Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 12

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
Future income +5
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +12

Overall GiG Score: 20

NO.5 YOUNG PEOPLE

No 5 is a local charity, offering confidential listening to support children and young people and those around them, through a free counselling service for those aged 11 - 25, affected by mental or physical ill-health or by social and economic difficulties.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 7 years

no5.org.uk

alyson.wylding@no5.org.uk

01189015649

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£409	£516	£-107	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/22	£449	£422	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/21	£429	£334	£95	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/20	£291	£279	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	61
31/03/19	£179	£250	£-70	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/18	£188	£210	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Reading,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
25 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	£400,173
Henry Smith Charity	£210,000
The Berkeley Foundation	£100,317
The Blagrave Trust	£67,673
Co-Operative Group	£10,779
DCMS	£9,855
CHK Foundation	£5,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£4,630

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to No5 Young People
£210,000	06/11/2023	towards three years‘ salary and on costs of three Counsellors at a project providing counselling for young people experiencing mental health challenges across Reading, Berkshire.
National Lottery Community Fund - Building the capacity of our unique youth counselling service post-pandemic
£390,195	21/06/2023	The funding will be used to expand the counselling and mental health support offered to children and young people in Reading. The project aims to improve the physical and mental health of children ....more The funding will be used to expand the counselling and mental health support offered to children and young people in Reading. The project aims to improve the physical and mental health of children and young people.
The Berkeley Foundation - Cost of Living Grant
£5,000	26/04/2023	One-off, unrestricted grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Urgent post-lockdown mental health support for children and young people
£9,978	21/01/2022	The funding will be used to provide urgent counselling sessions to under 18’s. The project aims to meet service demands which have significantly increased due to the pandemic.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£2,355	10/11/2021	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Co-Operative Group - Grant to No5 Young People
£4,182	23/10/2021	We would like to provide 3,600 one-hour sessions of professional, confidential counselling for people aged 11-25 struggling with their mental health. These would be delivered by Zoom or face-to-face.
The Berkeley Foundation - Focus group attendance donation
£100	15/03/2021	Unrestricted donation to a charity in thanks for attending a focus group session
The Blagrave Trust - Restart Youth
£7,673	03/02/2021	A consultation and listening exercise with young people they are not working with, led by the youth ambassadors. To use the results to inform the new organisational strategy post Covid.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to No5 Young People
£6,597	24/10/2020	We would like to help young people take a practical approach to their difficulties, and learn resilience and how to support themselves.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,855	30/09/2020	"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 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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
The Berkeley Foundation - Emergency Covid-19 grant
£10,000	06/07/2020	Additionl funding to support a remote counselling service for young people in Reading for a month during the lockdown period. COVID19 related grant.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to No5 Young People
£4,630	06/05/2020	COVID19 : purchase IT equipment for a charity that provides mental health support toyoung peole with social and economic dificulties in Berkshire
CHK Foundation - CHK Main Grant
£5,000	04/12/2019	to support specified work
The Blagrave Trust - Youth counselling support
£60,000	13/11/2019	Youth counselling support
The Berkeley Foundation - Preventing School Exclusion in Reading
£85,217	06/11/2019 36	Community Investment Fund grant over three years supporting the design and delivery of a new support programme for young people at risk of school exclusion in Reading (Skills for Positive Futures ....more Community Investment Fund grant over three years supporting the design and delivery of a new support programme for young people at risk of school exclusion in Reading (Skills for Positive Futures funding programme).

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

BEN ALEXANDER STONE Appointed: 2023

DEBORAH EDWARDS Appointed: 2019

ELIZABETH BARRY Appointed: 2018

SUSAN MEYERS Appointed: 2019

JOHN WALTERS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

BENJAMIN MCEWEN (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Sales Executive, Other trusteeship: THAMES VALLEY POSITIVE SUPPORT,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/01/2017, number: 1171313

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

07/10/2017 - Asset transfer in from NO 5 YOUTH COUNSELLING & INFORMATION SERVICE
12/07/2023 - Asset transfer in from HEALTHWATCH READING

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
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

6 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from HEALTHWATCH READING on 12/07/2023

Main office

101 Oxford Road
READING
RG1 7UD

Objectives

TO PROVIDE EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES TO PREVENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE SERIOUS PROBLEMS CAUSED BY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILL HEALTH OR OTHER CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ADVICE (IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING SERVICES) TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES REGARDLESS OF DIFFERENCE IN BACKGROUND OR IDENTITY WHO LIVE, WORK, AND STUDY IN READING AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

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