Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
    • Overall weighted support: +5
    Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

    SUPPORT FUTURES

    The organisation will provide activities, including sport, recreation and leisure time activities, programmesof physical, educational and other activities and advice, assistance and support as a way of relieving theunemployment of the beneficiary class in the Area of Benefit.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers including the Government recently

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
    • 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
    05/04/23*£93£105£-12n/a
    05/04/22£31£13£17n/a
    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 4 years

    www.supportfutures.org.uk

    milroy666@aol.com

    07802479276

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Amateur Sport
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Community sports activities
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England And Wales,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • The General Public/Mankind

    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
    National Lottery Community Fund£18,470
    National Lottery Heritage Fund£9,250
    Sport England£8,070
    The Clothworkers Foundation£4,900
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Support Futures
    £4,900 13/12/2023
    Purchase of computers for a charity which works with unemployed young people living in deprivation in the West Midlands
    National Lottery Community Fund - MH – Support Futures Holiday activities
    £8,610 28/07/2023
    The funding will be used to provide an additional 80 hours of youth activities over a ten week period starting in the summer holidays. The project aims to mitigate the risk of negative influences and reduce anti-social behaviour.
    Sport England - Jubilee Fund - The Wolverhampton Young Cricket League
    £8,070 15/03/2022
    The project will run a cricket mini-league/tournament that will give young people aged 16-21 from disadvantaged areas of inner city Wolverhampton the opportunity to play cricket and support all players who want to progress into local clubs.
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Support Futures
    £9,250 24/01/2022
    A History of Boxing in the Black Country
    National Lottery Community Fund - Employability through Mentoring and Fitness
    £9,860 19/11/2021
    The funding will be used to stage a series of fitness and mentoring sessions for young people who are not in employment or training. The project aims to improve their skills confidence and employability.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (7)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    • MARK BLOOMER Appointed: 2021
    • NIALL DEAN FARRELL (Chair) Appointed: 2021
    • RICHARD GHENT Appointed: 2021
    • SARAH LOUISE FOSTER Appointed: 2021
    • TIMOTHY JAMES PLUMBE Appointed: 2021
    • KRISTIN DOUGLAS Appointed: 2022
    • MICHAEL JONES Appointed: 2022
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/03/2021, number: 1193942
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    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
    • Investment
    • 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
    2 returns made; AR23: 140 days late,
    Main office

    1 CATHOLIC LANE
    DUDLEY
    DY3 3UE

    Objectives

    THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 30 LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OFPHYSICAL, 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 EDUCATIONC) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE NTERESTS 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

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