Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

MAN & BOY 

Provide fun/engaging activities for boys and a father figure, to build strong, positive and nourishing relationships. Through these activities we aim to support and encourage men in their role as mentors and to raise self-esteem in men & boys. Activities include Adventure Camps and 6-week Relationship (& Climbing) Building Courses. Aimed towards boys between 10 & 12 who are struggling with life.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple 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

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
Established: 11 years

www.manandboy.org

info@manandboy.org

07894084234

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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
31/12/22£142£130£13n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/21£102£122£-21n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/12/20£81£83£-1n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/12/19£134£95£39n/an/an/an/an/a16
31/12/18£59£63£-3£0£0£0n/a015
31/12/17£73£44£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£51£40£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£41£34£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£37£29£9£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
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
Greater London Authority£75,600
City Bridge Trust£23,500
Community Foundation for Surrey£17,500
Masonic Trust£10,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£8,500
The Grocers' Charity£5,000
BBC Children in Need£2,630
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant - Man and Boy
£5,000 28/04/2023
to support 5 ex-offenders and their families that have experienced separation to reconnect. This fully gender-inclusive programme provides families with weekend camps, mentoring sessions, and ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000 29/03/2023
Core costs
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£10,000 09/03/2023
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Man & Boy
£1,500 07/02/2023
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Man & Boy
£2,368 22/10/2022
This project will enable our volunteers to keep in touch with participant families between activities. Funding will reimburse volunteer expenses and provide supervision time with staff.
Community Foundation for Surrey - The MAN&BOY Positive Families Programme
£5,000 13/10/2022
Funding is sought towards Man&Boy's Positive Families Programme for ten families from across Surrey to help overcome the challenges they face and to foster improved family relations.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Man&Boy
£2,500 29/09/2022
24
towards the costs of a two night residential trip to Battle Activities Centre in East Sussex for 20 children from disadvantaged communities in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.
National Lottery Community Fund - The MAN&BOY Inclusive Families Programme
£8,500 28/07/2022
The funding will be used to continue providing low-income families with weekend camps mentoring sessions and intensive enrichment courses. The project aims to support long term improved family ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 03/06/2022
Man&Boy/Garfield Weston Connecting Families Funding
Community Foundation for Surrey - Man&Boy Connecting Families Surrey
£5,000 04/05/2021
11
Funding for five boys and their parent/carer from Surrey to attend a 3 day residential camp in the summer.
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - Mental Wellbeing
£3,500 03/07/2020
Funding to provide a remote programme for vulnerable boys aged 9 - 12 with weekly contact with support workers and posted practical activities
BBC Children in Need - Grant to MAN&BOY
£2,630 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund staff costs and activity sessions for boys who have difficulties with their families at home due to Covid-19, and help them improve their relationships.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,630 21/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to MAN&BOY
£23,500 12/11/2019
£23,500 over 5 years towards the costs of a Services and Engagement Co-ordinator to develop the reach and expand the capacity of the Charity.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Connecting Families Surrey - funding for 5 programme places( 5 boys + 5 men) for Surrey residents on MAN&BOY 2019-2020
£4,000 18/10/2019
11
Expansion of the MANANDBOY programme to support vulnerable boys in Surrey
Greater London Authority - MAN&BOY
£75,600 01/09/2019
Positive activities for young people involved in crime or at risk of crime or exclusion
BBC Children in Need - Grant to MAN&BOY
£28,080 13/03/2018
36
Residential camps and relationship-building courses 120 boys experiencing a range of disadvantages. Attending with a male family member, they will build positive relationships and increase the boys' ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 21/11/2017
MAN&BOY Development Project
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/09/2013, number: 1153633
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

United Reformed Church
Richard Mayo Centre
Eden Street
Kingston upon Thames
KT1 1HZ

Objectives

TO HELP BOYS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP WITH A RELATIVE OR OTHER SIGNIFICANT ADULT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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