Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 11

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Only 4 Trustees: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 8

CREATIVE OPPS CIO

Creative Opps CIO gives disadvantaged young people aged 6-30 access to knowledge, learning opportunities and experience. We provide support and activities to develop their skills, capacities and capabilities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

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 including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
There are only 4 trustees

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
31/08/23	£85,265	£56,277	£28,988	14
31/08/22	£10,170	£9,764	£406	0
31/08/21	£0	£0	£0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

http://creativeopps.org/

contact@creativeopps.org

07952701641

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Social youth organisations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
14 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

The Blagrave Trust	£87,066
ZING	£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,987
Woodward Charitable Trust	£600

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£600	31/10/2023	Core costs
The Blagrave Trust - Work with young people
£31,066	30/09/2023	Creative Opps CIO
The Blagrave Trust - The Listening Fund Grassroots Fund
£26,000	31/08/2023	Creative Opps CIO
The Blagrave Trust - Work with young people
£30,000	25/10/2022	Support to estblish a cooperative membership model with young people
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Opps Mentoring
£9,987	21/10/2022	This project will launch a mentoring programme for young people aged 16-25 where it will match 15 young people with mentors to support them for six months. Mentors will act as role models providing ....more This project will launch a mentoring programme for young people aged 16-25 where it will match 15 young people with mentors to support them for six months. Mentors will act as role models providing one to one support career guidance feedback and further opportunities.
ZING - Supporting the delivery of work placement and mentoring programmes, with a three-year goal of becoming a self-sustaining trading entity.
£20,000	01/10/2022 36	Creative Opps gives young people access to the tools, networks, and experience that they need to independently achieve their ambitions. They deliver user-led programmes, designed by and for young ....more Creative Opps gives young people access to the tools, networks, and experience that they need to independently achieve their ambitions. They deliver user-led programmes, designed by and for young people, to support members in creating positive change for themselves and their communities. Whether this be through mentoring, work experience, or social action, they work to unlock potential and make a lasting impact on a young person’s life. Over the next three years, they plan to deliver three core programmes, each designed to support young people to create positive change for themselves and their communities, and allow Creative Opportunities to build a self-sustaining trading entity. These are: paid work placements, mentoring and cooperative membership. ZING's funding will be primarily toward the support of work placement and mentoring.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

EDI WHITEHEAD Appointed: 2022

EMER MARY MORRIS Appointed: 2020

JOSHUA SHAUL DAVID PUGH Appointed: 2020

LUCY ROLINGTON Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/08/2020, number: 1190916

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

Creative Opps CIO
MILDMAY COMMUNITY CENTRE
WOODVILLE ROAD
LONDON
N16 8NA

Objectives

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 6-30, WITH A FOCUS ON YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY AND/OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, THROUGH:(A) FACILITATING THEIR ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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