Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 4
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

IN THE MIX YOUTH PROJECT

In The Mix Project provides community liaison services and targeted youth projects for young adults living and working in Somerset. The Charity offer a range of social, economic, educational and recreational opportunities, designed to encourage social inclusion and life-long learning, helping to create both economic and social independence, linking to core youth work practices and principles.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£62£103£-41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£144£130£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£148£114£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£108£87£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£57£36£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£54£58£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£58£54£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£4£10£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£30£27£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years
(12 years as a company)

www.inthemixproject.org.uk

info@inthemixproject.org.uk

01984629510

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon, Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund£24,727
Somerset Community Foundation£14,351
DCMS£8,894
Co-Operative Group£3,663
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to In The Mix Project
£1,768 21/10/2023
We would like to provide opportunities for young people to undertake social action in their community and have more of a say in services and provisions for young people.
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - In The Mix Summer Activities
£4,729 28/07/2023
This project will fund additional summer activities during the summer holidays to support vulnerable and at risk young people aged 11-18. It will offer activities and support to reduce violence crime and disorder and the risk off engaging in it. ....more
Somerset Community Foundation - Providing a warm space to support those experiencing fuel poverty during the cost-of-living crisis
£1,000 05/12/2022
Grant to In the Mix Youth Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Digi Plus+
£9,998 02/09/2022
The organisation will run a monthly tech and games club and provide workshops to support digital inclusion online safety and media literacy for young people to help them to become informed digital citizens.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£25,000 29/10/2021
24
Weston Youth Grant
Somerset Community Foundation - Centre based and detached youth work in Wiveliscombe
£4,780 27/10/2021
Centre based and detached youth work in Wiveliscombe
Co-Operative Group - Grant to In The Mix Project
£1,896 23/10/2021
We would like to upgrade our outside space and provide community activities around sport, recreation, positivity, healthy living, the outdoors and mental health, to support healthier, longer lives.
Somerset Community Foundation - Grant to In the Mix Youth Project
£1,000 07/07/2021
To develop a community wildlife garden in Wiveliscombe, improving local biodiversity and educating local people about the environment
Somerset Community Foundation - Core and project costs
£2,021 05/07/2021
Our life skills programme, RoadCode, teaches participants about road and personal safety and encourages safe behaviour in and around cars. It supports topics of road safety and reducing road traffic accidents and other police related matters such as ....more
Somerset Community Foundation - Grant to In the Mix Youth Project
£1,000 22/06/2021
Detached youth work in Wiveliscombe
Somerset Community Foundation - Grant to In the Mix Youth Project
£1,000 28/05/2021
Building the skills of young people not in education, employment or training in Wellington.
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Replacing lost income and ensuring future viability
£2,550 19/03/2021
Grant to In the Mix Youth Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Outdoor Connections
£10,000 19/01/2021
10
The organisation will use the funding to provide outdoor activities for young people families and community groups to address issues linked to loneliness and social isolation.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,894 22/07/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID19 Virtual youth work in West Somerset
£1,000 07/04/2020
Grant to In the Mix Youth Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Hub Project
£9,950 26/09/2019
12
Community Hub Project
Somerset Community Foundation - Community Cafe Thursday
£3,250 14/06/2019
12
Community cafe to bring together the generations in Wiveliscombe
Co-Operative Group - Grant to IN THE MIX YOUTH PROJECT
£3,112 19/11/2018
We want to run a rural cafe session for young people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Positive Attitudes!
£10,000 12/07/2018
12
The project will deliver a range of workshops in a community setting for young people, working with local businesses, community leaders and health and uniform professionals. This will develop the confidence and soft skills of participants, and help ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - YOUNG COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS
£10,000 16/11/2016
12
This project will use the funding to run a series of training programmes for young people and enable them to provide services in the community. This will offer transferable skills and support the training needs of volunteers.
National Lottery Community Fund - In The Mix - Random Key Members
£10,000 29/07/2015
12
The group will use the funding to provide a training programme to develop leadership, self confidence, youth work and life skills in young people who face barriers to accessing opportunities due to the rural area in which they live. This will ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-36
  • ASHLEY MARTIN WILLS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Youth & Community Worker / Student Support Worker
  • HOLLY SUTTON (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Fundraising And Development Officer
  • MOLLY ROBERTS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Teacher
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/04/2015, number: 1161486
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/12/2011, number: 07883347
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

In The Mix Youth Project
The Hub Centre
Hartswell
South Street
Wivelisc

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(A) TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING AND WORKING IN SOMERSET AND DEVON PROVIDING SUPPORT, ADVICE, INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE, ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL, SPIRITUAL, DEVELOPMENTAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(B) ADVANCEMENT OF LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG ADULTS DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(C) ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, UNDERSTANDING AND LIFE SKILLS; (D) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT AND PURSUING ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE;(E) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES 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.(F) PROVISIONS OF ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS FOR COMMUNITY RELIEF AND BENEFIT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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