Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 5
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Multiple returns filed late: -4
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

SPOTLIGHT UK

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS THROUGH:THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • Returns have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£194£174£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23*£236£233£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22*£250£262£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21*£351£325£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?*£189£186£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£251£249£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£232£257£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£231£262£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£245£240£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£208£209£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£190£190£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£186£190£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11*£133£132£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£32£26£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

www.spotlightuk.org

admin@spotlightuk.org

01256242330

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Romania, Throughout England And Wales, Zimbabwe,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£42,482
Department for Work and Pensions£35,850
Co-Operative Group£10,665
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Spotlight UK
£1,019 21/10/2023
We would like to provide free activities for children, emotional support and mental health care packs for children and families facing difficult times in their lives
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Spotlight UK
£1,018 21/10/2023
We would like to provide free activities for children, emotional support and mental health care packs for children and families facing difficult times in their lives
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Spotlight UK
£2,552 21/10/2023
We would like to provide free activities for children, emotional support for children and families in difficult times, youth mentoring and support in schools all across Reading.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Spotlight UK
£2,375 22/10/2022
We aim to fund a youth ambassador for 20 hours a week, working in schools in Newbury.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Spotlight UK
£3,701 22/10/2022
Our project will fund a Youth Ambassador for 20 hours a week working in schools in Farnborough including Cherrywood Junior.
Department for Work and Pensions - 043 SPOTLIGHT UK GRANT NUMBER 2
£4,140 01/04/2022
Flexible Support Fund (FSF) is a locally managed budget to supplement existing services and tailor support to the needs of individuals in the local area. The local budget is the responsibility of the Service Leader. FSF awards are discretionary and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Support Service Basingstoke
£9,620 08/10/2021
The funding will be used to pay for a Family Support Worker supporting families and children with complex needs low-income families and families affected by domestic abuse. The project aims to reduce isolation through befriending and provide ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - 004 Spotlight West Berkshire
£5,050 01/04/2021
Flexible Support Fund (FSF) is a locally managed budget to supplement existing services and tailor support to the needs of individuals in the local area. The local budget is the responsibility of the Service Leader. FSF awards are discretionary and ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - 043 Spotlight UK grant number 2
£16,560 01/04/2021
Flexible Support Fund (FSF) is a locally managed budget to supplement existing services and tailor support to the needs of individuals in the local area. The local budget is the responsibility of the Service Leader. FSF awards are discretionary and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Spotlight Food Parcels for Covid 19
£32,862 26/05/2020
6
Spotlight UK will use funding to run a food parcel project. The organisation is a Basingstoke based charity supporting young people who are experiencing mental health or other issues by providing them with opportunities to engage in performing arts. ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - FSF Partnership SPOTLIGHT UK
£10,100 01/04/2020
Grant to move claimants either into work or closer to work by providing specialist support for YP's with ACES
Tudor Trust - Grant to Spotlight UK
£60,000 06/02/2015
36
over three years towards the salary of the centre manager at a community-focused arts and drama organisation supporting people living in and around Basingstoke _x000D_
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

  • EVADNE LILIETH KEEBLE Appointed: 2019
  • JAMES RILEY
  • MICHAELA RILEY (Chair)
  • MICHAEL JONES Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/04/2009, number: 1129258
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
14 returns made; AR23: 86 days late, AR22: 277 days late, AR21: 6 days late, AR20: 46 days late, AR18: 29 days late, AR16: 43 days late, AR15: 63 days late, AR14: 129 days late, AR13: 74 days late, AR11: 3 days late,
Main office

7 Winchester Street
BASINGSTOKE
Hampshire
RG217ED

Objectives

1. To relieve the needs of children and young people, their families and carers, who are suffering from terminal illness or mental or physical disability, by the provision of equipment, activities and respite so as to advance their quality and condition of life. 2. To advance in life and relieve the needs of young people through: a) The provision of recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interests of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life.b) Providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.3. For any such other purposes deemed charitable by the law of England and Wales as the trustees shall from time to time determine.4. To act as a resource for young people up to the age of 25 by providing advice, emotional support and assistance and organising programmes of physical, educational and other activities as a means of: (a) advancing in life and helping young people by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals; (b) advancing education;(c) relieving unemployment; (d) providing recreational and leisure time activity in the interests of social welfare for people who have need by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, poverty or social and economic circumstances with a view to improving the conditions of life of such persons.5. To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society. For the purpose of this clause ?socially excluded? means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one of more of the following factors: unemployment; financial hardship; youth or old age; ill health (physical or mental); discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment; poor educational or skills attainment; relationship and family breakdown; poor housing (that is housing that does not meet basic habitable standards; by providing emotional and practical support and advice, activities and befriending activities. 6. The relief of financial hardship by providing such persons with equipment and food parcels which they could not otherwise afford through lack of means.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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