Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 15
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +15
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

UK YOUTH 

UK Youth is committed to ensuring all young people are empowered to build bright futures, regardless of their background or circumstances. Our mission is to provide all young people with access to appropriate, high quality services in their local community or online. Together with our network, we offer support, advice and training to equip young people with vital life skills.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 19 years

www.ukyouth.org

ceoffice@ukyouth.org

02031373817

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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£14,258£13,616£642£1,133£7,873£2,4652.21340
31/03/22£14,624£11,133£3,491£913£7,241£3,7994.11080
31/03/21£7,673£6,501£1,172£506£3,709£3,4206.31000
31/03/20£7,086£7,073£13£484£2,436£2,2753.9990
31/03/19£6,094£5,907£187£423£2,473£2,3184.796100
31/03/18*£6,702£6,488£214£317£2,275£2,0973.9930
31/03/17£5,707£5,569£138£336£1,752£1,7203.7800
31/03/16*£5,334£5,228£106£422£1,567£1,5413.5720
31/03/15£8,557£8,758£-201£457£1,514£1,4982.11030
31/03/14*£7,902£8,099£-197£441£1,714£1,7142.5990
31/03/13£5,188£4,895£292£505£1,910£1,8374.5730
31/03/12*£4,698£4,190£508£479£1,602£1,4954.3850
31/03/11£5,606£5,424£182£556£1,122£9942.2810
31/03/10*£5,280£5,197£83£592£623£5281.2660
31/03/09£4,139£4,001£138£383£486£3971.2600
31/03/08£2,949£2,904£45£312£603£5422.2590
31/03/07*£2,872£2,874£-2£320£694£5772.4540
31/03/06*£2,270£1,745£525£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 31%
Reserves/Spending: 2.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 4.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 134 employees

