Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Poor Liquidity: -1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 14

CITY YEAR UK

For the public benefit to promote the education (including social and physical training) of people under the age of 25 years in the UK, including by organising and assisting with the provision of volunteers to schools to act as tutors, mentors and role models to students.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Established: 15 years

www.cityyear.org.uk

info@cityyear.org.uk

02070142680

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

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
31/07/22		£3,104	£3,070	£33	£302	£427	£427	1.7	69	138
31/07/21		£2,769	£2,686	£82	£252	£394	£394	1.8	45	169
31/07/20	*	£2,676	£2,655	£21	£291	£312	£312	1.4	42	130
31/07/19	*	£2,655	£2,676	£-21	£280	£279	£279	1.3	44	125
31/07/18		£2,768	£3,354	£-586	£326	£312	£312	1.1	48	126
31/07/17		£3,837	£3,967	£-130	£399	£898	£898	2.7	65	0
31/07/16		£4,187	£4,129	£58	£348	£1,028	£970	2.8	63	0
31/07/15	*	£3,412	£3,576	£-165	£299	£975	£909	3	60	0
31/07/14		£3,068	£2,865	£203	£246	£1,140	£1,091	4.6	33	0
31/07/13		£2,286	£2,146	£140	£51	£937	£880	4.9	32	0
31/07/12?		£1,754	£1,702	£53	£31	£796	£770	5.4	26	0
30/06/11		£1,498	£1,257	£241	£22	£744	£694	6.6	17	0
30/06/10		£1,199	£696	£503	£53	£503	£344	5.9	9	0

Show more rows -->

Show financials table -->

Download accounts

Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 32%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 1.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training

How it operates

Provides human resources

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

69 employees
138 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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£180,000
DCMS	£99,995
The Shears Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Shears Foundation - City Year UK
£5,000	29/04/2022	Dual Benefit Programme Greater Manchester
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£80,000	16/07/2021	City Year UK: Steps Ahead
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£99,995	15/09/2020	"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 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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000	26/07/2019	Core Costs
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - City Year UK
£50,000	22/11/2018	City Year UK's volunteer mentors encourage pupils both in and out of the classroom to engage with and enjoy learning, while developing their own leadership skills. The funding will help CYUK to ....more City Year UK's volunteer mentors encourage pupils both in and out of the classroom to engage with and enjoy learning, while developing their own leadership skills. The funding will help CYUK to reach out to universities to recruit more volunteers and school partners.
The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to City Year UK
£45,000	15/11/2018 36	City Year; Empowering young women for a better future
National Lottery Community Fund - City Year - Basic Training Academy
£9,146	22/06/2018 12	This funding will be used to offer young volunteers training which will equip them with the skills to support pupils who are educationally disadvantaged. This will promote positive behaviour, improve ....more This funding will be used to offer young volunteers training which will equip them with the skills to support pupils who are educationally disadvantaged. This will promote positive behaviour, improve learning and provide wellbeing support.
Nesta - AC00632
£110,000	24/04/2017 23	Growth and Sustaining Fund programme grant to City Year UK Grant Ref AC00632
Dulverton Trust - Expansion in Manchester and Birmingham
£25,000	15/02/2017	Expansion in Manchester and Birmingham
Greater London Authority - Grant to City Year
£150,476	07/11/2014	Supplementary schools/Leadership Clubs
Dulverton Trust - the Manchester programme expansion
£25,000	25/02/2014	the Manchester programme expansion
Nesta - AC00368
£456,146	21/01/2014	Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund programme grant to City Year UK Grant Ref AC00368
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to City Year UK
£499,974	13/02/2013	Towards the costs of expanding the City Year volunteering programme into Birmingham to raise the attainment of school children and improve the prospects of 18-25 year-olds.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to City Year UK
£300,000	30/09/2009 36	Towards Project costs Towards the costs of piloting the City Year programme, a youth service to support the learning of disadvantaged children in London.

Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-61

ANNMAURA CONNOLLY Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Chief Strategy Officer

BETHIA MCNEIL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Executive, Other trusteeship: DATAKIND (UK) LIMITED,

JONATHAN BEEBE (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Head Of Equities, Emea, And Head Of Global Equitie

JAMES TERRY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor, Law Firm Partner

KASEY ELIZABETH HOOPER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Marketing Officer

MATTHEW DAVIES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Banker

MERARY SOTO-SAUNDERS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Global Head Of Diversity, Equity And Inclusion

MICHAEL LYNAS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Strategy Consultant, Other trusteeship: THE JOHN BROWNE CHARITABLE TRUST,

PATRICK FLAHERTY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Managing Director

RODNEY WILLIAMS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Project Engineer

SACHIN JOGIA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: General Manager, Alexa Smart Home International

STEPHANIE WU Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Transformation Officer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/08/2009, number: 1131350
Registered at Companies House on 17/07/2009, number: 06965846

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

13 returns made; AR20: 65 days late, AR19: 1 days late, AR15: 4 days late,

Main office

200A PENTONVILLE ROAD
LONDON
N1 9JP

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS IN HE UNITED KINGDOM IN SUCH WAYS AS THE DIRECTORS THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY ORGANISING AND ASSISTING WITH THE PROVISION OF VOLUNTEERS TO SCHOOLS TO ACT AS TUTORS, MENTORS AND ROLE MODELS TO STUDENTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources