Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

SOUTHSIDE YOUNG LEADERS ACADEMY 

Leadership training for African and Caribbean boys aged 8 - 18. Saturday Academy offers study support, personal development, sports, drill and practical skills. Holiday activities include visits to businesses and institutions, arts and skills training, residential programmes. The Parents' Forum offering counseling and practical on parenting issues. Boys supported in school during week.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender 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
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
Established: 16 years

syla.org.uk

info@syla.org.uk

02077019055

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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
30/04/22£164£151£14n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/21£242£228£13n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/20£208£171£38n/an/an/an/an/a2
30/04/19£163£151£13n/an/an/an/an/a5
30/04/18£146£170£-24£0£0£0n/a05
30/04/17£158£192£-34£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16£195£175£20£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£186£142£45£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/14£113£115£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/13£97£124£-27£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/12£117£113£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/11£106£82£24£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/10£107£78£29£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/09£82£78£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lambeth, Southwark,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£360,141
DCMS£51,234
City Bridge Trust£45,845
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund£20,000
United Saviours Charity£10,750
The Fore£5,000
London Borough of Southwark£5,000
Peter Minet Trust£1,975
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Peter Minet Trust - Grant to Southside Young Leaders Academy (SYLA)
£1,975 19/10/2023
Unrestricted Cost of Living uplift grant
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Unrestricted grant to be used flexibly at the discretion of their leadership
£10,000 24/05/2022
Unrestricted grant
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Unrestricted grant to be used flexibly at the discretion of their leadership
£10,000 24/05/2022
Unrestricted grant
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£51,234 03/07/2020
"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
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Southside Young Leaders Academy
£5,000 24/06/2020
36
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Southside Young Leaders Academy, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Southside Young Leaders' Academy
£45,845 08/05/2020
A grant of £45,845 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 Southside Young Leaders Academy
£5,000 01/04/2020
COVID-19 community grants wave 1 grant from the Finance & Governance department
National Lottery Community Fund - Thriving & Striving: A better future for BAME boys
£350,141 13/12/2019
48
Southside Young Leaders Academy aims to develop leadership potential in boys aged 8-16 of African and Afro-Caribbean heritage. The project works with boys living in deprived areas and at risk of ....more
United Saviours Charity - SYLA Bridging Grant
£8,000 29/07/2019
3
Core grant to an organisation playing an important role in reducing serious youth violence in Southwark.
National Lottery Community Fund - Empowering Deprived Families
£10,000 31/05/2019
12
The project aims to teach new skills, provide information and improve quality of living for young males from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities who are living with disadvantage, by ....more
United Saviours Charity - Learn to Sail Project
£2,750 24/04/2019
1
A week long sailing project to develop the leadership, self esteem, confidence and life skills of Afro-Caribbean boys from Southwark.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Southside Young Leaders' Academy
£10,000 06/02/2019
Remembrance: What Black Britons did during WW1
United Saviours Charity - Empowering Vulnerable BAME Young Men
£2,907 17/01/2019
3
Pilot project for alumni of SYLA’s young leaders programme (aged 16 plus) to support them to stay strong and resilient and prevent them from entering into youth violence.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£88,565 20/08/2018
36
Active Lives! (Making a difference thru' sports) To expand existing Leadership Academy work by delivering physical & sports activities over three years for 80 vulnerable BAME boys to improve ....more
Walcot Foundation - SYLA Education Programme
£75,000 21/11/2017
36
SYLA Education Programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Leaders' Academy
£9,999 11/10/2017
12
The charity will deliver a pilot project that is designed to engage young males from the black, Asian and minority ethnic community who are at risk of the effects of anti-social behaviour or ....more
Comic Relief - Different Futures
£109,773 27/01/2016
36
In Southwark black boys face multiple barriers to achieving their potential. 75% of school exclusions concern Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) young people. Without support, many of these young ....more
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2015
£3,000 18/12/2015
Working with boys from the BME community in Camberwell, we will motivate and inspire children to improve their creative writing skills and foster a love of reading and books. The project will work ....more
Walcot Foundation - SYLA Education Programme
£60,000 18/11/2014
SYLA Education Programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Different Futures
£160,000 21/01/2014
48
This project will work with young BME males in the London Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. It is an early intervention programme for 8-16 year olds who are at risk of school exclusion, low ....more
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2013
£2,500 18/12/2013
Working with boys from the BME community in Camberwell, we will motivate and inspire children to improve their creative writing skills and foster a love of reading and books. The project will work ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Southside Young Leaders' Academy
£69,000 28/08/2013
Towards core costs to provide positive engagement of BME young males at risk of exclusion and criminal activity.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Southside Young Leaders' Academy
£35,000 29/06/2011
the salaries of the Programme Manager and the Leadership Instructor and core costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-53
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/11/2007, number: 1121717
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/04/2007, number: 06228171
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

Walworth Academy Upper School
Shorncliffe Road
LONDON
SE1 5UJ

Objectives

IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, IN PARTICULAR YOUNG MALES OF AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN ORIGIN, BETWEEN THE AGES OF EIGHT AND EIGHTEEN BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING (INCLUDING VOCATIONAL TRAINING) FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHILDREN SO THAT THEY MAY DEVELOP THEIR CAPACITIES TO ACT AS ACTIVE CITIZENS AND THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK AND LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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