Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 9

WEST BOWLING YOUTH INITIATIVE

To act as a resource for young people aged 8 - 25 living in West Bowling/ surrounding areas of Bradford by providing advice and organising physical and educational programmes to: advance life and support young people to developing their skills; Advancing education outcomes; Relieving unemployment; Providing recreational and leisure time activity in the interests of social welfare.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly 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

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
31/03/24		£103	£105	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23		£80	£98	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£113	£74	£38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£71	£71	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?		£110	£101	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£83	£80	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£78	£62	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16	*	£49	£64	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£65	£66	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£46	£64	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£59	£75	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£121	£92	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 13 years

www.wbyi.co.uk

office@wbyi.co.uk

01274394262

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Education/Training
Recreation

GiG Classification

Social youth organisations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bradford City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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

Leeds Community Foundation	£14,500
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Sir George Martin Trust	£7,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Sparks for arts
£14,500	24/06/2024 17	Grant to West Bowling Youth Initiative
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to West Bowling Youth Initiative
£2,500	15/03/2023	Core costs for Adult Welfare & Relief of Poverty
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth & Sports Development
£10,000	05/11/2021	The funding will be used to deliver a series of indoor and outdoor activities for young Black Asian Minority Ethnic members of the community to include hill walking abseiling and kwik cricket with the aim of raising aspirations and promoting ....more The funding will be used to deliver a series of indoor and outdoor activities for young Black Asian Minority Ethnic members of the community to include hill walking abseiling and kwik cricket with the aim of raising aspirations and promoting positive mental health.
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to West Bowling Youth Initiative
£2,500	07/07/2021	Capital costs for Youth Welfare & Education
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to West Bowling Youth Initiative
£2,500	07/07/2021	Capital costs for Youth Welfare & Education

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-68

ADEIL MIR Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Youth Worler

GREG LUCAS Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Community Worker

GRAHAM EWART WILLIAM GRIFFITHS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Youth & Community Worker

MOHAMMED AYUB Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Enterprise General Manager

MOHAMMED SHEHZAD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Professional Relations Manager

NAZMIN DIN Appointed: 2013

PETER DAVID TATE BSC.DIP.ED (Chair)

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/08/2011, number: 1143500
Registered at Companies House on 23/04/2010, number: 07232840

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; AR16: 123 days late,

Main office

Parkside Centre
Parkside Road
Bradford
BD5 8EH

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 8 - 25 LIVING IN WEST BOWLING, BRADFORD BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING 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) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;(D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS 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.

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