Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 16

SWAN YOUTH PROJECT (NORFOLK) LTD

Swan Youth Project supports over 350 young people aged 8-18 and their familiesper year with a whole variety of needs. Our work takes a holistic approach to enable us to provide wrap around support not just for the young person but also their family. These activities include Open Access sessions, Family Support, one to one support, Young Carers support plus Hygiene Bank and 'Love Downham' shop

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£267	£195	£73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/22		£157	£131	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/21		£111	£72	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/20		£72	£49	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£52	£40	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/18	*	£61	£65	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£18	£19	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£20	£25	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£24	£34	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£12	£22	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£27	£39	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£74	£34	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 13 years

www.swanyouthproject.org

accounts@swanyouthproject.org

01366386259

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social youth organisations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Norfolk,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
4 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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£65,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£20,000
DCMS	£18,058
BBC Children in Need	£6,456
The Foyle Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£600	31/10/2023	Core costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£30,000	16/09/2022	Weston Youth Grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Swan Youth Project Open Access Sessions
£10,000	30/08/2022	The funding will be used to support weekly open access sessions. The project aims refer those who need extra help onto our one to one support for mental health family support and access to our food ....more The funding will be used to support weekly open access sessions. The project aims refer those who need extra help onto our one to one support for mental health family support and access to our food bank and hygiene bank.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£30,000	05/11/2021	Weston Youth Grant
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	28/04/2021	towards enabling group and one to one support for vulnerable young people to continue over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for vulnerable children in Downham Market Norfolk
£10,000	19/03/2021 12	The funding will used to provide expert support to local vulnerable children and young people aged 8-18. The project aims to improve physical and mental health of both young people and their families.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to THE SOUTH WEST NORFOLK YOUTH OPPORTUNTIES PROJECT
£6,456	30/11/2020	This project provides support groups and 1-to-1 sessions to young people living in a deprived area. This will improve emotional wellness and essential skills, and positively empower the young people.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	07/07/2020	"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 "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£5,372	28/02/2020	Open Access Youth Groups
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£2,686	28/02/2020	Open Access Youth Groups. The wider aim of the scheme is: To deliver onward grants to increase positive activities for young people by delivering extra sessions in youth clubs for the financial year ....more Open Access Youth Groups. The wider aim of the scheme is: To deliver onward grants to increase positive activities for young people by delivering extra sessions in youth clubs for the financial year 2019/20
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	21/02/2020	Open Access
National Lottery Community Fund - The Roots project
£9,998	06/12/2018 12	The organisation will use the funding to run a youth participation project to help young people to develop new projects and services to directly improve opportunities and services.
National Lottery Community Fund - SWAN- This is Summer!
£9,340	01/03/2017 12	The funding will be used to run a programme of activities for young people including physical activity days, outreach events and the opportunity to gain an accredited award. The project aims to ....more The funding will be used to run a programme of activities for young people including physical activity days, outreach events and the opportunity to gain an accredited award. The project aims to provide young people with positive activities which will result in personal development, confidence building, and improved health and wellbeing.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-71

ALISON HORNBY Appointed: 2022

HELEN LOUISE PEAK Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant

JAMES BAGGE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

MARK ANDREW BULLEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director

JACK HARRIS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Operations Officer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/09/2011, number: 1143957
Registered at Companies House on 18/05/2011, number: 07639262

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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; AR18: 399 days late, AR17: 758 days late,

Main office

Swan Youth Project (Norfolk) Ltd
Paradise Road
DOWNHAM MARKET
PE38 9JE

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN SOUTH WEST NORFOLK 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) RELIEVING SICKNESS AND PROMOTING AND PROTECTING GOOD MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTHE) 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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE WEST NORFOLK

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