Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 11

YOUNG LEWISHAM PROJECT (WORKSHOP)

Providing skills, training, information, advice, accreditation, confidence and support services to young people. Previous charity number 279062

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
The Board appears to be well diversified 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: 17 years
(28 years as a company)

www.younglewisham.org.uk

info@younglewisham.org.uk

02082919771

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£420	£363	£57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/22	£268	£267	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/21	£249	£233	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/20	£238	£172	£66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/19	£137	£143	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/18	£151	£150	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£137	£172	£-35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£191	£142	£49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£156	£135	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£165	£156	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£135	£130	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£144	£152	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£186	£184	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£225	£232	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£255	£263	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£300	£309	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Lewisham,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 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

The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund	£60,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£35,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£20,000
City Bridge Trust	£7,898
The Fore	£5,000
Co-Operative Group	£4,619
The Clothworkers Foundation	£4,400

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Young Lewisham Project
£4,619	21/10/2023	Any funding received would go towards food shopping and seeds for our vegetable garden as we encourage our young people to try different foods every day.
National Lottery Community Fund - Grub Club
£10,000	04/03/2022	The funding will be used to continue running the Grub Club which involves disadvantaged young people in cooking and eating a healthy meal together at lunchtime. The project develops skills in cooking ....more The funding will be used to continue running the Grub Club which involves disadvantaged young people in cooking and eating a healthy meal together at lunchtime. The project develops skills in cooking nutrition and team working whilst bringing people together to support one another and share ideas and stories over a hot cooked meal.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	17/09/2021	YLP Core costs
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Young Lewisham Project
£5,000	29/06/2020 36	Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Young Lewisham Project, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Young Lewisham Project
£7,898	04/05/2020	A grant of £7,898 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Young Lewisham Project
£4,400	13/03/2020	purchase of a minibus with towing capacity for a charity that works with disadvantaged young people in Lewisham
National Lottery Community Fund - The Grub Club
£10,000	03/10/2019 12	The Grub Club
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Young Lewisham Project
£60,000	18/07/2019 48	Main Grant unrestricted core costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	10/07/2019	Mad About Motorbikes
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards core costs
£500	13/11/2018	Towards core costs.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	24/01/2018	Youth Project Core Costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Young Lewisham Project
£4,873	29/11/2017	We would like to provide healthy food for five of our groups. Each group consists of 10-12 young people and runs for 40 weeks of the year.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Team Challenge
£10,000	05/07/2017 12	This group will run a series of mechanics, bicycle and carpentry workshops for the community to learn the skills to design and build a land yacht, which will be used in a race event, helping to build ....more This group will run a series of mechanics, bicycle and carpentry workshops for the community to learn the skills to design and build a land yacht, which will be used in a race event, helping to build positive community relationships.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Young Lewisham Project
£3,080	29/11/2016	To replace and update safety equipment required for employment skills based activities.
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000	20/07/2016	Motorbike mechanics training to disadvantaged and socially isolated young people.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 32-56

DAVID CHARLES BRIAN TARLING Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Investment Banking

DHRUVE SHAH (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Auditor

DYLAN MICHAEL ASHLEY GREEN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Former Probation Officer

ELIZABETH POWER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Head Of Learning

KEISHA MCCOOK Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Enterprise Officer, Other trusteeship: LIFE OUTSIDE THE BOX (LOT B),

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/03/2007, number: 1118469
Registered at Companies House on 09/06/1995, number: 03066714

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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

16 returns made; all on time

Main office

124 KILMORIE ROAD
FOREST HILL
LONDON
SE23 2SR

Objectives

3. THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE OBJECTS OF:ASSISTING AND EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 25 OR LESS RESIDENT IN, OR EMPLOYED, OR ATTENDING AN EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT WITHIN, THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM (REGARDLESS OF SEX, CLASS, RACE, RELIGION OR POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINIONS), SO AS TO ADVANCE THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL ADULT MATURITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM.

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