Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 10
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

SOMERVILLE YOUTH & PLAY PROVISION 

A FREE OPEN ACCESS ADVENTURE PLAY FACILITIES TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE;A SAFE, SUPERVISED LEISURE AND PLAY ENVIROMENT FOR OUR USERS;A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS(SOCIAL, ETHNIC & CULTURAL) CAN MEET AND INTERACT IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF SECURITY AND HARMONY;ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE IN POSITIVE LEISURE ACTIVITIES(PHYSICAL & CREATIVE), STEERING THEM AWAY FROM CRIME.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board 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 and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 17 years

www.somerville-online.org.uk

OFFICE@SYPP.ORG.UK

02077321403

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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*£183£409£-227n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/22£355£403£-48n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/21*£467£413£54n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/20*£375£360£15n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/19£349£333£16n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/18£326£309£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£392£345£47£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£932£210£722£0£904£18180
31/03/15*£164£132£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£212£175£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£155£138£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£141£124£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£163£149£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£163£146£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£116£119£-3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lewisham, Southwark,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 15 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
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity£155,125
London Borough of Southwark£72,920
Tudor Trust£52,000
DCMS£30,000
City Bridge Trust£9,570
Haberdashers' Company£3,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Haberdashers' Company - Uplift grant
£600 10/05/2023
Contribution to core costs in Cost of Living crisis
Haberdashers' Company - Contribution to Youth Workers' salaries and overhead costs
£3,000 19/04/2023
To support this community-led adventure playground and youth service
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Somerville Youth and Play Provision
£9,900 31/03/2023
Public Health grant from the Childrens & Adults Services department for Holiday activity & food grants Summer 2022 - The Blue Youth & Community Centre
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Somerville Youth and Play Provision
£29,510 31/03/2022
Youth and Play grant from the Environment & Leisure department
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Somerville Youth & Play Provision - Covid Emergency Fund 2022
£70,125 30/03/2022
To contribute to core running costs of Somerville Youth and Play Provision in their work relating to community-led youth and family services
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Somerville Youth & Play Provision - Covid Emergency Fund
£85,000 24/03/2021
 The Foundation will contribute towards core running costs of Somerville Youth & Play Provision for the period of the grant with funding expecting to cover loss of income, staff salaries and ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Somerville Youth & Play Provision Ltd
£2,000 02/03/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Tudor Trust - Grant to Somerville Youth & Play Provision Ltd
£50,000 04/12/2020
24
over two years as continuation funding towards salaries and core costs at a charity working with young people and the wider community in New Cross and Bermondsey, South East London
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£30,000 09/10/2020
"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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Somerville Youth & Play Provision
£9,570 15/05/2020
A grant of £9,570 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Somerville Youth and Play Provision
£29,510 01/04/2020
Youth and Play grant from the Environment & Leisure department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Somerville Youth and Play Provision
£4,000 01/04/2020
COVID-19 community grants wave 2 grant from the Finance & Governance department
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Somerville Youth and Play Provision - Targeted Outreach
£27,321 01/04/2019
Youth and Play grant from the Environment & Leisure department
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Somerville Youth & Play Provision
£95,005 23/10/2018
36
This project will provide weekly activities including cooking, sports and arts sessions to children and young people disadvantaged due to local deprivation. Activities will develop life skills, ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Somerville Youth & Play Provision
£60,000 05/10/2018
48
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Somerville Youth & Play Provision - Targeted Outreach
£27,321 01/04/2018
Youth and Play grant from the Environment & Leisure department
Tudor Trust - Grant to Somerville Youth & Play Provision Ltd
£100,000 29/11/2017
36
over three years towards the salary of a play worker and addition core costs at a community and youth centre in New Cross, South East London
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Somerville Youth & Play Provision - Targeted Outreach
£13,661 01/04/2017
Youth and play grant Oct-March grant from the Environment & Social Regeneration department
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the “Safer Youths” programme for young people
£2,000 04/11/2016
Towards the “Safer Youths” programme for young people at risk of crime and anti-social behaviour.
National Lottery Community Fund - Service Director
£399,292 29/07/2015
59
This project is a development and expansion to provide a range of positive activities for children and young people in the area who live in cramped council housing, belong to BME communities, are ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Children and Young People's Hub
£547,097 09/07/2014
24
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Children and Young People's Hub
£25,000 03/10/2013
12
Through their development grant, Somerville will aim to obtain the planning and architectural drawings necessary to submit a successful planning application to build a new children and young people's ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Somerville Adventure Playground
£25,000 29/03/2012
the salary costs of the Youth Inclusion Worker and Support Worker, equipment, resources, stationery, activities and publicity costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 41-58
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/10/2007, number: 1121081
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/10/2006, number: 05970025
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
15 returns made; AR23: 56 days late, AR21: 29 days late, AR20: 3 days late, AR15: 6 days late,
Main office

260 Queens Road
NEW CROSS
LONDON
SE14 5JN

Objectives

A) TO PROVIDE AND/OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY (THOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THOSE WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE NEW CROSS AND SURROUNDING AREA OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM, BEING FACILITIES: I) OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; ANDII) WHICH WILL IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN BY PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL WELLBEING.(B) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF AREAS WHERE THE CHARITY IS ACTIVE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND NEED, AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NEW CROSS AND SURROUNDING AREA OF LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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