Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

YELLOW BRICK ROAD PROJECTS 

Provision of mentoring, life skills education and support for young people aged 10 - 35 to overcome barriers to secure housing and break the cycle of deprivation. Specialists in supporting young parents - 75% beneficiaries have one or childrenHelping young people with ACE's to recover and thrive You Matter programmesThe Legacy ProjectYouth, schools and community work
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/03/23£240£246£-6n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/22£245£205£40n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/21£220£180£39n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/20£160£145£15n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/19£148£144£4n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/18£102£96£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£89£98£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£98£88£10£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

www.yellowbrickroadprojects.com

admin@yellowbrickroadprojects.com

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, Isle Of Wight, Southampton City, Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 5 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£395,145
DCMS£60,000
The Blagrave Trust£60,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
Wiltshire Community Foundation£17,389
The Clothworkers Foundation£8,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Yellow Brick Road Projects
£8,000 15/09/2023
Refurbishment and installation of new double glazing windows, front doors, interior blinds and interior re-decoration for a charity which works with young people in Hampshire
National Lottery Community Fund - You Matter
£365,209 17/03/2023
Funding will be used to deliver life skills support to 16–30 year olds in Andover Basingstoke Isle of Wight and Southampton through virtual and in person one-to-one and group sessions. The project ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Yellow Brick Road Projects
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
National Lottery Community Fund - Meet on the Streets
£10,000 07/10/2022
This project will develop existing detached youth work for young people by extending to another evening per week. The project will have outreach youth teams in parks town centre and popular spots ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Yellow Brick Road Projects
£14,958 29/06/2022
YBRP works with young people in Test Valley, Hampshire, to tackle a range of issues that put them at risk of homelessness. Funding is towards extending their Legacy Project Outreach in Ludgershall, ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - The Legacy Project Outreach
£2,431 16/03/2022
YBRP works with young people in Test Valley, Hampshire, to tackle a range of issues that put them at risk of homelessness including criminal exploitation. Funding is towards extending their Legacy ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Yellow Brick Road Projects
£50,000 02/12/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Yellow Brick Road Projects
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing Together
£10,000 16/07/2021
The funding will be used to deliver a weekly young vulnerable parent’s support group in Andover offering holistic support and Peer training opportunities. The project aims to improve skills ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£60,000 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
The Blagrave Trust - Life skills education
£60,000 13/11/2019
Life skills education
National Lottery Community Fund - YMI (You Matter Intervention)
£9,936 07/08/2019
12
YMI (You Matter Intervention)
National Lottery Community Fund - Future Proofing Young People and Families by Learning Together using I
£9,765 10/05/2018
12
The project will teach technology skills, enabling service users to have easier access to benefits advice and job searching. They will also focus on online safety sessions for families and young ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - You Matter programme for young families in Aldershot
£8,606 04/01/2017
12
This project will deliver targeted accredited training in parenting skills and everyday life skills to young parents who need support. This will enable the group to provide support to address related ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
  • HELEN FOX Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Marketing Director
  • RYAN WATERS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Operations Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/02/2015, number: 1160315
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/08/2014, number: 09185896
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

Former WRVS Building
Bentall Place
Suffolk Road
ANDOVER
Hampshire

Objectives

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PARENTS AND PARENTS-TO-BE (THE BENEFICIARIES) BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, ADVICE, EDUCATION AND TRAINING DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE BENEFICIARIES’ CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND TO HELP THE BENEFICIARIES DEVELOP THEIR LIFE SKILLS, EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS THE CHARITY WILL:(I) ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR THE BENEFICIARIES BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, ADVICE, EDUCATION AND TRAINING RELATING TO LIFE SKILLS AS A MEANS OF HELPING THE BENEFICIARIES TO DEVELOP THEIR LIFE SKILLS, EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.(II) PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO PEOPLE TO ENABLE THEM TO HELP THE CHARITY IN PROVIDING SUPPORT, ADVICE, EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO THE BENEFICIARIES TO HELP THEM DEVELOP THEIR LIFE SKILLS, EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES.(III) WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND BODIES TO HELP THE CHARITY IN PROVIDING SUPPORT, ADVICE, EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO THE BENEFICIARIES TO HELP THEM DEVELOP THEIR LIFE SKILLS, EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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