Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

WIRRAL YOUTH ZONE 

Wirral Youth Zone's objects are to help and educate children and young people resident in Wirral and surrounding areas through their leisure time activities by promoting their full physical and spiritual potential in order that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society and their conditions of life may improve
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 9 years

http://www.thehiveyouthzone.org/

enquiries@thehiveyouthzone.org

01517058000

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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
31/03/23£1,622£1,638£-16£99£5,082£3822.863100
31/03/22£1,197£1,595£-397£97£5,098£2832.17848
31/03/21£1,882£1,551£331£64£5,494£5334.18762
31/03/20£1,458£1,971£-513£74£5,163£940.612994
31/03/19£1,790£1,969£-179£55£5,677£3141.9104154
31/03/18£1,537£1,556£-20£43£5,855£2371.8790
31/03/17£5,339£254£5,085£19£5,875£2009.560
31/03/16£773£3£770£0£770£208010

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 8%
Reserves/Spending: 2.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Wirral,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 63 employees
  • 100 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£288,487
DCMS£72,559
Sport England£10,517
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£6,413
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - The Hive Games Club
£9,654 11/08/2023
The funding will be used to run a games club for young people. The project aims to provide a place for young people to spend time that is safe and allows them to interact with their peers.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Hiveaggedon - Spooky Hotel
£2,000 10/10/2022
To run a halloween themed maze event on the 30th and 31st aimed at ages 8-19. There are specific time slots designated for those with additional needs to ensure the entire community is able to ....more
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Hive Summer Vibes
£4,413 13/07/2022
The funding will be used to provide diversionary performing arts project for children and young people.
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Hive Amateur Boxing Club
£5,874 12/05/2022
This project will expand the recently extablished boxing club to provide additional equipment and coaching time, while also training up 2 new coaches. The project will specifically target young ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Bee Amazing
£268,865 17/09/2021
Wirral Youth Zone offer a range of activities to young people in the community at The Hive their state-of-the-art centre incorporating full sports hall fitness gym work rooms and much more. Funding ....more
Sport England - Toyota Parasport Wheelchair Basketball Project
£4,643 12/07/2021
17
Funding under Sport England's Toyota Parasport Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Toyota Parasport Wheelchair Basketball Project. This project is a Wheelchair Basketball project, ....more
Cheshire Community Foundation - Hiveability
£4,826 04/11/2020
Wirral Youth Zone provides young people aged 8-19 (up to 25 with a disability) with somewhere to go, something to do and someone to talk to. As a result of the barriers disabled children and young ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£72,559 22/09/2020
"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 Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Wirral Youth Zone
£1,750 08/06/2020
COVID19 : purchasing IT equipment for a charity that works with vulnerable young people in Merseyside
National Lottery Community Fund - The Hive Outreach
£9,968 06/06/2019
12
The organisation will engage young people who are at risk of committing anti-social behaviour or crime in positive activity through targeted outreach workshops, with the aim of reducing anti-social ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£124,906 01/04/2019
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DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£124,906 01/04/2019
Grant award to fulfil the aims of the Office for Civil Society's Youth Investment Fund to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services.
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£124,906 15/05/2017
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DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£124,906 15/05/2017
Grant award to fulfil the aims of the Office for Civil Society's Youth Investment Fund to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services.
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£124,906 15/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£93,679 15/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£93,679 15/05/2017
Grant award to fulfil the aims of the Office for Civil Society's Youth Investment Fund to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services.
National Lottery Community Fund - YIN Wirral Youth Zone
£374,717 13/04/2017
35
This project will expand the reach of the youth centre to engage hidden, disengaged and vulnerable young people. It will deliver and improve the current programme of activities which include sport ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-64
  • CHARLES HURST (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Northwest Chairman
  • MATT NOON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Solicitor
  • PHIL GARRIGAN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Deputy Chief Fire Officer
  • SUSAN WEIR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/08/2015, number: 1163183
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/10/2014, number: 09267940
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

Bright Street
Birkenhead
Wirral
CH41 4EA

Objectives

TO HELP AND EDUCATE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE RESIDENT IN WIRRAL AND SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES BY PROMOTING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY IMPROVE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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