Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 15

DURHAM AREA YOUTH

Advance in life, and relieve needs of, young people via providing recreational activities in the interests of social welfare, designed to improve conditions of life; Providing support and activities which develop skills, capacities and capabilities to enable participation in society as mature and responsible individuals. The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation and sports.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 7 years

http://www.durhamareayouth.org.uk

info@durhamareayouth.org.uk

07719058940

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£250	£217	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/22		£144	£128	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/21		£148	£119	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/20	*	£139	£108	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/19		£57	£37	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/18	*	£16	£3	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Durham,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
15 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	£220,735
County Durham Community Foundation	£42,660
The Ballinger Charitable Trust	£27,240

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
County Durham Community Foundation - DAY's GOT TALENT
£2,000	15/02/2023	Hight Sheriff 2023.
County Durham Community Foundation - DAY's Community Matters - Young Person's Voice
£10,000	19/12/2022	To support the DAY's Community Matters - Young Person's Voice project.
County Durham Community Foundation - Keeping the COGS moving
£5,000	02/11/2022	To support the Keeping the COGS moving project.
County Durham Community Foundation - Reactivating Delivery
£2,000	27/10/2022	To reactive the frontline delivery service.
County Durham Community Foundation - Durham Area Youth Office Space
£5,000	21/10/2022	Towards securing an office space for management and administration team.
County Durham Community Foundation - Increased Wellbeing Opportunities for Young People
£5,000	15/06/2022	Increased Wellbeing Opportunities for Young People.
National Lottery Community Fund - Opportunity Knocks At Youth (OKAY)
£220,735	15/12/2021 36	The project will use the funding over three years to continue and expand its youth provision work across several areas in County Durham. This will help young people to develop skills and knowledge ....more The project will use the funding over three years to continue and expand its youth provision work across several areas in County Durham. This will help young people to develop skills and knowledge and access opportunities to further their development and prospects. This aims to reduce isolation and help young people reach their potential.
County Durham Community Foundation - To research and develop educational sessions.
£5,000	25/03/2021	To research and develop educational sessions.
County Durham Community Foundation - High Sheriff Award 2018
£1,500	09/02/2021	High Sheriff Award 2021
County Durham Community Foundation - Healthy meals and Feeding families
£3,000	27/11/2020	To provide essential food packages and ingredients needed to make healthy meals for their family.
County Durham Community Foundation - COVID 19 Resilience and Support
£4,160	20/04/2020	To offer COVID 19 Resilience and Support.
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Durham Area Youth
£27,240	20/09/2019 36	West Rainton Traveller Education Programme
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Durham Area Youth LDD (Learning difficulties and disabilities) Group
£7,062	13/03/2019	Durham Area Youth LDD (Learning difficulties and disabilities) Group
National Lottery Community Fund - Opportunity Knocks At Youth (OKAY) Durham Area Youth
£187,441	23/01/2019 36	The project deliver youth work sessions once a week within the 5 villages. The main focus will be evening drop in sessions for the young people to engage in. Within these sessions it will cover a ....more The project deliver youth work sessions once a week within the 5 villages. The main focus will be evening drop in sessions for the young people to engage in. Within these sessions it will cover a wide range of activities following the youth work curriculum and will run ASDAN qualifications.
County Durham Community Foundation - Durham Area Youth - Open Access Youth Work
£5,000	30/01/2018	To support the continuation of grant funded youth work in Pittington, to set up new youth work services in neighbouring villages such as Sherburn Village, and expand the range of partnerships, ....more To support the continuation of grant funded youth work in Pittington, to set up new youth work services in neighbouring villages such as Sherburn Village, and expand the range of partnerships, services and activities provided for the benefit of young people in the area.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHRISTINE ANNE FLETCHER Appointed: 2021

DAVID HALL Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeships: PITTINGTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, SHERBURN HILL HUB,

DR IAIN ALASTAIR LINDSEY Appointed: 2023

DR MARC HUSBAND Appointed: 2023

JESSICA YOUNG Appointed: 2023

JON STEER Appointed: 2022

LUCY HINDS Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: Integrating,

SARAH LIDDELL Appointed: 2023

SIMON PENHALL (Chair) Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/09/2017, number: 1174888

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
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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; AR20: 1 days late, AR18: 1 days late,

Main office

Sherburn Hill Community Hub
Front Street
Sherburn Hill
DURHAM
DH6 1PA

Objectives

1)TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(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.2)THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF PARTICULAR SPORTS

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