Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 7
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

URBAN DEVOTION BIRMINGHAM 

Urban Devotion Birmingham serves children, young people, offenders and families within a variety of community and structured environments and has contact with over 2500 individuals. UDB offers education, activities and mentoring for the benefit and personal development of those who would otherwise lack these important investments in their personal, social, economic and spiritual development.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board composition appears to be rather 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
Established: 18 years

www.urbandevotion.org

sam@urbandevotion.org

01213509370

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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
31/12/22£341£312£29n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/12/21£291£215£75n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/12/20£231£170£60n/an/an/an/an/a41
31/12/19£217£183£35n/an/an/an/an/a37
31/12/18£176£195£-19£0£0£0n/a036
31/12/17£209£186£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£200£220£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£220£268£-48£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£255£278£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£276£305£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£352£260£92£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£262£234£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£226£191£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£163£154£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£129£118£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£121£91£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£80£79£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 40 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
Tudor Trust£62,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£45,000
Heart Of England Community Foundation£26,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,998
DCMS£9,890
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Work on the Streets
£10,000 16/12/2022
The funding will be used to continue the group's delivery of detached youth work for young people living with disadvantages and those at risk of gang culture and aims to provide a safe space to ....more
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to Urban Devotion Birmingham
£2,000 07/11/2022
Prayer Spaces project at Christmas and Easter using a local Church building as a base. In addition to develop a mobile prayer space to use with ten year 6 classes in the final term of promary school ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£45,000 29/10/2021
Weston Youth Grant
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Summer Youth Outreach
£2,000 15/09/2021
Towards the salary of their existing Youth Outreach Worker for a period of six weeks.
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Work on the Streets
£9,998 06/04/2021
The group will use the funding to provide befriending services for young people who are living with poor mental health. This will help to reduce anti-social behaviour and enable people to reach their ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Urban Devotion Birmingham (UDB)
£2,000 11/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,890 27/07/2020
"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 Urban Devotion Birmingham
£2,900 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant is for additional staffing and resources to provide 121 mentoring support for young people living in a deprived area of Birmingham that are impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Urban Devotion Birmingham
£20,000 04/06/2020
6
Adaption of existing activity to meet current regulations whilst supporting families and young people. New virtual activity will be provided replacing their usual face to face sessions along with ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Urban Devotion Birmingham
£4,000 09/04/2020
4
The development of digital one-to-one support, will allow us to connect with at least 15 children and young people with 80 sessions in total. Through this support we will address individual ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards core costs
£1,000 26/03/2020
Towards core costs.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Urban Devotion Birmingham (UDB)
£60,000 09/10/2019
36
over three years towards a project to help young people in Birmingham improve their mental health through talking and play therapies, and the creation of a peer mentoring scheme
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards employing a street mentor
£500 02/04/2019
Towards employing a street mentor to help young men at risk of gang involvement.
National Lottery Community Fund - Uprising
£9,951 20/07/2018
12
This funding will be used to equip young people with skills to make a positive impact on their community through a range of meetings, trips and residential activities. The project aims to develop ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Wyrley Birch Girls Group
£14,985 31/01/2018
36
Grant to Urban Devotion Birmingham
Heart Of England Community Foundation - The Craft Corner
£4,948 16/11/2017
12
Grant to Urban Devotion Birmingham
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Be The Change
£4,996 21/09/2017
12
Grant to Urban Devotion Birmingham
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Urban Devotion Birmingham
£29,844 10/05/2017
36
This project will provide 1 to 1 mentoring for children in a disadvantaged area of Birmingham. The sessions will help young people build a network of supportive people, increase their ability to ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Wyrley Festival of Fun
£2,500 20/04/2017
12
Grant to Urban Devotion Birmingham
Heart Of England Community Foundation - UDB Spirit of Summer
£3,323 24/06/2016
1
Grant to Urban Devotion Birmingham
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Wyrley Festival of Fun
£3,000 23/05/2016
0
Grant to Urban Devotion Birmingham
Birmingham City Council - Wyrley Birch & Perry Common Youth Provis
£7,500 04/05/2016
WYRLEY BIRCH & PERRY COMMON YOUTH PROVIS; Neighbourhoods and communities;
National Lottery Community Fund - Service User & Activities Database
£10,000 29/07/2015
12
The group will use the funding to create a new database which will be suitable for the growing number of beneficiaries and groups they work with. This will develop their capacity to network and ....more
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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: 36-47
  • SAMUEL MILLER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director Of Strategic Relations
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/12/2005, number: 1112460
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/05/2005, number: 05441379
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; all on time
Main office

148 WITTON LODGE ROAD
BIRMINGHAM
B23 5AP

Objectives

TO DEMONSTRATE PRIMARILY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) IN THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE TRUTH, EFFECTIVENESS AND AUTHENTICITY OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST BY :-3.1.1 THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) YOUNG PEOPLE;3.1.2 PROMOTING OR SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES WHICH ENCOURAGE THE MENTAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) YOUNG PEOPLE AND INCREASE THEIR POTENTIAL AND SELF-ESTEEM;3.1.3 RELIEVING PEOPLE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS;3.1.4 PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES HI THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND3.1.5 TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY, AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.3.2 TO COMMUNICATE PRIMARILY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) IN THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST AND TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE POSITIVE CHRISTIAN LIVING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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