Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

HEXHAM YOUTH INITIATIVE 

The Hexham Youth Initiative provides a safe environment where children and young people can receive information, advice and support, develop their own projects and play a full and active part in community life. We run a youth cafe, drop-in sessions and a host of specialist sessions - for example, Duke of Edinburgh, Girls Group, Young Carers as well as providing mentoring and counselling.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 8 years

www.hexhamyi.org.uk

keda@hexhamyi.org.uk

01434607350

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
31/03/22£186£216£-30n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£236£223£14n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/20£222£234£-12n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/19£228£217£11n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/18£216£236£-20£0£0£0n/a014
31/03/17*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northumberland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
DCMS£18,800
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£17,862
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£17,288
National Lottery Community Fund£9,964
Sport England£9,425
Co-Operative Group£2,432
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Hexham Youth Initiative
£2,432 21/10/2023
We'd like to help young people plan and run local holiday activities. Young leaders will learn new skills and prepare activities that peers and younger members of the community will enjoy.
National Lottery Community Fund - LGBTQ+ Groups
£9,964 18/11/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a support group for young people who identify as LGBTQ+. The sessions will include activities information support and advice. The project aims to improve ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Hexham Youth Initiative
£9,888 17/03/2022
Providing a training programme for young people from Tynedale to develop gardening and general DIY skills
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Hexham Youth Initiative
£2,400 17/03/2022
Art and craft sessions on Saturdays and in school holidays to some of the most disadvantaged children and young people in the community
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Hexham Youth Initiative
£1,000 03/02/2022
Saturday Drop-ins at Hexham Community Centre
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£30,000 29/10/2021
Weston Youth Grant
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Hexham Youth Initiative
£4,000 10/06/2021
The organisation's 2021 summer holiday programme
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the organisations charitable activities supporting young people
£3,000 25/02/2021
the organisations charitable activities supporting young people
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Supporting a summer holiday initiative which addresses holiday hunger during the Covid-19 crisis
£2,730 30/07/2020
Supporting a summer holiday initiative which addresses holiday hunger during the Covid-19 crisis
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - a summer holiday initiative in which addresses holiday hunger during the Covid-19 crisis
£2,730 30/07/2020
a summer holiday initiative in which addresses holiday hunger during the Covid-19 crisis
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£18,800 17/07/2020
"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 ....more
Sport England - Hexham East - Fit for the Future
£9,425 03/04/2020
11
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Hexham East - Fit for the Future. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - a weekly support group and summer holiday residential for young carers in West Northumberland
£9,402 02/04/2020
a weekly support group and summer holiday residential for young carers in West Northumberland
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 19/02/2019
Strengthening Hexham Youth Initiative
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Healthy HYI
£3,000 11/12/2018
Healthy HYI
National Lottery Community Fund - Hexham East - the Positive Me
£9,916 17/08/2018
12
The funding will be used to run a wide range of weekly sessions, trips, and outings to leisure facilities and holiday activities for children. This will improve their self-esteem and confidence, to ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A programme of activities to help the community and involve young volunteers
£4,500 31/05/2018
A programme of activities to help the community and involve young volunteers
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/03/2016, number: 1166157
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR17: 28 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from HEXHAM YOUTH INITIATIVE on 31/12/2019
Main office

HEXHAM YOUTH INITIATIVE
COMMUNITY CENTRE
GILESGATE
HEXHAM
NORTHUMBERLAND
NE46 3NP

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, AGED 25 YEARS OR UNDER, WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE TOWN OF HEXHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND [THE AREA OF BENEFIT] AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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