Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

YOUTH CONCERN 

Supporting vulnerable young people in Aylesbury
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

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
30/09/22£558£485£73£29£272£2295.71931
30/09/21£394£468£-74n/an/an/an/an/a3
30/09/20£432£326£106n/an/an/an/an/a25
30/09/19£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 40%
Liabilities/Income: 33%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 84%
Reserves/Spending: 5.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 17.8
Asset Split ?
Established: 6 years

youthconcern.org.uk

admin@youthconcern.org.uk

01296431183

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 19 employees
  • 31 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
Rothschild Foundation£236,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£70,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£63,197
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation£19,688
National Lottery Community Fund£19,360
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Youth Concern
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Youth Concern
£210,000 06/12/2022
Core funding to help Youth Concern deliver its new 3 year strategy including transition from its Drop-in Centre to collaborative Youth Hub
National Lottery Community Fund - The Next Step Project - youth homeless supported accommodation project
£10,000 18/11/2022
The funding will be used to support the accommodation of young people who have experienced or are at risk of homelessness. This project aims to offer tailored support to young people and assist them ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Youth Concern - 20/10/22
£3,000 11/11/2022
Core Funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 09/09/2022
Youth Concern: Improving Outcomes of Vulnerable Youth People in Aylesbury Vale
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Young people's project worker
£9,688 17/02/2022
£9,688 grant will support the work of a project worker for 9 hours each week over a year.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Youth Concern
£50,000 25/01/2022
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Youth Concern
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Youth Concern - 19/10/21
£1,750 10/11/2021
The Next Step - Supporting Homeless Young People
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Youth Concern
£8,500 23/09/2021
Funding for Youth Concern's supported emergency accommodation for homeless young people in Aylesbury and on-site skills training.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Next Step - Preventing Youth Homelessness
£9,360 03/09/2021
The funding will be used to provide a project worker to support young people in the prevention of homelessness. The project aims to improve quality of life empowerment and wellbeing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£20,000 23/04/2021
Improving Outcomes For Disadvantaged, Vulnerable and At Risk Young People In The Vale Of Aylesbury.
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Youth Concern
£18,000 27/08/2020
12
Funding to support two counsellors at Youth Concern's drop-in centre who will help vulnerable and challenged 13-25 year olds in Aylesbury whose mental health has been adversely affected by the ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Youth Concern
£10,947 23/07/2020
Grant to Youth Concern meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£4,623 22/06/2020
"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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£20,000 01/05/2020
Improving Outcomes For Disadvantaged, Vulnerable and At Risk Young People In The Vale Of Aylesbury.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Youth Concern (Aylesbury)
£10,000 18/12/2019
11
Youth Concern Drop-In Centre
Heart Of England Community Foundation - The Next Step: Accommodation and Employment Pathway for Homeless Young People
£32,027 01/03/2019
11
Youth Concern helps 500+ disadvantaged young people in Aylesbury improve their outcomes and runs Aylesbury Nightstop, providing 70 young people with emergency shelter to prevent homelessness. But, ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/11/2017, number: 1175680
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from YOUTH CONCERN on 04/12/2019
Main office

Uptown Coffee Bar
Whitehill Lane
Aylesbury
HP19 8FL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WITHIN AYLESBURY VALE, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 13 AND 25 BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISATION PROGRAMMES OF DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:A. ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;B. ADVANCING EDUCATION;C. RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;D. PREVENTING YOUTH HOMELESSNESSE. 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.2. RELIEVING THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SICKNESS OF YOUNG PERSONS IN NEED, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT.3. PROMOTING SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING YOUNG PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE ÆSOCIALLY EXCLUDEDÆ MEANS ÆYOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 TO 25 YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; RACE; GENDER; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; DISABILITY; ETHNIC ORIGIN; OR WHO ARE WITHIN, OR HAVE EXPERIENCED, THE PUBLIC CARE OR PENAL SYSTEM.

Data Sources

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