Overall GiG Score: -50 ?
Finance Score: -50
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • In administration/insolvent: -50
  • No PartB

    TRANSITIONS UK 

    Transitions UK supports vulnerable young people, helping change lives and futures. We work with 14-25 year-olds using a blend of befriending, mentoring and social & educationally based opportunities for personal development. Key groups include young people with learning disabilities; those with mental health and emotional needs; young people at risk of exclusion/offending and those leaving care
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    Positives:

    • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

    Financial issues to consider:

    • This charity is in Administration or Insolvent
    Established: 9 years

    www.transitionsuk.org

    MARIASTRONG@STRONG-ANDERSON.CO.UK

    07515692854

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    UN SDGs
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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
    31/05/21£485£459£26n/an/an/an/an/a115
    31/05/20£301£290£11n/an/an/an/an/a72
    31/05/19£213£211£2n/an/an/an/an/a63
    31/05/18£151£151£1£0£0£0n/a039
    31/05/17£111£107£4£0£0£0n/a042
    31/05/16£48£46£3£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    What it does
    • Disability
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    Who works here?
    • 115 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England And Wales,

    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
    Rothschild Foundation£140,000
    City Bridge Trust£75,000
    Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation£38,750
    Joseph Levy Foundation£30,000
    Hertfordshire Community Foundation£25,000
    DCMS£22,500
    Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
    Charles Hayward Foundation£10,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Theatre workshops and concluding performance involving 40 young people with disabilities developing knowledge and skills in areas of theatre production, set design, script-writing, filming, music and performance. Collaboration with Wild Geese Theatre Company.
    £2,000 13/05/2022
    A Brand New Boudica
    Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Transitions UK
    £10,000 30/03/2022
    Aspire Project
    Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Achieve
    £20,000 09/02/2022
    Funding will ensure Transition’s UK can run their Achieve Programme which will provide training, support and mentoring for 35 disabled young people with disabilities between the ages of 19-25. The ....more
    Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Transitions UK
    £120,000 17/11/2021
    Funding for Transitions UK's Aspire and Attain projects in Buckinghamshire
    Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Hertfordshire Attain Project for young people leaving care
    £10,000 03/11/2021
    Grant to Transitions UK
    Joseph Levy Foundation - Core funding contribution
    £30,000 20/09/2021
    12
    To support the organisation's work with vulnerable young people aged 14 – 25 years who are experiencing personal disadvantage
    Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Achieve Plus Partnership Project
    £5,000 16/09/2021
    Grant to Transitions UK
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Affirm project for young people with mental health needs.
    £10,000 04/06/2021
    The funding will be used to offer a range of support to young people living with mental ill health and from disadvantaged backgrounds. The project aims to improve participants wellbeing raise ....more
    The MSE Charity - Grant to Transitions UK
    £4,500 15/04/2021
    Financial Workshops for Young Care Leavers
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Transitions UK
    £75,000 04/02/2021
    60
    £75,000 over five years (£25,000, £20,000, £15,000, £10,000, £5,000) as a contribution towards the FT Project Manager and running costs for the Affirm Project in London.
    Hertfordshire Community Foundation - The Hertfordshire Aspire Project
    £10,000 27/08/2020
    Grant to Transitions UK
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £10,000 19/08/2020
    "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
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £10,000 17/08/2020
    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
    Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Transitions UK
    £20,000 13/08/2020
    6
    Transitions UK will extend its successful mentoring and befriending based support service for vulnerable care leavers adapting to the Covid-19 pandemic in Aylesbury, High Wycombe and Chesham.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 31/07/2020
    Transitions UK Core Sustainability and Development Project (3 year application)
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to TransitionsUK
    £7,400 23/07/2020
    Grant to TransitionsUK meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Transitions UK
    £2,500 17/06/2020
    6
    COVID19 - Grant for online support and workshops for 50 young people with learning disabilities who are experiencing a lack of support and social isolation due to Covid 19. Support with enable ....more
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £2,500 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
    Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Both Streams 1 & 2 - Delivery or Support & Core Costs
    £6,750 30/04/2020
    3
    Grant to Transitions Uk
    Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Transitions Uk
    £10,000 07/04/2020
    11
    Transitions UK- Achieve Project (project is ongoing)
    Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards core cost of the Aspire Project
    £5,000 15/11/2019
    Towards core cost of the Aspire Project which provides an alternative to exclusion, gang culture and offending.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Transitions UK
    £90,000 23/10/2018
    36
    This project will support young people with a learning disability aged 16-18 in Bedfordshire. This project will use befriending to support young peoples' transition into adulthood, through building ....more
    Hertfordshire Community Foundation - ASPIRE PROJECT
    £5,000 19/07/2018
    8
    Grant to Transitions UK
    National Lottery Community Fund - Aspire Project for young people at risk
    £10,000 05/07/2018
    12
    The organisation will use the funding to run a mentoring and befriending project for young people at risk of exploitation and offending. This will encourage positive community engagement through the ....more
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to TransitionsUK
    £75,000 22/03/2018
    36
    The grant will support the salary of the Project Manager supporting young people leaving care, using Circles of Support and one to one advice over a period of 2 years..
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
    £10,000 15/09/2017
    The Aspire 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 22/01/2015, number: 1160105
    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
    6 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    C/O STRONG ANDERSON
    44 PLOVER ROAD
    LEIGHTON BUZZARD
    BEDFORDSHIRE
    LU7 4AW

    Objectives

    TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGE OF 14 AND 26 YEARS OF AGE BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;(D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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