Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

DROP ZONE YOUTH PROJECTS 

Drop Zone Youth Projects provides services for young people in the Furness area of cumbria. The project promotes actitivities to raise the aspirations of young people, helping young people gain access to services and access to advice and guidance.
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
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 20 years

www.dropzone.org.uk

office@dropzonecafe.org.uk

01229812888

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House

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
31/12/22£319£297£22n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/21£281£262£19n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/20£243£178£65n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£209£182£27n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£192£160£32£0£0£0n/a02
31/12/17£117£148£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£115£130£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£192£154£38£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£167£157£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£158£136£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£135£134£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£215£153£62£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£211£223£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£246£267£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£280£211£70£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£225£224£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06*£172£161£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£211£198£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£41£36£5£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cumbria,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 5 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£23,747
DCMS£21,720
Masonic Trust£15,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Cumbria Community Foundation£9,830
Co-Operative Group£8,518
National Lottery Heritage Fund£8,225
CAF£4,617
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Askam Community Art Project
£1,049 21/10/2023
We'd like to undertake a community art project in our local park. This supports young people in designing and creating artwork for the Police Pod, making it into a base for community members to enjoy.
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - Multi-agency detached youth sessions.
£9,600 21/07/2023
The funding will be used to deliver multi agency detached and outreach intervention and integration provision targeting young people aged 11-19 in the Old Barrow and Hindpool areas. The project aims ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Drop Zone Youth Projects
£2,524 22/10/2022
We would like to provide local opportunities for young people to engage in positive activities in Dalton-in-Furness and Askam.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 01/06/2022
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Drop Zone Youth Projects
£8,225 25/04/2022
Furness Pride Education
Cumbria Community Foundation - Knife Crime School Delivery
£1,000 27/10/2021
Knife Crime School Delivery
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Drop Zone
£4,945 23/10/2021
We want to provide headsets for young people to access online mental health support at home.
National Lottery Community Fund - Furness Youth Zone (not finalised)
£4,943 08/09/2021
The group aims to provide support to the community’s young people by developing a safe and comfortable hub for them. Funding will go towards furnishing the new youth hub in the area.
National Lottery Community Fund - Furness LGBT youth group
£9,204 23/07/2021
The project will use the funding to continue running its weekly LBGT youth group for young people between 11-18 years old. This will provide a safe space for members to socialise and develop projects ....more
Cumbria Community Foundation - Staff costs for detached youth project
£3,079 28/01/2021
Staff costs for detached youth project
Cumbria Community Foundation - Staff costs for detached youth project
£701 28/01/2021
Staff costs for detached youth project
Cumbria Community Foundation - The BAFTA (Barrow Action for Trans Awareness) project
£4,800 16/12/2020
The BAFTA (Barrow Action for Trans Awareness) project
LGBT Consortium - Grant to Drop Zone Youth Projects
£2,688 29/09/2020
This funding will enable Furness LGBT+ youth group (a project of Drop Zone Youth) to continue running it's weekly group, in response to increased need due to the impact of covid.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,702 25/08/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Drop Zone Youth Projects
£2,985 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund additional staffing to provide online support and activities for children and young people in Barrow who identify as LGBT and are isolated due to Covid-19. This will to ....more
CAF - Grant to Drop Zone Youth Projects
£4,617 27/04/2020
3
Grant to Drop Zone Youth Projects to support the organisation through COVID19
Cumbria Community Foundation - Online educational activities
£250 01/04/2020
Online educational activities
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£8,012 28/02/2020
After school and weekend Media sessions
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£4,006 28/02/2020
After school and weekend Media sessions. The wider aim of the scheme is: To deliver onward grants to increase positive activities for young people by delivering extra sessions in youth clubs for the ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 15/10/2019
Duke St Project
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards staff costs for a detached youth project for children at risk
£1,000 13/11/2018
Towards staff costs for a detached youth project for children at risk of exposure to child sexual exploitation, drugs and alcohol.
National Lottery Community Fund - Junior Youthy
£9,400 08/11/2018
12
The aim of the project is to provide support to children and families at a younger age in the hopes of raising the aspirations and achievements of the children. Funding will go towards staff members, ....more
Cumbria Community Foundation - Askam Youth anti-bullying project
£3,223 29/08/2018
Askam Youth anti-bullying project
Cumbria Community Foundation - Healthy eating project
£5,451 29/08/2018
Healthy eating project
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Drop Zone Youth Projects
£19,470 30/07/2018
24
This project will run weekly group sessions for young people who identify as LGBT and feel isolated. Sessions will include support around emotional wellbeing leading to better relationships and ....more
Cumbria Community Foundation - Community Space
£5,000 19/04/2018
Community Space
National Lottery Community Fund - TPP2 - Sphere Project
£38,100 07/04/2017
12
The group will offer youth work sessions to educate young people on issues that affect them. The project will work with agencies to deliver interactive sessions on subjects such as sexual health, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The SPHERE Project
£10,000 29/07/2015
12
The organisation will use the funding to run a series of activity sessions focussing on physical, mental and sexual health. This will enable the organisation to tackle the ongoing health and ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Drop Zone Youth Projects
£20,000 25/08/2011
rent and maintenance costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 53-73
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/03/2004, number: 1102656
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/08/2007, number: 06332726
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR06: 48 days late,
Main office

Drop Zone Youth Projects
Lakeland House
Duke Street
Barrow in Furness
Cumbria
LA14 1XL

Objectives

TO EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE LOCALLY IN BARROW-IN-FURNESS, CUMBRIA.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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