Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

SOUTH BRISTOL CONSORTIUM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 

Programmes to help young people to understand pathways and successfully access higher education, apprenticeships, or more skilled and better-paying jobs after school.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • 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
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 11 years

www.southbristolyouth.org.uk

camilla.chandler@southbristolyouth.org.uk

07375657720

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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
31/08/22£497£482£15n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/08/21£607£491£116£13£359£2756.7110
31/08/20£476£620£-144n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/19£819£813£6£8£386£3435.1110
31/08/18£820£731£89£7£380£2444110
31/08/17£723£514£209£8£291£1092.5110
31/08/16?£330£310£20£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£178£138£40£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/14£57£38£19£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bristol City, North Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 1 volunteer

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£90,000
Quartet Community Foundation£63,728
Masonic Trust£42,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,950
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to South Bristol Youth
£5,000 05/03/2024
5
To continue their ‘Learning to Lead’ programme benefiting primary school children within Hartcliffe and Withywood ward in South Bristol.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to South Bristol Youth
£5,000 11/01/2024
6
Funding to increase105 disadvantaged children’s interest in, confidence and engagement with Maths; improving their future chances of success in their GCSE’s and, longer term, their employment ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£40,000 27/01/2023
Learning to Lead - aiding transition from primary to secondary school for children identified as being in need and disengaged with education.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to South Bristol Youth
£5,000 18/01/2023
For the Discover Maths programme, supporting young people in South Bristol with confidence and engagement with Maths; improving their chances of success in both their GCSEs and in future employment.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to South Bristol Youth
£2,000 01/12/2022
As requested by the donor towards support for young people in South Bristol
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to South Bristol Youth
£4,969 11/07/2022
Expanding the ‘Learning to Lead’ programme to include children at Fair Furlong Primary School.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 08/07/2022
South Bristol Youth 2021-24 Programmes
Quartet Community Foundation - Helping children and young people increase their skills, knowledge, confidence and motivation to do well at school/college.
£25,809 01/06/2022
Our work with children and young people across key stages of their school journey increases their chances of entering higher education, apprenticeships, more skilled and better-paying jobs after ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to South Bristol Consortium for Young People Ltd
£9,950 17/03/2022
11
Towards the salary of a Communications Manager and IT costs with the aim of helping the organisation to improve its website, digital infrastructure and public profile
National Lottery Community Fund - Widening young Bristolians’ horizons so that they can reach their potential.
£9,950 04/03/2022
The funding will be used to develop a digital delivery plan and redesign their website to support their work with disadvantaged young people. The project aims to improve their digital infrastructure ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£2,000 21/01/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to South Bristol Consortium for Young People Ltd
£1,000 09/12/2021
As requested by the donor towards support for young people in South Bristol
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 25/06/2021
South Bristol Youth 2021-24 Programmes
Quartet Community Foundation - Insight into Apprenticeships
£5,000 29/07/2020
towards 'Insight into Apprenticeships' programme that will enable 84 Year 9 and 10 students to learn about more about apprenticeships
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 08/05/2019
South Bristol Youth 2019/20 Programme
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 24/07/2017
South Bristol Youth Programmes 2017-18
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to South Bristol Consortium for Young People Ltd
£30,000 27/06/2016
Towards the third year of programme of activities to encourage young people in South Bristol to go to university, as agreed with the donor.
Quartet Community Foundation - Unlocking Potential
£10,000 24/05/2016
11
To support the group's core programmes and to develop youth work programmes with South Bristol Sports Centre
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-72
  • LUCY COLLINS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: University Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/03/2013, number: 1151057
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/04/2011, number: 07606234
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

Veale Wasbrough Vizards Llp
Narrow Quay House
Narrow Quay
BRISTOL
BS1 4QA

Objectives

3.1 The objects of the Charity (the Objects) are to advance in life, relieve the needs of, and help young people, particularly (but without limitation) in and around those areas within the City and County of Bristol that fall to the south of the River Avon and Floating Harbour (this area being referred to as South Bristol in these Articles), including (but not limited to) by: 3.1.1 developing their skills, education, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate fully in society and within their communities as independent, mature and responsible individuals and citizens; 3.1.2 the provision of recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life; and 3.1.3 acting as a resource for young people living in and around the area defined as South Bristol by:a) providing guidance and personal development to groups and individuals; b) working in close association with local schools, education colleges and training providers to advance education and personal development;c) providing advice and assistance and organising programmes; and d) providing and promoting physical, intellectual and personal development activity; as a means of advancing education and widening horizons and levels of attainment among young people and promoting equality of opportunity and diversity and promoting social inclusion among young people who are socially excluded from society or a part of a society as a result of their social and economic position. 3.2 For the purposes of these Objects:3.2.1 young people shall mean those individuals aged 25 or under; and 3.2.2 the Charity may work with the parents, guardians and/or carers of young people and, from time to time, other adults where such work advances the Objects for the public benefit.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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