Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 15

SAMSONS ACADEMY

We work with young people who are Not in Education, Employment or Training, young people who are involved in gang related crime, knife crime and county-lines. Young/Older adults who consider themselves to be socially isolated, those with substance misuse and alcohol dependency. All people who have a learning disability or mental health illness or impairment and sexual exploitation or being groomed

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending since inception
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and 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
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 4 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£152,313	£146,838	£5,475	5
31/03/22	*	£91,785	£123,727	£-31,942	10
31/03/21		£73,650	£51,537	£22,113	15
31/03/20	*	£57,000	£52,797	£4,203	4

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

samsons-academy.org

info@samsons-academy.org

07494336395

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Recreation
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Bedford, Buckinghamshire, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Kirklees, Luton, Milton Keynes, Northamptonshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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	£141,345
Harpur Trust	£48,256
Garfield Weston Foundation	£20,000
Sport England	£10,000
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation	£5,380

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Expansion and provision for the existing Band of Brothers Mental Health and Wellbeing project, which creates safe spaces for men to learn about better mental wellbeing around boxing training, and works in suicide prevention for vulnerable men.
£5,380	29/11/2022	Band of Brothers Mental Health
National Lottery Community Fund - Each One Teach One
£122,540	25/08/2022	This funding will be used to deliver a suite of early intervention programmes for young people in Bedford. The programmes will seek to engage vulnerable and disaffected individuals and offer them ....more This funding will be used to deliver a suite of early intervention programmes for young people in Bedford. The programmes will seek to engage vulnerable and disaffected individuals and offer them opportunities to gain skills and training to sustain employment or training reduce antisocial behaviour and become more resilient to life challenges and transitions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stand Together
£9,485	01/07/2022	The funding will be used to provide fitness sessions for local people specifically those community members who have self isolated during the pandemic. The project aims to improve fitness wellbeing ....more The funding will be used to provide fitness sessions for local people specifically those community members who have self isolated during the pandemic. The project aims to improve fitness wellbeing and the development of social ties.
Harpur Trust - Grant to Samsons Academy
£42,740	07/12/2021	COMMUNITY OUTREACH CO-ORDINATOR
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	16/07/2021	Strengthening the heart of Bedford
Harpur Trust - Samsons Academy
£5,516	08/06/2021	Counselling for young men: Its OK Not To Be OK
National Lottery Community Fund - AllSorts (Because it takes all sorts to make a community)
£9,320	13/11/2020 6	The funding will be used to deliver boxing Muay Thai and well-being sessions for community individuals including BAME and LGBT communities who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The project ....more The funding will be used to deliver boxing Muay Thai and well-being sessions for community individuals including BAME and LGBT communities who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The project aims to decrease social isolation and increase wellbeing.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£10,000	17/09/2020 4	Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport and Physical Activity

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

ARATHE AGHERA Appointed: 2020

ASHLEY NAHAR Appointed: 2019

DR LIANA VALERIO Appointed: 2021

GUY MOLITERNO Appointed: 2023

KAREN DUBARRY Appointed: 2023

MARGARET ANNE CONSTABLE Appointed: 2020

MELANIE STRATTON Appointed: 2021

YUSUF PICKSTOCK Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/02/2019, number: 1181882

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

4 returns made; AR22: 136 days late, AR20: 11 days late,

Main office

SAMSONS ACADEMY CHARITY
UNIT 1
1 SHUTTLEWORTH ROAD
ELMS FARM INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
BEDFORD
MK41 0HS

Objectives

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE 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 INDIVIDUALSTO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BEDFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTSTO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ÆSOCIALLY EXCLUDEDÆ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER REASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY)TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BEDFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANT.

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