Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 10

Strong growth: +2
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 6

YOUNG STEPS LTD

. Health and Social Care and Support Referrals and sign posting to other services. Social and recreational activities. Personal development and volunteering. Capacity building of groups that work with girls. Workshops and focus group discussions on issues that affect young girls

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently

Established: 20 years

www.youngsteps.org.uk

info@youngsteps.org.uk

02085960901

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£52	£55	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	19
31/03/22		£43	£45	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/03/21		£68	£51	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	37
31/03/20		£65	£62	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/19		£20	£14	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/18		£17	£19	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£15	£24	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£26	£30	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£41	£38	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£61	£62	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£62	£59	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£45	£44	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£50	£55	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£69	£75	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£73	£83	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£122	£114	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£95	£85	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£54	£45	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£76	£76	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Barking And Dagenham, Havering, Kenya, Redbridge,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
19 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

Rosa UK	£49,585
National Lottery Community Fund	£29,927
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
DCMS	£19,400
The London Community Foundation	£9,994

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Rosa UK - RISE R2-YOUNGSTEP-2023
£15,650	18/05/2023	Cost of Living Grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Intergenerational Support Project
£10,000	14/04/2023	The funding will be used to run support sessions for mothers and daughters from ethnic minority communities. The project aims to improve family relationships through social activities and discussion ....more The funding will be used to run support sessions for mothers and daughters from ethnic minority communities. The project aims to improve family relationships through social activities and discussion groups.
Rosa UK - RISE R1-YOUNGSTEP-2022
£33,935	19/05/2022	£33,935 has been awarded to Young Steps Ltd to strengthen strategic development through fundraising and improving digital systems and processes.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£20,000	05/11/2021	Weston Youth Grant
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£19,400	22/09/2020	"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 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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Virtually Together
£9,975	15/05/2020 7	The funding will be used to provide remote social networking activities for young women. The project aims to provide the opportunity for peer support during the current coronavirus pandemic.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Girls Development Project
£9,994	01/05/2020	We seek funding to run a gender and culturally sensitive support, for young girls aged (16 to 18)years affected by hunger and stress due to Covid-19 outbreak. This new initiative will provide; 1) ....more We seek funding to run a gender and culturally sensitive support, for young girls aged (16 to 18)years affected by hunger and stress due to Covid-19 outbreak. This new initiative will provide; 1) food and necessities 2) online and telephone support services offering tips to keep safe and self-manage stress and anxiety
National Lottery Community Fund - Teens-bond
£9,952	03/05/2019 12	The funding will be used to run a project for young girls experiencing bullying. The project aims learn about staying safe and compassion whilst meeting new people.
National Lottery Community Fund - 2nd Chance
£154,394	12/07/2011 48	This new project aims to integrate young girls affected by poor mental health and wellbeing into mainstream society. Wellness Champions will be recruited from the beneficiaries and will undertake a ....more This new project aims to integrate young girls affected by poor mental health and wellbeing into mainstream society. Wellness Champions will be recruited from the beneficiaries and will undertake a two-month training course covering effective volunteering, peer leadership, project marketing, communication, managing stress and health and safety.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-50

ATESS GAKONA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Teaching Assistant

EVA MBABAZI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Volunteer

FRANK AMBEI Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Youth Worker

ROSLYN BRIGGS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Warehouse Clerk

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/06/2004, number: 1104207
Registered at Companies House on 20/12/2002, number: 04623222

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
Investment
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

19 returns made; AR17: 2 days late, AR07: 106 days late, AR06: 32 days late,

Main office

218-224
Heathway
The Mall
Dagenham
Essex
RM10 8QS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS, BETWEEN THE AGES OF 5 AND 25 YEARS IN THE UK AND ELSEWHERE IN PARTICULAR TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH, ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN THE UK AND ELSEWHERE. IN PRACTICE, LOCALLY IN THE LONDON AND ESSEX AREA.

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