Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

ENGAGE TRUST UK

We aim to serve people across a range of settings, taking an holistic and relational approach. We deliver a range of projects including detached youth work - including trips, visits and residentials, holiday provision, schools work and pastoral care, mentoring programmes, mental health schools programmes and centre-based youth work.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • Why is the Board composition very static?

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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
30/09/23£47£82£-34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/22£39£47£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/21£51£38£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/20£50£17£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/19£18£22£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/18£24£22£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/17£26£9£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/16£6£3£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.engagetrustuk.org

matthew.foster@engagetrustuk.org

07852248421

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Dudley, Sandwell, Staffordshire, Walsall, Wolverhampton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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
Heart Of England Community Foundation£11,800
National Lottery Community Fund£9,994
DCMS£9,960
Co-Operative Group£6,584
Garfield Weston Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 17/05/2023
Worth It: Promoting Young People's Mental Wellbeing'
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Engage Trust UK
£1,788 23/10/2021
We would help young people identify situations and life experiences that have led to poor self-image and low confidence and equip them to have a positive outlook and approach to those same situations.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Engage Detached Youth Work
£2,000 16/09/2021
to recruit a Lead youth worker and a sessional youth worker to enable the organisation to restart their youth sessions that have been on hold since the pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - Engage Detached Youth Work
£9,994 20/08/2021
The funding will be used as a contribution to recruit a lead Youth Worker to provide detached youth work in Low Hill and Warstones with expansion into other communities in Wolverhampton. Using the UK Youth model of social engagement as the ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Engage Trust UK
£5,000 19/02/2021
in order to provide both 1:1 and group mentoring sessions for young people. The one hour sessions will address issues arising from lockdown which include anxiety, loss of motivation and coping mechanisms
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Engage Trust UK
£4,796 24/10/2020
Our project will support young people to overcome challenges, make positive choices, build hope for their future and inspire lasting change.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,960 28/08/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Low Hill Youth Project
£4,800 11/12/2019
2
We are looking to employ a Lead Youth Worker who will work with the Director in maintaining and expanding our Youth Work provision across Low Hill, supporting YP to overcome challenges, live fulfilling lives and inspire change in the world around ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Low Hill Youth Project
£9,991 26/09/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver youth activities for young people, including mentoring, residentials, trips, sports and issue-based work, with the aim of increasing their aspirations and helping to divert them from engaging in anti-social ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Low Hill Detached Project
£9,583 17/08/2018
12
This funding will be used to engage with young people who are involved with or at risk of anti-social behaviour. The project aims to provide support through activities which better their chances in life.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Warstones Detached - mentoring
£5,000 16/11/2017
11
Grant to Engage Trust UK
National Lottery Community Fund - Engage Bushbury Detached Project & Engage Low Hill Detached Project
£10,000 02/04/2017
12
This group will use the funding to engage with young people who are involved in or at risk of anti-social behaviour. They will receive support and become involved in activities which improve their chances in life.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANTHONY HENSON (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Church Pastor
  • LEONA GRANT Appointed: 2016
  • WILL DAVIES Appointed: 2015
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/01/2016, number: 1165129
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

Corbierre
55 Finchfield Road
Wolverhampton
WV3 9LQ

Objectives

IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN VALUES TO ENGAGE WITH AND ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE POOR, DISADVANTAGED, MARGINALISED, OR AT RISK OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION; OR OTHERWISE IN CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL, MENTAL, OR SPIRITUAL NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, BY PROVIDING GUIDANCE, ADVICE, SUPPORT, OPPORTUNITIES AND BY ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION, BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;B) PROMOTING 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.E) ADVANCING THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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