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
Pears Foundation£2,340,000
Spirit of 2012£1,921,332
Sport England£1,900,554
DCMS£1,892,016
National Lottery Community Fund£800,000
Esmee Fairbairn£565,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£321,000
Quartet Community Foundation£315,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to UK Youth
£250 14/03/2024
As requested by the donor towards the work of UK Youth
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to UK Youth
£50,000 08/01/2024
As requested by the donor towards the digital impact strand of the 'Joined up Institute'. This new initiative by UK Youth will bring young people and professionals together to learn, turn evidence ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to UK Youth
£250 08/01/2024
As requested by the donor towards the work of UK Youth
The Blagrave Trust - Policy and Advocacy Grants
£50,000 08/12/2023
JoinedUp
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to UK Youth
£135,000 14/09/2023
As requested by the donor for the second year of a 3-year grant towards a partnership addressing digital poverty for young people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Unlocking Youth Work
£500,000 29/03/2023
Funding will be used to help the youth work sector grow and develop by tackling the lack of long-term investment in the sector increasing cross-sector understanding of youth work’s impact and ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to UK Youth
£40,000 13/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Youth Sector Infrastructure Collective
£3,000 18/01/2023
UK Youth is a leading national charity, committed to providing access to appropriate, high quality services in every community. They provide infrastructure support to an extensive network of regional ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Backbone grants 2019-20 supporting a thriving civil society
£8,000 18/01/2023
Core funding to support a network of youth organisations and to deliver positive opportunities for young people in communities across the UK.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to UK Youth
£130,000 01/08/2022
As requested by the donor towards a multi year partnership addressing digital poverty for young people. Year 1 of 3.
The Childhood Trust - Mental health and unemployment of young people.
£5,000 12/06/2022
UK Youth tackle urgent issues facing young people; currently poor mental health and unemployment. UK Youth have evidenced that investing in youth work is the way to tackle these issues. Our work ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to UK Youth
£250,000 05/05/2022
Grant to support youth social action in Scotland and Northern Ireland
DCMS - UK Youth Fund
£600,000 01/04/2022
The objectives of the UK Youth Fund are to: provide bursaries for day trips and residentials to c.2,300 young people aged 11-18 who are experiencing hardship due to the cost-of-living crisis, have a ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to UK Youth
£300,000 26/10/2021
DCMS Community Match Challenge grant - Part Two
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£5,000 22/10/2021
UK Youth & Garfield Weston Partnership Fund
Spirit of 2012 - Inspire 2022
£1,200,000 06/10/2021
A youth led social action project using events to engage local communities. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within agreed tolerance.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£60,000 17/09/2021
UK Youth & Garfield Weston Partnership Fund
Co-Op Foundation - The Belong Collective
£223,544 28/07/2021
Further research to support the future development of the Belong Collective, including understanding how youth organisations are supporting young people to overcome loneliness. This will help to ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Youth Sector Infrastructure Collective
£60,000 19/07/2021
UK Youth is a leading national charity, committed to providing access to appropriate, high quality services in every community. They provide infrastructure support to an extensive network of regional ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£15,000 16/07/2021
UK Youth & Garfield Weston Partnership Fund
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to UK Youth
£500,000 07/07/2021
60
Towards unrestricted core costs Supporting UK Youth to address the root causes that lead to mass inequality of access to youth services for young people.
Spirit of 2012 - EmpowHER Legacy
£500,000 28/04/2021
Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within agreed tolerance.
Pears Foundation - Grant to UK Youth
£40,000 29/03/2021
Nations funding, for distribution alongside the England only Pears DCMS Community Match Challenge grant
DCMS - CRF21 UK Youth
£61,500 08/03/2021
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
Nesta - AC01264
£125,000 11/12/2020
Rapid Recovery Challenge programme grant to UK Youth Grant Ref AC01264
The Childhood Trust - Inspiring outdoor learning for young people
£3,200 08/12/2020
Give the gift of outdoor learning this Christmas! With your help, we will give disadvantaged young people from London an unforgettable weekend of outdoor learning. Young people will build their ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to UK Youth
£2,000,000 29/10/2020
17
DCMS Community Match Challenge grant
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to UK Youth
£43,700 09/07/2020
COVID19: UK Youth
The Childhood Trust - Supporting young people beyond COV19
£11,863 03/07/2020
Disadvantaged young people are facing a period of great uncertainty with a rise in mental health issues and unemployment. With help from generous supporters, we will provide urgent essential training ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to UK Youth
£150,000 30/06/2020
0
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£50,000 24/06/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
National Lottery Community Fund - UK Youth Core Costs
£300,000 24/06/2020
5
UK Youth provides infrastructure support to a network of more than 5500 local youth organisations reaching more than 1.6 million young people. This funding will be used to cover a percentage of core ....more
Dulverton Trust - Core costs (COVID resilience)
£40,000 10/06/2020
Core costs (COVID resilience)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award - COVID19 response
£50,000 29/05/2020
Core Costs
Co-Op Foundation - Back Youth Alliance
£15,000 04/05/2020
Joint project between three organisations (NYA, Step up to Serve, UK Youth) to inform DCMS’s proposed 10-year ‘Youth Charter’ and build wider momentum for increased future Government support ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to UK Youth
£25,000 28/04/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - DOMESTIC ABUSE
£37,871 01/04/2020
A further 25 charities will receive a share of 1 million boost as part of the governments 10 million emergency fund.
Sport England - Youth Accelerator Funding
£790,000 26/02/2020
12
Funding under Sport England's Youth Accelerator Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Youth Accelerator Funding. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, ....more
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Youth Accelerator Funding
£790,000 26/02/2020
Funding under Sport England's Youth Accelerator Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Youth Accelerator Funding. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, ....more
DCMS - Youth Accelerator Fund
£254,184 13/01/2020
To deliver onward grants to increase positive activities for young people by delivering extra sessions in youth clubs for the financial year 2019/20
Sport England - Active Youth Clubs
£849,802 07/01/2020
23
Funding under Sport England's Safeguarding funding programme for a Revenue project titled Active Youth Clubs. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Backbone grants 2019-20 supporting a thriving civil society
£200,000 16/12/2019
12
