Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

BUILD UP FOUNDATION

Confident, skilled and resilient young people whose ambitions aren't limited by where they've grown up.Build Up Foundation puts young people in control of construction projects that make a lasting contribution to their local community. We give young people the opportunity to take decisions, influence their local area and see the real-life impact they can have.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£245£236£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£218£209£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£285£202£82n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£197£182£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£136£134£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£82£51£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£30£30£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£3£6£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.buildup.org.uk

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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
City Bridge Trust£158,941
Garfield Weston Foundation£110,000
Tudor Trust£45,000
The Fore£30,000
National Lottery Community Fund£29,993
London Marathon Charitable Trust£19,994
Comic Relief£15,716
DCMS£12,868
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£60,000 25/08/2023
24
Build Up Foundation Core Funding Proposal
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Cemetery Park Outdoor Activity Space
£19,994 14/06/2023
towards improvements of the Cemetery Park outdoor activity spaces, designed and build by local young people from underserved communities
The Fore - Grant to Build Up Foundation
£30,000 01/04/2023
36
Build Up helps young people make a lasting impact on the physical spaces they live in. Supported by architects, designers and construction leaders, the charity gets young people involved in designing and transforming structures in the heart of ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Build Up Foundation
£100,000 13/03/2023
24
£100,000 over two years (2 x £50,000) to empower disadvantaged young people (aged 10-23) living in London’s most deprived areas to shape where they live by giving them agency over how public and community spaces are designed and built.
National Lottery Community Fund - Construction Training Workshops Pilot
£9,998 07/10/2022
The funding will be used to increase opportunities for young people to take part in construction training workshops and make physical improvements to their community spaces. The project aims to improve the skills and confidence of young people and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 04/02/2022
Core funding for Build Up Foundation
National Lottery Community Fund - Build Up Aldriche Way
£9,995 09/07/2021
The funding will be used for young people to work within the community planning designing and building physical improvements to their estate. The project aims to bring people together and expand the skills of those involved.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Build Up Foundation
£45,000 31/03/2021
24
over two years as continuation funding towards core salary costs for a charity supporting young people to lead community construction projects in London
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Build Up Foundation
£46,000 25/03/2021
£46,000 to Build Up Foundation for additional staff time from the director to work with a product development consultant, set up a cloud-based accounting system and financial modelling, develop a CRM system and board recruitment, to enable the ....more
CAF - Grant to Build Up Foundation
£10,000 02/07/2020
3
Grant to Build Up Foundation to support the organisation through COVID19
Comic Relief - Build Up Recovery Funding
£15,716 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 12/06/2020
Request for core funding to expand our innovative youth-led construction programme and increase our organisational sustainability
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Build Up Foundation
£12,941 11/06/2020
£12,941 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 support for our young people
£10,000 29/05/2020
4
The funding will be used to deliver online workshops for young people to support an inner-city regeneration programme to support their mental well-being.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£12,868 20/05/2020
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 and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Build Up Foundation
£30,000 11/09/2019
24
over two years towards core salary costs for a charity supporting young people to lead construction projects in London
National Lottery Community Fund - Flanders Way Nature Build
£9,990 02/08/2019
12
The funding will be used to transform a neglected site into a public space built and designed by young people for the local community to enjoy. The project aims to facilitate skills development and improve resilience.
Comic Relief - Build Up London (BUL) Extension
£18,291 03/07/2019
18
The Build Up Foundation works with 6-23yr olds in London, many of whom feel stigmatised and excluded from their own community spaces. The first year of the current #iwill grant has enabled it to work with 50 young people on youth-led construction ....more
Comic Relief - Build Up London (BUL)
£80,082 27/09/2017
36
Working with young people aged 10-14 years across London, the project will build large structures on adventure playground and play sites. Young people are at the heart of this project, and each year 8 young people will benefit from leadership ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Cody Dock Shelter
£9,995 25/04/2017
12
The funding will be used to run community workshops to design a new outdoor shelter, bringing together young people to work together. The project aims to develop social skills, self-confidence, practical and creative skills and provide an ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Build Up Foundation
£9,100 10/04/2017
purchase of a van for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in London
National Lottery Community Fund - Risks and Rewards
£10,000 29/07/2015
12
The group will use the funding to run a series of team building workshops for deprived young people within the area. This will develop life skills, build confidence and promote interaction within the community.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-58
  • HANNAH MONTEITH (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Consultant
  • LINNIE MCLARTY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Silversmith Jeweller
  • NEBA SERE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Architect
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/10/2015, number: 1163872
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/12/2014, number: 09365881
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
8 returns made; AR16: 1 days late,
Main office

Cody Dock
11C South Crescent
Canning Town
London
E16 4TL

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE GREATER LONDON AREA 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

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