 9TP

Objectives

TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION, AMONGST GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN, AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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