Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

N-GAGE

WE OWN ONE MOBILE YOUTH VEHICLE. RUN A YOUTH CENTRE .WE WORK IN SCHOOLS WITH PUPILS WHO ARE FACING CHALLENGES OR AT RISK OF EXCLUSION. WE PROVIDE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING PLAY SCHEMES AND ACTIVITIY WEEKS IN SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. WE OFFER RESIDENTIALS AND DAYS OUT FOR YP TO EXPERIENCE NEW ACTIVITES. AND RUN AND ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY.
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/12/23£300£266£34n/a
31/12/22£291£250£42n/a
31/12/21£170£173£-3n/a
31/12/20£218£148£69n/a
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 29%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Established: 5 years

n-gage.org.uk

admin@n-gage.org.uk

07908 735 359

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Trafford Housing Trust Social Investment£25,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
BBC Children in Need£2,500
Southway Housing Trust£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Trafford Housing Trust Social Investment - N-Gage Trafford
£25,000 18/05/2022
supporting children and young people at risk of educational exclusion. This includes both fixed and permanent exclusion.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 18/03/2022
N-Gage Catalyst Youth Work
BBC Children in Need - Grant to N-gage Project
£2,500 17/06/2020
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COVID19 - This grant will fund activity packs for children and young people impacted by local deprivation and isolation from the Covid-19 lockdown. It will increase their sense of pride and physical and emotional health.
Southway Housing Trust - Catalyst Youth Work
£2,500 05/01/2020
Additional funding for the youth bus
Southway Housing Trust - Catalyst Youth Work
£2,500 21/10/2019
Towards the cost of a youth bus to encourage young people from the local area to engage in positive activities

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALISTAIR PAUL CHAMBERLAIN Appointed: 2020
  • CLIVE NICHOLAS SEARLE Appointed: 2024
  • CLIFFORD ALEXANDER MCCONKEY Appointed: 2024
  • GRAHAM WINNING RUSSELL (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • POLLY MCALLESTER Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/09/2019, number: 1185170
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 06/22/2018, current status: Small charity
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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
4 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from N-GAGE on 08/04/2022
Main office

N-Gage HQ
Suite 1.11
Parkway House
Palatine Road
Northenden
Manchest

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING ACROSS THE UK BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMS OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND ABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY ASINDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
Charizone

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