Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 12
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

THE KNIGHTS YOUTH CENTRE

Knights Youth Centre (KYC) is a Voluntary and Christian service provider. KYC has worked in the Lambeth since 1936. KYC provides a quality youth service for between 100 - 150 young people (aged 8 -21) each week Please also see previous Charity No. 303280
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
31/03/23£256£246£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£338£257£81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£258£189£69n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£184£177£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£171£137£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£159£185£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£204£205£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£222£215£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£178£162£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£150£189£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£225£218£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years

www.knightsyouthcentre.org.uk

john.s@knightsyouthcentre.org.uk

0208 674 4055

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Croydon, Lambeth, Southwark, Wandsworth,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

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
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity£144,375
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£80,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Walcot Foundation£24,657
Greater London Authority£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,933
DCMS£9,785
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - New Deal for Young People Grants
£20,000 01/01/2024
We will deliver a reactive and open-access mentoring project to expand our trusted youth work at the heart of the Clapham Park Estate so that we build confidence and resilience in our children and young people, reduce the impact of adverse childhood ....more
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Knights Youth Centre
£80,000 12/12/2023
48
Main Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Walcot Foundation - ?I Am? ? confident futures for Lambeth?s young women
£24,657 16/03/2023
Knights Youth Centre (KYC) was established in 1936 and has been at its current site close to the Clapham Park Estate since 1959. KYC delivers centre, street, school and community-based programmes providing a spectrum of youth opportunities. The KYC ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Sport coaches for 8-22 year olds in Lambeth
£9,933 16/12/2022
The funding will be used to run sports sessions for young people in the community. This project aims to use sports to address social difficulties such as youth crime poor mental health disengagement from education and poor physical wellbeing.
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Knights Youth Centre Covid Response Fund - 2022
£64,375 03/02/2022
To contribute to core running costs of Knights Youth Centre
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£50,000 05/11/2021
24
Weston Youth Grant
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Knights Youth Centre Covid emergency funding
£80,000 07/12/2020
Covid shortfall funding for Knights Youth Centre
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,785 06/10/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Lambeth?s Young Communities (Knights)
£37,760 30/08/2019
12
Building Lambeth's Young Communities
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£79,753 22/10/2018
GEAC - (Girls Empowered Against Crime) To prevent young women at severe risk of becoming involved in crime, gangs and violence, entering the Criminal Justice System. KYC has created a multi-faceted Intervention Service, collaborating with partners ....more
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£79,753 01/10/2018
To help children and young people fulfil their potential, particularly those at risk of getting caught up in crime.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£79,753 01/10/2018
To help children and young people fulfil their potential, particularly those at risk of getting caught up in crime.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£79,753 01/10/2018
To help children and young people fulfil their potential, particularly those at risk of getting caught up in crime.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£79,753 01/10/2018
To help children and young people fulfil their potential, particularly those at risk of getting caught up in crime.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£79,753 01/10/2018
To help children and young people fulfil their potential, particularly those at risk of getting caught up in crime.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£79,753 30/09/2018
To help children and young people fulfil their potential, particularly those at risk of getting caught up in crime.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£79,753 30/09/2018
To help children and young people fulfil their potential, particularly those at risk of getting caught up in crime.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£79,753 30/09/2018
To help children and young people fulfil their potential, particularly those at risk of getting caught up in crime.
National Lottery Community Fund - Kommunity Youth Creative
£8,720 08/03/2017
12
This project will run a series of workshops which will strengthen the emotional, mental, social, professional and creative skills of local young people through music, photography and film making.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Knights Youth Centre
£42,563 12/11/2014
Knights Youth Centre provides youth services for people aged 8-24 on the Clapham Park estate. It is seeking funding for its proposed EXIT programme, targeted at young people aged 17-24 providing training, education and employment opportunities
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Knights Youth Centre
£123,000 10/02/2014
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of the 'Trainee Youth Leadership Apprenticeship Programme' providing training and support to young people at risk in the London Borough of Lambeth
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 38-70
  • CHRIS GILES Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Service Manager
  • CHRISTOPHER RONALD SAUNDERS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Local Government Manager
  • DAVID DOWIE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired Child Care Worker
  • DEBORAH GIBBS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired Hr Executive
  • JOHN SAUNDERS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Local Government Manager
  • MARTIN RICHARD LONG Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Project Manager
  • MILLICENT GRANT (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Consultant/Legal Executive
  • RHIANNON SAWYER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Business Executive
  • ROBERT QUINN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired Project Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/02/2011, number: 1140232
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/08/2009, number: 07002706
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR20: 25 days late,
Main office

KNIGHTS YOUTH CENTRE
27 STREATHAM PLACE
LONDON
SW2 4QQ

Objectives

3.1 TO HELP CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH PHYSICAL, SOCIAL EDUCATION, RECREATIONAL, TRAINING AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL, CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, MORAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES, INCLUDING THE PROMOTION OF CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP, THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY3 2 TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF SUCH YOUNG PERSONS IN THEKNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUISITE FOR EMPLOYMENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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