Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 8

No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 13

WEST VIEW PROJECT - CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE'S ACTIVITY CENTRE LIMITED

An activity centre for children and young people in Hartlepool.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£57,213	£57,419	£-206	3
31/03/22	£57,846	£56,083	£1,763	3
31/03/21	£44,612	£44,905	£-293	8
31/03/20	£62,964	£53,755	£9,209	3
31/03/19	£34,371	£31,105	£3,266	5

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

WVPActivitiesCentre@gmail.com

01429271275

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social youth organisations

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Hartlepool,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
3 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

The Ballinger Charitable Trust	£36,000
The Greggs Foundation	£29,615
The Clothworkers Foundation	£5,000
Tudor Trust	£5,000
Co-Operative Group	£3,950

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to West View Project Children and Young Peoples Activity Centre
£5,000	11/05/2021	refurbishment of outside area for a charity supporting disadvantaged young people in Durham
The Greggs Foundation - North East Core Funding
£29,615	10/05/2021 24	£29,615.04 over two years (£14,807.52 per year) to support the salary of the Development Lead.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to West View Project Children and Young People's Centre
£3,950	15/11/2019	We would like to revamp our youth club with more up-to-date and robust equipment, to enhance outdoor and indoor activities for the children.
Tudor Trust - Grant to West View Project - Children and Young People's Activity Centre Ltd
£5,000	19/06/2019 12	towards core costs to support work with young people in North Hartlepool
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to West View Project Children & Young People's Activity Centre
£36,000	14/06/2019 36	Towards core costs of operation

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-69

JOANNE MARIE DONLAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Unemployed

PAUL THOMPSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director

DAVID WISE (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Company Director

VALERIE EVENS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/02/2018, number: 1177225
Registered at Companies House on 04/12/2017, number: 11093288

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

West View Project
Miers Avenue
Hartlepool
TS24 9JQ

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE 'OBJECTS')ARE TO EDUCATE AND ASSIST YOUNG PERSONS THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT TO PROVIDE IN HARTLEPOOL A CENTRE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES, CLASSES AND OTHER FORMS OF LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PERSONS.

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