Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 12

THE HIGHLIFE CENTRE LTD

(1) Youth: Creating opportunities for young people to overcome barriers; using arts and creativity that empower them to be leaders who affect social change. (2) Community: Strengthening community bonds through cultural and heritage events/activities. (3) Business and Entrepreneurship: Developing entrepreneurial skills and potential as an alternative career pathway for individuals.

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
The Board appears to be 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
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 11 years
(13 years as a company)

www.thehighlife.org

info@thehighlife.org

07704638507

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£303	£333	£-30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/12/21	£333	£423	£-90	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120
31/12/20	£327	£168	£159	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/12/19	£96	£59	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/18	£157	£191	£-34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	6
31/12/17	£197	£217	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£205	£180	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£139	£119	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£41	£46	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£75	£63	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£567,438
DCMS	£323,880
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£114,200
Heart Of England Community Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - WAVA Hall Jubilee Celebration
£9,938	14/04/2022	The funding will be used to run weekly activities which include breakfast club mum’s and tots exercise sessions music therapy and befriending gatherings for people from ethnic backgrounds. The ....more The funding will be used to run weekly activities which include breakfast club mum’s and tots exercise sessions music therapy and befriending gatherings for people from ethnic backgrounds. The project aims to improve people’s wellbeing and reduce the feeling of isolation.
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support
£68,106	01/03/2022	This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted ....more This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted all other options for increasing their resilience.
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Vision 2021 Project
£460,179	25/06/2021	The funding will be used to generate a cohort of young leaders who are equipped to articulate their voices influence seek out opportunities and create a sea change in local leadership for young black ....more The funding will be used to generate a cohort of young leaders who are equipped to articulate their voices influence seek out opportunities and create a sea change in local leadership for young black people in Coventry. The group will use the funding to focus on leadership and activism and offer 5 week confidence and self-esteem development courses and a 7 weeks leadership in practice course and a one week “week in the life of” shadowing professional from the black community in different roles and a 4 week peer mentoring programme.
National Lottery Community Fund - Coventry Black Community Covid-19 Taskforce
£62,705	29/04/2021	The funding will be used over a year to deliver holistic support to the Black Community in Coventry who are facing greater levels of hardship loneliness and increased mental health issues coming out ....more The funding will be used over a year to deliver holistic support to the Black Community in Coventry who are facing greater levels of hardship loneliness and increased mental health issues coming out of the third lockdown. It will provide culturally appropriate food and emergency supplies mental health and wellbeing advice and signposting befriending welfare advice and support and online educational (extracurricular) support to children.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Highlife Centre Ltd
£99,400	24/02/2021	NL20: Act-Up Heritage
DCMS - CRF20: The Highlife Centre
£61,000	14/10/2020	Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£91,224	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 "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."
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Highlife Centre Ltd
£14,800	08/07/2020	COVID19:THE HIGHLIFE CENTRE
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 Remote Mentoring Intervention Support For BME Families
£34,616	04/05/2020 6	The funding will be used to expand the project's Covid-19 response which is suppporting BAME communities in Coventry by providing remote mentoring interventions and other activities in order to ....more The funding will be used to expand the project's Covid-19 response which is suppporting BAME communities in Coventry by providing remote mentoring interventions and other activities in order to minimise the negative impacts of lockdown on the educational psychological and general wellbeing of local families.
DCMS - Crisis Management for BAME Arts Projects
£79,515	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Crisis Management for BAME Arts Projects 2
£24,035	01/04/2020	To support Arts and Culture throughout England
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Coloured Synergy
£10,000	01/11/2019 11	The Highlife Centre has applied for a grant of £10,000 towards a total project cost of £14,000 to deliver the Coloured Synergy Project consisting of two events: an outdoor street Food and Music ....more The Highlife Centre has applied for a grant of £10,000 towards a total project cost of £14,000 to deliver the Coloured Synergy Project consisting of two events: an outdoor street Food and Music Festival (July 2020), and an indoor Fashion and Hair show (October 2020). The aim of the events is to promote BAME-led creative businesses with opportunities to showcase their work, and to strengthen cultural relations and social cohesion.
National Lottery Community Fund - Live Up Your Dreams Project
£9,994	02/07/2018 12	This funding will be used to deliver an entrepreneur mentoring scheme that is designed to support people from the migrant and asylum seeking community. The project aims to improve chances in life for ....more This funding will be used to deliver an entrepreneur mentoring scheme that is designed to support people from the migrant and asylum seeking community. The project aims to improve chances in life for people who are experiencing the effects of social disadvantage.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Highlife Centre
£15,000	22/09/2016 12	Coventry based organisation that is supporting adults back into employment. They are seeking support to engage professionals that can conduct an analysis of similar services, broker collaboration ....more Coventry based organisation that is supporting adults back into employment. They are seeking support to engage professionals that can conduct an analysis of similar services, broker collaboration opportunities and produce a communications strategy.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Highlife Centre Ltd
£54,400	24/04/2015	Embracing Africa Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Engage through Enterprise Project
£189,469	23/04/2015 36	The Highlife Centre Ltd will merge and expand two previous successful enterprise projects which supported BAME women into a new enterprise. This project aims to use interest in enterprise within BAME ....more The Highlife Centre Ltd will merge and expand two previous successful enterprise projects which supported BAME women into a new enterprise. This project aims to use interest in enterprise within BAME communities from Coventry to engage both men and women in activities which will improve their employability and skills to enable them to progress into training, education and employment. They will also improve their independence, income and sense of health and wellbeing.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:

DAISY OPPON (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Self Employed, Other trusteeship: WALSGRAVE BAPTIST CHURCH,

KWASI ASIEDU-OFEI Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeship: GHANA UNION MIDLANDS,

KYEI NKETIA Appointed: 2022

SHABANA SARGURO Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Pmo Support, Other trusteeship: CHEYLESMORE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED,

TOBI LABEODAN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/05/2013, number: 1151868
Registered at Companies House on 21/10/2010, number: 07415399

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; all on time

Main office

31 Barras Green
COVENTRY
CV2 4LY

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY WAY OF DEVELOPING INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF PRESCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN UK AND INTERNATIONAL (AFRICA) BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY). TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BLACK AND ASIAN MINORITY ETHNIC (BAME) AND THOSE WHO ENGLISH ISN’T THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE OF UK IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WORKING WITHIN THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND THE PROVISION OF MEETING AND OFFICE SPACE FOR VOLUNTARY SECTOR ORGANISATIONS; THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES. CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

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