Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 12
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION 

The promotion of the efficiency and effectiveness of charities and the effective use of charitable resources by organisations working with children and young people for the benefit of the public by providing support and advice to charities and through assisting non-charitable organisations to directly further a charitable purpose.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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£1,144£1,118£26£30£282£2092.260
31/03/22£1,118£1,149£-31£0£256£1721.850
31/03/21£588£445£144£0£287£1223.340
31/03/20£328£307£22n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£182£190£-7n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/18£260£131£129£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 37%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 74%
Reserves/Spending: 2.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 7 years

www.youngcamdenfoundation.org.uk

clerk@youngcamdenfoundation.org.uk

07737051505

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Services for young people
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Camden,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Who works here?
  • 6 employees

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
John Lyon's Charity£410,000
City Bridge Trust£265,814
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£100,000
The Childhood Trust£30,640
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Our Neighbourhood Fund 2022-2023
£40,000 28/03/2023
Young Camden Foundation works to address the growing uncertainty of long-term investment in the children and young people sector in Camden and the need to build more cross-sector partnerships. Their ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Young Camden Foundation
£80,000 02/03/2023
£80,000 over two years (2 x £40,000) to support the Young Camden Foundation’s work for voluntary sector organisations working with children and young people.
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Young Camden Foundation
£10,000 17/12/2022
Cost-of-Living Uplift
The Childhood Trust - C-59010
£5,000 28/06/2022
Young Camden Foundation is raising funds to increase the number of fun activities for disadvantaged children and young people in the borough of Camden, London.
The Childhood Trust - YCF Summer Opportunities Fund 2021
£7,500 22/06/2021
The Fund provides children with access to educational and fun activities during the school holidays. Designed in response to the growing concern about anti-social behaviour and youth safety, it ....more
John Lyon's Charity - YPF Small Grants grant to Young Camden Foundation
£100,000 16/06/2021
HSC YPF Small Grants Programme
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Supporting Camden's youth sector
£40,000 01/12/2020
Young Camden Foundation is a registered charity established in 2017 and set up to address the growing uncertainty of long-term investment in the youth sector and the need to build more cross-sector ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Young Camden Foundation
£38,314 13/08/2020
towards the costs outined in your application to improve the economic and social conditions of the local children and young people sector post-covid-19 through bespoke crisis and change management ....more
The Childhood Trust - Holiday Opportunities Fund 2020
£18,140 03/07/2020
The Fund provides children with access to educational and fun activities during the school holidays. Designed in response to the growing concern about anti-social behaviour and youth safety, it ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 20/05/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Young Camden Foundation
£12,500 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £12,500, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant. COVID19
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Young Camden Foundation
£135,000 26/03/2020
36
£135,000 over three years (£50,000; £45,000; £40,000) as core funding to support the Young Camden Foundation’s work for voluntary sector organisations working with children and young people.
John Lyon's Charity - Capacity Building grant to Young Camden Foundation
£300,000 11/03/2020
36
Core unrestricted funding
National Lottery Community Fund - YCF web portal
£9,200 03/10/2019
12
YCF web portal
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/03/2017, number: 1172314
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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
Main office

YOUNG CAMDEN FOUNDATION
Labs Atrium
The Stables Market
Chalk Farm Road
LONDON
NW1 8AH

Objectives

1. THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES BY ORGANISATIONS WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ADVICE TO CHARITIES AND THROUGH ASSISTING NON-CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS TO DIRECTLY FURTHER A CHARITABLE PURPOSE.2. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH MAKING GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS THAT DO ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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