Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -8

Support Score: 5

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Volatile income
spending growth: -1
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Very static board: -5

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: -6

UNITY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, LIVERPOOL

'The Unity' is used by internal projects, individuals and groups working with young people - around general activities and specialisms such as boxing or football. There is a young women's room, where privacy or culture dictates events be held separately from boys and young men. The activities take place even though the Unity is not in a good physical state; partly due to the welcoming atmosphere.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board composition appears to be very static and 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
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Established: 19 years
(22 years as a company)

ricky@ucaliverpool.org.uk

01517095153

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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	*	£109	£134	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/22		£166	£176	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/21		£173	£142	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/20	*	£122	£123	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/19		£98	£83	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/18		£78	£85	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£83	£90	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£88	£103	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£96	£141	£-45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£224	£289	£-66	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£299	£234	£66	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£221	£216	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£217	£180	£37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£114	£114	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£151	£154	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£163	£134	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£117	£124	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06?	*	£98	£128	£-30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/05	*	£87	£57	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Economic/Community Development/Employment

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Liverpool City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

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

John Moores Foundation	£15,800
Sport England	£4,614
Woodward Charitable Trust	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Unity Community Association, Liverpool
£15,800	25/09/2023	Towards running costs and sessional staff member
Woodward Charitable Trust - Summer Playscheme
£1,000	24/05/2021	Summer Playscheme
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards an adapted summer play scheme.
£1,000	26/06/2020	Towards an adapted summer play scheme.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£4,614	09/06/2020 4	Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with ....more Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Unity Youth & Community Association
£21,000	01/04/2019	Towards core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Everyone's Welcome at the Unity
£10,000	03/01/2019 12	The aim of the project is to bring young people together to improve relationships, and promote understanding of different cultures and improve their opportunities. Funding will be used to deliver a ....more The aim of the project is to bring young people together to improve relationships, and promote understanding of different cultures and improve their opportunities. Funding will be used to deliver a range of activities at the centre which will involve young people, families and people from the Roma community. There will also be a focus on activities for girls and taster sessions on careers and training. The funding will go towards activities, workshops, refreshments, room hire, equipment and supplies.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Unity Community Association
£122,945	23/10/2018 36	This project will offer a senior youth club for children and young people from Toxteth in Liverpool impacted by poverty, gang culture and gun and knife crime. It will improve access to safe spaces, ....more This project will offer a senior youth club for children and young people from Toxteth in Liverpool impacted by poverty, gang culture and gun and knife crime. It will improve access to safe spaces, raise aspirations and reduce risky behaviour.
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Unity in the Community.
£18,960	10/08/2011 24	A project to fund a community hub for local groups and individuals, which seeks to lift community spirit, confidence and self-resilience and tackle low aspirations in the poorest local authority ward ....more A project to fund a community hub for local groups and individuals, which seeks to lift community spirit, confidence and self-resilience and tackle low aspirations in the poorest local authority ward in England. The project aims to enable the community centre to be opened up to a wider range of external user groups with improved facilities for the most multi-cultural community in Merseyside._x000B__x000B_

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 50-67

AUBREY ROGERS Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Learning Mentor

DAVID STITCHER FCCA FSI Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Accountant, Other trusteeship: LIVERPOOL ONE CHURCH,

EARL RAYMOND JENKINS (Chair) Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Mentor

JUSTINE RONA JENKINS-BURKE Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Team Leader

NICOS NICHOLAS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Business Analyst

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/11/2004, number: 1106751
Registered at Companies House on 04/10/2001, number: 04298741

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR23: 7 days late, AR20: 65 days late, AR15: 105 days late, AR14: 32 days late, AR13: 141 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR08: 0 days late, AR07: 268 days late, AR06: 10 days late, AR05: 168 days late,

Main office

UNITY YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE
49 DOVE STREET
LIVERPOOL
L8 0TU

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE GRANBY TOXTETH AREA AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT') WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO;A) PROMOTE THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE SO THAT THEY MAY ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED;B) ADVANCE EDUCATION, TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS;C) ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE CENTRE') AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN COOPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS;D) PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED

Defined Area of Benefit:

MERSEYSIDE

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