Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

WESTWARD INNER-CITY SPORT & EDUCATION (WISE) YOUTH TRUST 

Our activities include Sport, health & well being; Creative & Digital Media; Music & Fashion;,ABA Boxing Awards ,ASDAN accredited Awards and Employment Training all designed to be outcome based, achieved through vocational industry-led employment pathways and delivered within an educational framework
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 13 years

www.wiseyouthtrust.org.uk

admin@wiseyouthtrust.com

02089803330

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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
31/12/22£378£225£154n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/21£168£174£-6n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/12/20£182£174£8n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/19£148£127£21n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/18£97£100£-3£0£0£0n/a012
31/12/17£132£117£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£58£56£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£40£52£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£52£38£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£51£52£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£32£32£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11*£2£0£2£0£0£0NAN00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hackney, Islington, Newham, Tower Hamlets,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 29/09/2020
"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
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£2,520 01/06/2020
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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to WISE Youth Trust
£90,000 28/02/2019
36
Youth club activities for young people in Tower Hamlets. By attending sessions young people will have improved social skills, have access to a safe space and gain essential life skills.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to WISE Youth Trust
£30,000 13/11/2017
36
A programme of activities for young women who are socially and economically deprived, including creative and media skills training, trips and activities. Benefits include developing life skills, ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to WISE Youth Trust
£10,000 25/09/2017
purchase a bus for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in London

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/03/2011, number: 1140869
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
12 returns made; AR11: 92 days late,
Main office

MINERVA COMMUNITY CENTRE
10 MINERVA STREET
LONDON
E2 9EH

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 18 LIVING IN TOWER HAMLETS, HACKNEY, NEWHAM AND ISLINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISAED 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) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT 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.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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