Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

SENGHENYDD YOUTH DROP IN CENTRE 

The charity objects are to enable youths 11 plus to congregate safely and supply them with both educational and leisure facilities which will provide an alternative to crime.SYDIC offers a fully-fledged youth service including information and advice, careers and employment assistance. An alternative curriculum for young people excluded form school.
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and 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: 19 years

www.sydic.org.uk

davesydic@gmail.com

07816534137

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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£160£141£19n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/22£179£98£81n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/21£91£97£-6n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/20£91£97£-6n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/19£96£114£-17n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/18*£266£240£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£266£240£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£167£185£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£269£262£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£257£270£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£357£334£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£290£254£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£320£298£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£273£303£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£302£295£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£278£292£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£279£292£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£271£261£10£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who works here?
  • 3 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Caerphilly,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - SYDIC Youth Media Project
£9,444 21/03/2023
Senghenydd Youth Drop In Centre in Caerphilly will use £9444 to fund a specialist Youth Worker to deliver a Youth Media Project. The project will help young people develop employable and ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Building capacity for youth leadership
£3,000 18/01/2023
Senghenydd Youth Drop-In Centre (SYDIC) is a youth charity based in in a former mining community in the South Wales Valleys. The organisation delivers their work via a frontline and holistic youth ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SYDIC Youth Podcast Project
£9,444 08/02/2022
Senghenydd Youth Drop-in Centre based in Caerphilly will fund a specialist youth worker to support and work alongside young people with their £9444 grant. They will develop and coordinate a youth ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Building capacity for youth leadership
£90,000 19/07/2021
Senghenydd Youth Drop-In Centre (SYDIC) is a youth charity based in in a former mining community in the South Wales Valleys. The organisation delivers their work via a frontline and holistic youth ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 - Community Rebuild
£9,914 08/06/2020
12
Senghenydd Youth Drop in Centre in Caerphilly have received £9914 to support young people with careers and healthy lifestyle guidance and offer social and recreational opportunities once the ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£20,000 27/06/2018
SYDIC
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Senghenydd Youth Drop in Centre
£130,500 14/03/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of a youth drop-in centre supporting disadvantaged young people in Caerphilly
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Senghenydd Youth Drop In Centre
£103,183 14/06/2017
36
This project will provide a youth club for children and young people in a low-income area. They will be better able to build friendships, feel less trapped, and be enabled to voice their opinions.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Senghenydd Youth Drop In Centre
£12,800 28/01/2013
A contribution towards the salary costs of two part time youth development capacity workers, to include IT costs. The individuals will work with young people in the Senghenydd area to enhance their ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 21-83
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/09/2005, number: 1111138
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/11/2004, number: 05290895
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR18: 321 days late, AR16: 38 days late, AR10: 9 days late, AR09: 33 days late, AR07: 35 days late, AR06: 35 days late,
Main office

Senghenydd Youth Drop-In Centre
Old Caretakers House
Gwern Avenue
Senghenydd
Caerphil

Objectives

TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE. CAERPHILLY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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