Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

BLACKBURN YOUTH ZONE 

The Youth Zone's principle activity is the provision of a purpose built, world class 21st century facility for sport and recreation in Blackburn for young people aged 8-18 years old. The Youth Zone delivers a range of high quality universal youth work services, seven days a week, which will be accessed voluntarily by young people on a membership basis.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 14 years

www.blackburnyz.org

enquiries@blackburnyz.org

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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£1,755£1,886£-132£156£5,215£5623.67419
31/03/22£1,804£1,767£37£165£5,347£5813.96460
31/03/21£1,745£1,340£406£86£5,309£4213.85288
31/03/20£1,120£1,303£-183£120£4,904£-89-0.856193
31/03/19£1,191£1,359£-167£24£5,087£-42-0.46970
31/03/18£978£1,226£-248£70£5,254£260.3600
31/03/17*£1,254£1,301£-47£56£5,502£1731.6690
31/03/16£1,174£1,354£-179£40£5,549£1191.1330
31/03/15£1,364£1,387£-23£39£212£2011.7450
31/03/14£1,356£1,494£-138£11£235£2221.8370
31/03/13£1,129£1,130£-1£13£373£3734280
31/03/12*£517£290£227£57£374£37415.550
31/03/11£172£25£147£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 11%
Reserves/Spending: 3.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Blackburn With Darwen,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 74 employees
  • 19 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
Henry Smith Charity£180,000
Brian Mercer Trust£100,000
DCMS£59,511
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£40,000
Masonic Trust£36,002
National Lottery Community Fund£29,830
Sport England£29,342
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - MH – Summer Street Zone
£9,980 28/07/2023
The funding will be used to deploy youth workers who will engage with young people in the areas where they congregate to encourage them to design and deliver their own activities including sports and ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£36,002 16/03/2023
Care Leavers Mentoring
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£13,840 30/12/2022
Covid response
National Lottery Community Fund - It's a Jubilee Knockout
£9,850 14/04/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a multi-cultural cross-generational fun day to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The project aims to bring people together from different backgrounds and ....more
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Blackburn Youth Zone
£75,000 13/04/2022
Funding Blackburn Youth Zone
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Blackburn Youth Zone
£1,000 31/08/2021
This project will provide training and mentoring to a project worker who will deliver money management sessions to disadvantaged children. Children will improve their life skills through developing ....more
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£9,712 15/07/2021
7
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Blackburn Youth Zone
£180,000 06/05/2021
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing skills training and employment support for disadvantaged young people in Blackburn, Lancashire.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£59,511 29/07/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Blackburn Youth Zone
£2,138 17/06/2020
COVID19 - This grant will fund online one-to-one support and fun group activities for disabled children and young people in Blackburn, who are isolated due to Covid-19. This will support them to be ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£10,000 04/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with ....more
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Blackburn Youth Zone
£25,000 02/05/2020
36
Unrestricted grant to Blackburn Youth Zone - youth hub for 5-21 year olds
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 Whatever it takes
£10,000 22/04/2020
4
The organisation will work alongside a local food bank which has seen increased demand as a result of the impact of Covid-19 to ensure food is delivered to low income households with the aim of ....more
Sport England - Active Together
£9,630 22/10/2019
11
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Capital project titled Active Together. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Blackburn Youth Zone
£40,000 12/06/2019
48
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Blackburn and Me (Our Identity)
£8,006 14/03/2019
12
The project aims to learn what it means to be a young member of society in Blackburn, how to bring young people together from different communities and to engage the skills of young people as future ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Blackburn Youth Zone
£29,265 22/11/2018
36
This project will deliver an accessible after-school club for disabled children and young people living in poverty in Blackburn. It aims to develop young people's life skills, health and wellbeing.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Blackburn Youth Zone
£29,200 29/10/2018
Strong Sisters
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500 06/06/2017
WCA 2017-2018 Cohort
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Blackburn Youth Zone
£8,000 09/03/2017
‘We Take Them and Make Them’ - a project inspired by Mitchell & Kenyon filmmakers
Sport England - Wheelchair Sports Club Development
£9,540 18/03/2016
12
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Wheelchair Sports Club Development. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to Blackburn Youth Zone
£190,000 08/01/2016
18
National Youth Social Action Fund: Connect, Engage, Inspire!_x000D_
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-77
  • DENISE PARK Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Executive
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/05/2010, number: 1135949
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/06/2009, number: 06944317
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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; AR17: 1 days late, AR12: 6 days late,
Main office

BLACKBURN YOUTH ZONE
JUBILEE STREET
BLACKBURN
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Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO HELP AND EDUCATE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE RESIDENTIN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES BY PROMOTINGTHEIR FULL PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULLMATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFEMAY IMPROVE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND

Data Sources

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