Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 10

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 6

YOPEY

We set up and run YOPEY Dementia Befriender partnerships. These are befriending partnerships between ourselves, schools or colleges and care homes. We inspire, train and support young people, known as YOPEY Befrienders, to befriend elderly residents, especially those living with dementia. We get positive publicity for our YOPEY Befrienders, ourselves and the other partners.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 12 years

www.yopey.org

hello@yopey.org

01440821654

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/08/23		£19	£42	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/08/22		£55	£79	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	150
31/08/21		£56	£81	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
31/08/20	*	£76	£67	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	300
31/08/19		£88	£69	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	300
31/08/18		£65	£60	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/17		£36	£54	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16		£83	£59	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15		£93	£44	£49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14		£29	£19	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13		£14	£17	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12	*	£23	£6	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
100 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

The Earl of Northampton's Charity	£40,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
The Grocers' Charity	£5,000
Essex Community Foundation	£3,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 YOPEY
£5,000	24/04/2020	Supporting people with rare medical conditions
National Lottery Community Fund - YOPEY Dementia Befriender
£10,000	22/04/2020 10	The organisation will use the funding to continue to run the befriending programme and help equip the next set of volunteers to take part. This will help to reduce isolation and encourage people of ....more The organisation will use the funding to continue to run the befriending programme and help equip the next set of volunteers to take part. This will help to reduce isolation and encourage people of different generations to socialise.
Essex Community Foundation - Yopey Dementia Befriender Colchester
£3,000	03/02/2020 10	Towards the running of a new Colchester inter-generational dementia befriender project
The Earl of Northampton's Charity - Grant to YOPEY
£40,000	18/09/2019 36	To equip young people to volunteer to befriend lonely elderly people who have dementia in the most deprived ward in Norfolk.
Suffolk Community Foundation - YOPEY Dementia Befriender Ipswich
£5,000	24/01/2019 10	To support the YOPEY Befriender Ipswich programme.
National Lottery Community Fund - YOPEY Dementia Befriender
£10,000	20/12/2018 12	The funding will be used to expand a currently successful intergenerational project which trains young people as befrienders for older people with dementia. The aim of the project is to improve ....more The funding will be used to expand a currently successful intergenerational project which trains young people as befrienders for older people with dementia. The aim of the project is to improve dementia sufferers' health and wellbeing while giving young people new life skills and experience to help reduce the fear and stigma surrounding dementia.
Suffolk Community Foundation - new YOPEY Befriender scheme in Great Cornard
£2,500	29/11/2018 12	Towards the cost of running a befriender scheme involving an Ipswich school and care home.
Essex Community Foundation - YOPEY Dementia Befriender Chelmsford
£5,000	08/11/2018 12	To run a Youth Dementia Befriender scheme in Chelmsford
Suffolk Community Foundation - new YOPEY Befriender scheme in Great Cornard
£5,000	10/10/2017 12	Towards the cost of running a befriender scheme involving Gt Cornard school and the Gt Cornard care home.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-68

GRACIE JANE MCLAVEN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Health Worker

JOANNA GABRIELLE GEARING Appointed: 2012, Occupation: None

JOANNE GALAZKA Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Organiser For Welsh Labour Par

PEARL EWING Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

RACHEL SHEPPARD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Health And Safety Advisor

THOMAS SAMUEL ABBOTT Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Teacher

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/01/2012, number: 1145573
Registered at Companies House on 24/08/2011, number: 07751145

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

12 returns made; AR20: 2 days late, AR12: 2 days late,

Main office

Woodfarm Cottage
Bury Road
Stradishall
Newmarket
CB8 8YN

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP THROUGH THE RECOGNITION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AS POSITIVE ROLE MODELS IN SOCIETY, BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF A PROGRAMME OF AWARDS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE PROVISION OF GRANTS OR LOANS, AND OTHER SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES.

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