Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 10

No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 9

ELEMENT SOCIETY

Element Society's objective is the advancement in life of young people by providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board is completely 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: 10 years

www.elementsociety.co.uk

trustees@elementsociety.co.uk

01142999210

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
31/12/22	*	£397	£392	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/12/21		£436	£344	£92	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/12/20		£277	£244	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/12/19		£535	£459	£76	£0	£142	£70	1.8	17	20
31/12/18	*	£428	£434	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	400
31/12/17		£353	£345	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£327	£301	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	*	£242	£221	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Barnsley, City Of Wakefield, Derbyshire, Doncaster, Kingston Upon Hull City, Leeds City, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, Rotherham, Sheffield City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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 Heritage Fund	£120,862
DCMS	£48,926
BBC Children in Need	£30,458
Co-Op Foundation	£17,455
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,931

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - ChillZone
£9,931	28/07/2023	The funding will be used to expand it's youth service offer over the summer holidays with the aim of providing a safe nurturing environment while reducing instances of anti-social behaviour.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Element Society
£71,362	05/06/2023	Heritage through food - Root to Table
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Element Society
£2,895	22/10/2022	BlueDot is a mental health campaign by young people for young people that combats stereotyping and educates young people about how to be a good friend to someone with mental health difficulties.
Co-Op Foundation - Youth & Community Space
£9,955	06/09/2021	Grant to support the group through the financial challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Element Society
£30,458	30/07/2021	This project will support young people who are not in employment, education, or training with a key life skills programme. It will improve practical life skills, increase empowerment, and reduce ....more This project will support young people who are not in employment, education, or training with a key life skills programme. It will improve practical life skills, increase empowerment, and reduce anxiety.
HM Revenue & Customs - SME Brexit Support Fund
£288	01/07/2021	Training Grant provided for Customs training purposes
HM Revenue & Customs - SME Brexit Support Fund
£1,700	01/07/2021	Funding provided for Professional Advice Grant
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£48,926	09/10/2020	"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 Element Society
£49,500	07/08/2020	COVID19: Element Society
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Element Society
£500	17/10/2019	Element Society deliver development, social action and enterprise programmes to young people and vulnerable adults. The award was used towards the costs of repairing and restoring their lift and ....more Element Society deliver development, social action and enterprise programmes to young people and vulnerable adults. The award was used towards the costs of repairing and restoring their lift and disabled toilet facilities to enable the whole community to participate in these activities.
Co-Op Foundation - Element Society - 2019
£7,500	01/10/2019	Funding to support better disability access to Yorkshire House, a mixed-use youth and community venue supporting youth social action.
Home Office - Knife Crime Community Fund 2019-20
£29,959	01/04/2019	The fund was set up in 2017/18 to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. The fund was open to ....more The fund was set up in 2017/18 to support community projects which reduce knife crime and have a positive impact on young people at risk of carrying a knife and committing crime. The fund was open to voluntary and community sector groups and the Home Office made up to £800,000 available in 2017 to 2018.A second round of the fund was announced in the Serious Violence Strategy, launched by the Home Secretary on 9 April 2018.In 2018/19 were are increasing this fund to £1.56 million pound for 68 projects.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Element Society
£35,600	21/03/2019	Displaced Migrants Living History: Young people recording displaced migrant heritage

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-63

ADRIAN RATTENBURY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Managing Director

DOUGLAS TAFADZWA MUZAWAZI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Manager

IAN ALEXANDER BALSHAW Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Youth Worker

JOSEPH JOHN PARKINSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: None

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/07/2014, number: 1157932
Registered at Companies House on 19/06/2013, number: 08576383

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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

Filing Record

8 returns made; AR22: 54 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR15: 5 days late,

Main office

Element Society
Yorkshire House
66 Leopold Street
Sheffield
S1 2GZ

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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