Core funding to support a network of youth organisations and to deliver positive opportunities for young people in communities across the UK.
The Childhood Trust - Supporting disadvantaged young people
£10,000 10/12/2019
UK Youth leads a movement to stand with young people and fight for them to have equal access to high quality services in their community. Your donation will help ensure all young people have a safe ....more
Spirit of 2012 - Sound Creators
£221,332 09/08/2019
Music project for female carers. Majority funded via Tampon Tax Fund with DCMS. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within agreed tolerance.
DCMS - UK Youth Carers
£93,166 09/08/2019
This project will work with community music experts to train youth workers to provide music sessions for young carers.
DCMS - UK Youth Carers
£93,166 09/08/2019
This project will work with community music experts to train youth workers to provide music sessions for young carers.
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Charter 2019
£20,000 11/07/2019
Joint project to influence DCMS’s proposed 10-year ‘Youth Charter’ and build wider momentum for increased future Government support for the youth sector
Sport England - Potentials Fund – Outdoors
£260,752 29/04/2019
35
Funding under Sport England's Potentials Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Potentials Fund – Outdoors. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Tackling Serious Youth Violence through Youth Advocacy Initiative (Dev Grant)
£49,531 19/03/2019
12
The partners have come together to collaborate in an initiative "Tackling Serious Youth Violence though Youth Advocacy" which aims to develop representative and diverse UK- wide ....more
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2018
£15,000 04/12/2018
We will bring young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to the New Forest to participate in skills building activities led by world class instructors. Through raft building, climbing, canoeing, ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to UK Youth
£15,000 16/05/2018
refurbishment of accomodation and purchase of equipment for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in Hampshire
Spirit of 2012 - EmpowHER
£2,456,913 18/04/2018
Social action for girls and young women with low levels of wellbeing in England. In partnership with the British Red Cross. Match funded with #iwill. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to ....more
Nesta - AC00732
£20,000 15/03/2018
7
Inclusive Economy Partnership 2.0 programme grant to UK Youth Grant Ref AC00732
Co-Op Foundation - A Place to Belong
£21,500 31/01/2018
A piece of research to better understand how youth work contributes to addressing youth loneliness, and what additional support they could benefit from to better address the issue. the final report ....more
Dulverton Trust - Core Funding
£100,000 24/10/2017
Core Funding
DCMS - Research - Social Investment in the Youth Sector
£20,000 25/07/2017
A research grant to UK Youth to undertake an engagement and research project with their membership about opportunities for increasing knowledge and awareness about trading models and the ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - UK Youth Voice in Action
£60,000 08/05/2017
24
UK Youth provides infrastructure support to an extensive network of regional youth organisations and umbrella groups across England. Over the next three years, UK Youth will radically revamp its ....more
Dulverton Trust - Emotional wellbeing
£30,544 08/06/2016
Emotional wellbeing
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Democratic Engagement and EU Referendum Voter Registration Campaign
£15,000 12/05/2016
3
UK Youth in partnership with Bite the Ballot will drive engagement of young people in the EU referendum through their UK wide network of members and youth clubs.
Pears Foundation - Grant to UK Youth
£199,512 18/01/2016
18
National Youth Social Action Fund: UK Youth - Action_x000D_
Sport England - Active Youth Clubs
£293,498 23/12/2015
24
Funding under Sport England's Community Sport Activation Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Active Youth Clubs'. This project lists its main activity as Multi-Skill Coaching.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to UK Youth
£500,000 09/12/2015
60
Towards core costs to improve support for youth clubs, enhance the impact of data collection and enable youth clubs to become more sustainable and to raise awareness of the need for other types of ....more
The Blagrave Trust - Youth VOICE
£60,000 08/03/2015
Contribution towards the running of VOICE ? a platform for young people aged 16-25
ZING - Technology development
£100,000 01/02/2015
24
For development of a technology platform and related systems to transform the way that youth work can be delivered across the UK Youth network
National Lottery Community Fund - Avon Tyrrell UK Youth Centre Study
£10,000 30/07/2014
12
Not Available
ZING - HR system configuration
£600 01/12/2013
12
Funds are used to fund the hosting and configuration costs of their HR system.
Sport England - Avon Tyrrell Bike Project
£10,000 17/04/2013
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Avon Tyrrell Bike Project'. This project lists its main activity as Cycling.
Dulverton Trust - the Young Parenthood Programme
£25,000 27/02/2013
the Young Parenthood Programme
Sport England - Avon Tyrrell Boathouse
£50,000 09/01/2013
Funding under Sport England's Inspired Facilities funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Avon Tyrrell Boathouse'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports. This funding has ....more
ZING - 0% Interest bridging loan for an NCS contract
£100,000 01/12/2012
Social Investment 0% interest loan to act as bridging loan for NCS contract and then medium term loan for Youth Achievement Foundation further pilot programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Resilience Reclaiming Solidarity
£265,516 06/09/2011
36
This project will work with young people, aged 13-25, to combat racial tension and train them to become peer mentors. They will then get involved will running after-school education projects ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Avon Tyrell Games Court Project
£10,000 03/03/2011
12
This is a project by a registered charity in Hampshire. The group will use funding to re-surface and mark its current multi-use activities court. This will provide a safe area for local community ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 23-67
  • ANNA HOPE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Accountant
  • NNEKA ORJI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Management Consulting/Advisory
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/07/2005, number: 1110590
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/03/2005, number: 05402004
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds 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
18 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR14: 2 days late, AR12: 13 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR07: 154 days late, AR06: 8 days late,
Main office

Avon Tyrrell Activity Centre
Avon Tyrrell
Bransgore
CHRISTCHURCH
Dorset
BH23 8EE

Objectives

1. (I) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PART OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR CONCERNED WITH THE PROVISION OF YOUTH CLUBS AND GROUPS BY ACTING AS A RESOURCE BODY FOR YOUTH CLUBS AND GROUPS, SUPPORTING AND DEVELOPING HIGH QUALITY YOUTH WORK THROUGH ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION PARTICULARLY IN THE WAYS SET OUT IN CLAUSE 2 (FURTHERANCE OF OBJECTS).THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES. (II) TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE INNOVATIVE NON-FORMAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES FOR AND WITH YOUNG PEOPLE - WORKING WITH THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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