Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Static board: -3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 3

SANDWELL YOUTH IN ACTION

Sandwell Youth in Action (SYIA) is a local organisation of young people who work to support disadvantaged young people from the most deprived wards of Sandwell and neighbourhoods of Birmingham. The organisation aims to give these young people equal opportunities in life regardless of personal circumstances.

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Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending since inception
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
The Board composition appears to be rather static

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	£127,040	£136,560	£-9,520	6
31/03/22	£75,200	£63,496	£11,704	6
31/03/21	£77,050	£52,575	£24,475	7
31/03/20	£29,315	£23,097	£6,218	7

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.syia.org.uk

sandwellyouthinaction@gmail.com

01215652612

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social youth organisations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£60,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£18,235
Sport England	£17,315
Heart Of England Community Foundation	£7,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£4,090
Tudor Trust	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Young People throughout the Cost-of-living Crisis
£10,000	15/09/2023	The funding will be used to offer support to young BME people who are not in education or employment. The project aims to offer advice and signpost young people who are in need of support due to the ....more The funding will be used to offer support to young BME people who are not in education or employment. The project aims to offer advice and signpost young people who are in need of support due to the cost-of-living crisis.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£500	24/03/2023	Core costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£30,000	16/09/2022	Weston Youth Grant
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Connecting Communities in Smethwick Using Sport as a Tool to
£5,690	18/07/2022	This 8 month project will enable 30 young people from different cultural backgrounds, who are disengaged and hard to reach, to become active in weekly multi-sport and physical activities with the ....more This 8 month project will enable 30 young people from different cultural backgrounds, who are disengaged and hard to reach, to become active in weekly multi-sport and physical activities with the intention for the participants to enter into a league after their development. The sessions will include; tennis, volleyball, basketball, badminton, running and physical exercise sport and will be conducted by trained coaches from the area, the sessions will also be used to develop a community. The project aims to have an impact on physical health and wellbeing, build social connections, provide healthy alternatives to anti-social behaviour.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£30,000	29/10/2021	Weston Youth Grant
Heart Of England Community Foundation - JOB SKILLS TRAINING TO REDUCE HOUSEHOLD POVERTY
£2,000	15/09/2021	To provide a support service for up to 25 unemployed young mothers, most of whom lost their jobs due to the pandemic.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Sandwell Youth in Action
£2,000	11/03/2021	as a staff grant towards the core costs of a charity in Smethwick working to support local young people
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Sandwell Youth in Action
£5,000	04/02/2021	In order to support vulnerable young people on a low income who have tested positive for COVID 19 or have been in contact with the virus and so are having to self isolate
Sport England - TGC CF Empowering Refugee Girls through Sport and Physical Activities
£5,000	25/11/2020 11	This project will run a Multi-Sport Club for 30 girls 16+ who are from BAME communities.
Sport England - Half Term Sport and Physical Activity Sport
£6,625	19/08/2020 11	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Half Term Sport and Physical Activity Sport. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger ....more Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Half Term Sport and Physical Activity Sport. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Sandwell Youth in Action
£4,090	19/06/2020	COVID19 : Purchase IT equipment for a charity that supports disadvantaged young people in West Midlands
National Lottery Community Fund - Friday Evening Youth Club
£8,235	17/10/2019 12	The funding will be used to run a weekly youth club which will provide career support services, community events and social engagement evenings. The project aims to reduce anti-social behaviour ....more The funding will be used to run a weekly youth club which will provide career support services, community events and social engagement evenings. The project aims to reduce anti-social behaviour through positive activities.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

SAMBA KATANDA SK Appointed: 2018

ZUBEDA IBRAHIMU Z.I. Appointed: 2018

ZINO KASHINDI (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: AFRICAN WOMEN IMPACT UK CIO,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/04/2019, number: 1182971

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
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

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

1ST FLOOR
130 CAPE HILL
SMETHWICK
WEST MIDLANDS
B66 4PH

Objectives

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF BME YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BME YOUNG PEOPLE, LIVING IN SANDWELL AND THE WEST MIDLANDS THROUGH:A)THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE 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 INDIVIDUALS.

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