Finance Score: 9
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 27 ?

SKYWAY CHARITY 

SkyWay work with Young people, their families and the communities they live in. We offer a wide range of free-to-access opportunities at youth clubs, community venues, parks, estates, schools and on the streets. We provide welcoming, safe spaces for people to learn, develop new skills, recieve support, participate in activities such as sport, art, media, be challenged and have fun.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • 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 and gender and 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 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£616£622£-6£2£393£3937.61718
31/03/22£668£661£7£1£399£3796.91518
31/03/21£798£729£70£6£392£3495.71426
31/03/20£571£621£-50£2£322£3226.21426
31/03/19£542£531£10£1£373£35581424
31/03/18£497£471£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£583£529£54£0£336£3117140
31/03/16£543£655£-112£5£282£2825.2180
31/03/15£751£688£63£4£393£3325.8160
31/03/14£658£639£19£4£331£3035.7150
31/03/13£839£829£10£4£312£2774120
31/03/12£924£837£87£7£302£2513.6120
31/03/11£760£770£-9£6£214£1712.7140
31/03/10£613£648£-35£10£224£571.1110
31/03/09£530£542£-13£12£209£1112.590
31/03/08£467£427£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£387£304£84£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£350£307£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£241£227£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£224£221£4£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 13%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 7.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 15.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 22 years

