Overall GiG Score: 21 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

SERVICE SIX 

Wide range of professional services for children, young people, adults, families and communities of Northamptonshire and surrounding areas. Services include therapy, support, projects, interventions, prevention and reduction of; anti-social behaviour; and online sexual abuse and exploitation. We also provide advocacy, information, campaigns, educational workshops, conferences and group work.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 14 years

www.servicesix.co.uk

referrals@servicesix.co.uk

01933277520

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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£1,604£1,465£139£0£760£6495.3256
31/03/22£1,256£1,194£62£0£621£5045.1223
31/03/21£826£789£37£0£559£4386.7196
31/03/20£861£863£-3£0£522£4065.6193
31/03/19£736£808£-72£0£525£3915.8208
31/03/18£658£782£-124£0£597£5117.8160
31/03/17£552£842£-290£0£721£70910.1190
31/03/16£3,097£2,807£289£0£1,011£9654.1300
31/03/15£2,339£2,091£248£8£722£6583.8220
31/03/14£933£813£120£4£474£4286.3190
31/03/13£946£731£215£6£354£3375.5120
31/03/12£785£769£16£8£138£1151.860
31/03/11£761£677£83£140£123£380.760

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 45%
Liabilities/Income: 39%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 5.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 25 employees
  • 6 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

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£719,710
BBC Children in Need£99,608
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£13,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - The Teen Clinic Daventry
£3,000 21/08/2023
The Teen Clinic Daventry
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Wellingborough People Project
£3,000 30/05/2023
The grant activity is part of a much wider and longer-term project ambition (available) and will form part of a new agile generational strategy and action plan (of at least 15 years). This grant will ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
£498 29/11/2021
the support of the Stepping Stones project, Spectrum Youth Club, Youth Starz and Chapter Kids.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 26/02/2021
Core costs
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Service Six
£99,608 21/12/2020
This project will deliver mentoring support to children and young people experiencing emotional distress. The activities will result in greater emotional resilience, improved self-esteem and reduced ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Refurbishment
£12,900 05/10/2020
5
Service Six (S6) supports vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people by providing counselling and support sessions. Funding will enable the group to continue to support the young people.
DCMS - DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
£2,880 01/10/2020
"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
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,900 30/07/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Starz - Continuation
£344,155 24/03/2020
36
The funding will be used to offer a three-tier model that seeks to educate, inform and raise awareness whilst providing support to children and young people in need of help and at risk of developing ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - TARGET Continuation
£362,655 20/03/2020
36
This funding will help the group to continue to deliver a programme for young people about staying safe online, particularly in relation to sexual abuse and criminal activity. This will support ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Service Six
£13,000 10/04/2019
12
to support the development of a marketing strategy, marketing materials and the development of a new website
National Lottery Community Fund - TARGET
£401,432 16/11/2016
36
The project aims to help young people who are involved in, or at risk of internet child sexual abuse and exploitation. One to one guidance and group support will be tailored to each individual. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Starz
£324,700 10/08/2016
36
The group will expand its work into Buckinghamshire, providing free life skills programmes for disadvantaged young people. These will include cooking, parenting, budgeting, anger management, sexual ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Starz
£309,934 11/02/2013
36
A new project to increase disadvantaged young people's access to healthy positive activities and transferable life skills enabling them to improve their wellbeing, achieve and go on to support other ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-67
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/11/2009, number: 1132490
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/11/2008, number: 06740611
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
  • 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
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

15 Sassoon Mews
WELLINGBOROUGH
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
NN8 3LT

Objectives

PROVIDE ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO THE CHILDREN, YOUTH, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING SERVICES, WORKAND EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES AND INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS RELATING TO YOUTH, FAMILY ISSUES AND SEXUAL HEALTH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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