Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 13
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

THE CENTRE FOR YOUTH IMPACT 

The Centre for Youth Impact is committed to working collaboratively to progress thinking and practice in impact measurement and quality improvement in youth work and provision for young people. Our vision is for all young people to have access to high quality programmes and services that improve their life chances.
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Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Established: 6 years

http://www.youthimpact.uk/

companysecretary@ymcageorgewilliams.uk

0207 046 9400

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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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
31/03/22£857£839£18£1£522£4626.6110
31/03/21£813£677£136£19£382£228490
31/03/20£905£800£105£41£246£1662.5100
31/03/19£745£604£141£42£141£370.770
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 20%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 27%
Liabilities/Income: 22%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 89%
Reserves/Spending: 6.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 3.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Who works here?
  • 11 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
DCMS£388,586
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£190,000
Esmee Fairbairn£105,000
Dulverton Trust£40,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Dulverton Trust - Youth Infrastructure Collaborative: building a healthy data ecosystem in the youth sector
£40,000 08/06/2022
Youth Infrastructure Collaborative: building a healthy data ecosystem in the youth sector
DCMS - Centre for Youth Impact core funding
£300,000 31/03/2022
Funding the Centre for Youth Impact to extend a sustainable, robust and free-to-access evidence and evaluation support offer to all those working with and for young people.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Centre for Youth Impact
£60,000 21/09/2021
9
Towards unrestricted core costs to help deliver Quality Matters - building infrastructure, training and advocacy to help deliver consistent and effective continuous quality improvement across the ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Youth Sector Infrastructure Collective
£60,000 19/07/2021
The Centre for Youth Impact is a community of UK organisations that work together to progress thinking and practice around impact measurement in youth work and services for young people. This grant ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding: Make Your Mark
£60,000 09/06/2021
20
The Centre for Youth Impact is a community of organisations that work together to progress thinking and practice around impact measurement in youth work and services for young people. This grant ....more
DCMS - Centre for Youth Impact
£88,586 01/04/2021
To share, robust and accessible tools and frameworks for evaluation within the youth sector. To improve analysis within the sector of evaluation and evidence needs. To provide training and workforce ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£50,000 24/06/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Centre for Youth Impact
£25,000 19/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Centre for Youth Impact
£20,000 17/04/2020
9
Towards a programme of support for the youth sector on delivering quality programmes and light-touch data collection during the COVID 19 crisis
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 16/04/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
DCMS - Centre for Youth Impact
£100,000 01/04/2019
To embed the use of evidence and increase understanding of impact measurement across the youth sector
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Transition of Project Oracle into the Centre for Youth Impact
£40,000 29/08/2018
1
Support for the transition for Project Oracle to become part of the Centre for Youth Impact.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Centre for Youth Impact
£25,000 23/07/2018
12
Towards a project to produce a common outcomes framework for 10 Local Cultural Education Partnerships in the North West, and sharing that framework with other LCEPs
National Lottery Community Fund - Talent Match Mentoring Research Project
£30,000 18/04/2018
11
Talent Match Mentoring Research Project
DCMS - Centre for Youth Impact
£150,000 01/04/2018
Supporting CYI's leadership of the youth sector in developing greater evidence of impact and understanding of outcomes
National Lottery Community Fund - YPQI Pilot: building continuous quality improvement in youth provision
£612,881 21/03/2018
48
The Centre for Youth Impact will lead a three year test and learn project for a ground-breaking quality improvement initiative with the youth sector across the UK. This pilot project will test the ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Backbone grants 2017/18 - supporting a thriving civil society
£250,000 14/12/2017
60
The Centre for Youth Impact supports all those involved in the design, delivery, funding and evaluation of provision for young people to understand and improve the impact of their work. The Centre ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Centre for Youth Impact
£150,000 21/11/2017
36
Towards the salary of Director and Head of Networks to support a community of youth work organisations to progress thinking and practice around impact measurement, ultimately improving outcomes for ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Centre for Youth Impact
£25,000 13/09/2017
12
Towards a second arts cohort of the Impact Pioneers programme, improving the way arts organisations understand and collect evidence for their impact on children and young people.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Developing a partnership between the Centre and the funding community
£40,000 18/05/2017
12
The Centre for Youth Impact is a community of organisations working together to progress thinking and practice around impact measurement in work with young people. This grant will support the ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Centre for Youth Impact
£10,000 08/08/2016
12
Towards a grant for the Centre for Youth Impact to conduct scoping of the current social investment capacity within the youth sector.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 45-60
  • DEVINA PAUL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Financial Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/04/2018, number: 1178148
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/02/2017, number: 10640742
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from PROJECT ORACLE EVIDENCE HUB on 28/09/2019
Main office

10-11 Charterhouse Square
LONDON
EC1M 6EH

Objectives

1. THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES PROVIDING SERVICES FOR CHILDREN OR YOUNG PERSONS AND THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY YOUTH SECTOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY: - SUPPORTING COACHING, TRAINING AND SHARED LEARNING;- IDENTIFYING GAPS IN SERVICES FOR CHILDREN OR YOUNG PEOPLE AND ESTABLISHING PROJECTS TO ADDRESS THEM;- INCREASING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF YOUTH SERVICE PROVISION AMONG SERVICE PROVIDERS AND SECTOR PROFESSIONALS.THE DEFINITION OF ‘VOLUNTARY’ IS INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE PRACTICE, DELIVERY, IMPACT AND EVALUATION OF YOUTH SERVICES, PROVIDED THE USEFUL RESULTS OF RESEARCH ARE DISSEMINATED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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