www.skyway.uk.com

info@skyway.uk.com

02077296970

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hackney, Islington, Southwark, Tower Hamlets,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 17 employees
  • 18 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£429,921
Henry Smith Charity£300,000
London Borough of Southwark£99,418
BBC Children in Need£98,200
The Berkeley Foundation£64,902
DCMS£60,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Hackney Council£22,480
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving and LBH Cost of Living
£5,061 09/11/2023
Providing weekly essential care packages for vulnerable families .
Sport England - Community Sports Coaches
£15,000 25/08/2023
This project will train 15 young people over 1 year to become Community Sports Coaches. The young people will work alongside a sports coach and youth worker, and will be hosted by local sports teams. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - Blue Hut Summer 23
£10,000 28/07/2023
The funding will be used to offer activities to young people aged 11-18 years old (and up to 25 for people with additional needs). This includes sports music and trips out. The project will engage ....more
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving and LBH Cost of Living
£5,000 17/07/2023
Term-time meal boxes for families
The Berkeley Foundation - Cost of Living Grant
£5,000 26/04/2023
One-off, unrestricted grant
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to SkyWay Charity
£30,000 31/03/2023
Positive Futures for Young People grant from the Environment, Neighbourhoods & Growth department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to SkyWay Charity
£1,800 31/03/2023
Public Health grant from the Childrens & Adults Services department for Holiday activity & food grants Easter 2022
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to SkyWay Charity
£7,920 31/03/2023
Public Health grant from the Childrens & Adults Services department for Holiday activity & food grants Summer 2022
National Lottery Community Fund - Your team. Bring it.
£10,000 28/03/2023
The funding will be used to provide football and mentoring sessions for young people from low income backgrounds. The project aims to enable the development of life skills as well as improving ....more
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving Living with Covid
£10,730 30/06/2022
Hackney Giving Living with Covid Outreach grant supporting young people in South Hackney
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to SkyWay Charity
£120,000 17/05/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing a range of services for individuals with complex needs, who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, in the London Borough of ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Skyway Charity
£26,969 31/03/2022
Youth and Play grant from the Environment & Leisure department for On behalf of Friends of Damilola Taylor Centre consortium
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Skyway Charity
£5,760 31/03/2022
Public Health grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Holiday activity & food grants summer 2021
National Lottery Community Fund - Your team. Bring it
£10,000 04/02/2022
The funding will be used to run football coaching and support sessions for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. The project aims to build self-confidence friendships and improve their ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to SkyWay Charity
£1,000 15/12/2021
This project will provide training and mentoring to a project worker who will deliver money management sessions to disadvantaged children. Children will improve their life skills through developing ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to SkyWay Charity
£4,153 23/10/2021
We wish to develop an active community hub which will enable people to mix socially, develop activities, and access essential services and support.
Greater London Authority - Grant to Creative City Limited
£22,058 01/12/2020
Herbert Road Green Oasis
Co-Operative Group - Grant to SkyWay Charity
£5,491 24/10/2020
We plan to offer free, mixed ability, weekly, multi-sports and wellbeing activities for local children at the Blue Hut Youth Club
Hackney Council - Grant to Skyway Charity
£9,880 10/09/2020
3
DEFRA: We are providing a weekly care package of food and essential items to nearly 100 vulnerable people and families in Hackney each week. Funding will assist with the cost of food and staffing
BBC Children in Need - Grant to SkyWay Charity
£67,200 09/09/2020
18
COVID19 - This project will deliver sports activities and online physical challenges, weekly food and care packages and educational workshops and activities to disadvantaged young people, the ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£60,000 29/07/2020
"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
The London Community Foundation - Grant to SkyWay Charity
£10,000 10/07/2020
The funding is to help us to provide immediate relief to vulnerable families and individuals in the local community and transition from supporting people face-to-face into offering effective online ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to SkyWay Charity
£180,000 10/06/2020
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project that delivers activities and support groups for disadvantaged young people in East London
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£25,000 29/05/2020
SkyWay Futures
The London Community Foundation - Grant to SkyWay Charity
£5,000 09/04/2020
Providing a weekly care package of food and essential items to 50 vulnerable families in Hackney for 4 weeks
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Skyway Charity
£26,969 01/04/2020
Youth and Play grant from the Environment & Leisure department for On behalf of Friends of Damilola Taylor Centre consortium
National Lottery Community Fund - Stronger & Safer Communities
£399,921 12/12/2019
48
The partnership is with Hackney-based youth charities, SkyWay and Hackney Quest, who support disadvantages young people aged 8 to 25 years old and their families. The project aims to support the ....more
The Berkeley Foundation - Empowering Positive Futures
£59,902 06/11/2019
36
Community Investment Fund grant over three years supporting the delivery of a new family support programme and detached youth work with young people at risk of school exclusion in Hackney (Skills for ....more
Hackney Council - Grant to Skyway Charity
£12,600 28/10/2019
6
SkyWay Futures will support young people aged 8 to 14 to develop their skills, confidence, resilience and independence so they can engage positively with the community and increase their expectations ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to SkyWay Charity
£30,000 08/08/2019
36
Regular outreach sessions of sports, arts and healthy eating activities for young people who are disengaged and at risk of exclusion. This will help to increase their self-esteem, improve aspirations ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Skyway Charity on behalf of Friends of Damilola Taylor Consortium
£24,969 01/04/2019
Youth and Play grant from the Environment & Leisure department
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£67,908 01/04/2019
.
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£67,908 01/04/2019
.
Greater London Authority - Grant to Skyway Charity
£50,000 01/03/2019
Social Action Taskforce Young people from Hackney and Southwark will collaborate to design and lead their own social action activities and workshops based on what they identify as local need. They ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SkyWay Health and Wellbeing
£10,000 04/01/2019
12
The project will provide healthier lifestyle workshops for young people with the aim of improving physical and mental wellbeing.
Co-Op Foundation - Co-design offer
£10,000 20/12/2018
Setting up social action task forces, who will be challenged to raise awareness of youth loneliness. Learning will feed into their programmes.
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£10,000 20/12/2018
Developing a young person-accessible gym
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
£10,000 20/12/2018
Developing a young person-accessible gym
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Codesign
£10,000 20/12/2018
Setting up social action task forces, who will be challenged to raise awareness of youth loneliness. Learning will feed into their programmes.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£90,000 05/11/2018
Community Sports Coaches To improve the life chances of young people aged 15+ identified as being ‘at risk’ of becoming involved in anti-social behaviour or crime. Participants will receive ....more
Greater London Authority - Community Sports Coaches
£90,000 02/10/2018
The key aim of our project is to improve the life chances of disadvantaged children and young people in Hackney - with a focus on supporting those identified as being ‘at risk’ of becoming ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 16/05/2018
SkyWay Transitional Futures
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Skyway Charity on behalf of Friends of Damilola Taylor Consortium
£24,969 01/04/2018
Youth and Play grant from the Environment & Leisure department
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to SkyWay
£15,000 07/12/2017
12
Youth charity based in Hackney requesting funding to develop an income generating venture to be managed and delivered by its young NEET service users.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to SkyWay Charity
£4,702 04/08/2017
Young people will receive healthy nutritional food at our youth club so they have the energy to join in and aren't distracted by hunger
National Lottery Community Fund - SkyWay Community Ambassadors
£9,800 12/07/2017
12
This project will provide a series of workshops and community events with a range of activities which are designed and delivered by young people for their peers. This will help young people to ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£67,908 02/05/2017
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DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£67,908 02/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£67,908 02/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£50,931 02/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£50,931 02/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Skyway Charity on behalf of Friends of Damilola Taylor Consortium
£12,484 01/04/2017
Youth and play grant Oct-March grant from the Environment & Social Regeneration department
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to SkyWay Charity
£99,000 08/12/2016
36
towards three years' salary of the Senior Youth Work Manager at a project providing support to disadvantaged young people in deprived areas of inner London
BBC Children in Need - Grant to SkyWay Charity
£119,721 11/10/2016
36
Youth work for young people from low income families from estates in Hackney and Islington, who have a wide range of needs including being at risk of gang/crime involvement. They will experience ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to SkyWay
£34,000 29/01/2014
The charity delivers a range of services and activities for young people in Hackney. They gain basic and healthy living skills as well as an understanding of the impact and consequences of behaviour ....more
Sport England - Hackney Basketball Development
£6,620 19/07/2013
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Hackney Basketball Development'. This project is a Basketball project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - Blue Hut Pitch Refurbishment
£46,574 19/01/2012
Funding under Sport England's Inspired Facilities funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Blue Hut Pitch Refurbishment'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports. This funding has ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - London Youth Leaders
£391,882 08/09/2010
48
This project in Hackney, Southwark, Newham and Islington aims to work with families whose children are deemed at risk of becoming involved in the youth justice system and will particularly focus on ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 27-60
  • LUNA DIZON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Marketing Consultant
  • GRANT LEE (Chair) Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/07/2002, number: 1093239
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/12/2001, number: 04335024
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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: 18 days late, AR05: 290 days late, AR04: 50 days late,
Main office

Skyway Charity
Unit 2
222 Kingsland Road
LONDON
E2 8DG

Objectives

SkyWay aims to address the individual needs of disadvantaged young people aged 8-25 years old and their local community in London boroughs; enabling them to achieve personal goals, realise their potential and contribute positively to their community.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON - HACKNEY - SHOREDITCH & HAGGERSTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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