Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
Future income +5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 18

GROW

Grow works with vulnerable and disadvantaged young people who face barriers when seeking employment. Our approach focuses on the soft skills that are a key ingredient to thriving at work, such as working well with others, handling conflict and managing personal motivation. Grow runs programmes that combine coaching with nature based activity.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

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

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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
31/12/22	£244	£254	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/12/21	£172	£170	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	26
31/12/20	£61	£41	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/12/19	£36	£37	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/12/18	£14	£8	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	8

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

www.growuk.org

admin@growuk.org

01143211810

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social & legal advocacy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 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

Innox Foundation	£90,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,965
Garfield Weston Foundation	£9,500
Co-Operative Group	£6,948
Power to Change	£6,000
The Foyle Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Innox Foundation - Grant to Grow UK
£90,000	06/12/2023	Unrestricted funding for Grow UK
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Grow
£3,056	21/10/2023	At The Potting Shed, many of the plants are planted, grown and potted by the young people we work with. We sell these plants and the money is then used to run more programmes for more young people.
Power to Change - Grow (TU)
£6,000	18/10/2022	Grant to Grow (TU)
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core Costs
£1,000	28/03/2022	Towards core costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Grow
£3,891	23/10/2021	We would like to buy essential gardening tools to help us run therapeutic horticulture sessions with vulnerable young people.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Grow
£1,850	19/10/2021	Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	28/04/2021	towards ongoing delivery over the next 12 months
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£9,500	21/02/2020	Grow Youth Development Programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Grow
£9,965	04/07/2019 12	The funding will be used to provide work experience and support for young people not in education or employment, with the aim of addressing the issue of unemployment and raising aspirations and ....more The funding will be used to provide work experience and support for young people not in education or employment, with the aim of addressing the issue of unemployment and raising aspirations and confidence.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

LESLEY ELLERBY Appointed: 2023

SAM PROSSER Appointed: 2023

CAROL PICKERING Appointed: 2018

JOHN LOVELL (Chair) Appointed: 2018

LUCY PRIDMORE Appointed: 2021

THOMAS HENDERSON - REAY Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/02/2018, number: 1177035

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

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

Grow
389 Manor Lane
SHEFFIELD
S2 1UL

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 16-24 WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED, BY WAY OF BEING CARE LEAVERS AND/OR EX-OFFENDERS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN SHEFFIELD, INCLUDING RUNNING PRE-EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE IN FINDING AND RETAINING EMPLOYMENT.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008]

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