Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 4

CHOICES YOUTH SUPPORT

Choices youth support provides a range of development programmes to equip young people to become the best they can be and for children to have the best start in life. To help young people, especially but not exclusively through leisure time activities, so as to develop their capabilities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society.

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Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Financial issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£15,000	£14,726	£274	6
31/03/22	£20,500	£19,185	£1,315	5
31/03/21	£24,412	£19,972	£4,440	21

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

choicesysg@outlook.com

07798657480

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
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

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	£20,000
Bolton CVS	£4,850
Crowdfunder	£2,625

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£10,000	30/09/2022	Weston Youth Grant
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£2,625	05/05/2022	Covid response
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£10,000	29/10/2021	Weston Youth Grant
Bolton CVS - Grant to Choices Youth Support Group
£4,850	12/03/2021	Provide training and development opportunities for young parent volunteers in local communities enhance their life chances.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

NOELEEN BAILEY Appointed: 2020

ROSHEEN OBYRNE (Chair) Appointed: 2020

DANIELLE HARWOOD Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/06/2020, number: 1189783

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

6 Rayleigh Close
Radcliffe
MANCHESTER
M26 1RL

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1) TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 19 LIVING IN GREATER MANCHESTER BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: (A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES, AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION. (C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT. (D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. 2) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 19 LIVING IN GREATER MANCHESTER BY THE PROVISION OF HEALTHY LIVING PROGRAMMES AND SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY SERVICES DESIGNED TO HELP REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE NEGATIVE IMPACT IT CAN HAVE ON THEIR LIFE CHANCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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