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Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

NORTH AVENUE YOUTH CENTRE

North Avenue Youth Centre is a youth centre in Chelmsford currently operating out of the United Reformed Church, North Avenue, Chelmsford. The centre, mainly but not exclusively, draws young people from the Melbourne estate and surrounding areas. It provides a full range of youth activities and programmes to enable the young people to reach their full potential as individuals.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
  • 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
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£91£93£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£60£69£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£70£62£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£79£79£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£79£79£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£80£75£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£50£44£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£42£25£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£12£17£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£30£28£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£36£36£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12*£32£34£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11*£28£34£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£40£41£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£36£36£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

https://northavenueyouthcentre.co.uk/

admin@northavenueyouthcentre.co.uk

01245351022

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex,
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
Essex Community Foundation£80,800
Postcode Places Trust£19,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - North Avenue Youth Centre
£29,000 22/02/2024
to help with the core costs of a youth centre working with young people at risk of criminal behaviours in Chelmsford, over three years
Postcode Places Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£19,500 01/11/2023
Funding sustained safe and fun youth work for young people, facing daily challenges in the community, with adults they trust and respect.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to North Avenue Youth Centre
£10,300 09/03/2023
towards the core costs of a youth centre working with young people at risk of criminal behaviours in Chelmsford
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to North Avenue Youth Centre
£1,500 14/02/2023
to provide an uplift in funding for the core costs of the organisation through the cost-of-living crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to North Avenue Youth Centre
£15,000 03/02/2022
towards the core costs of a youth centre working with young people at risk of criminal behaviours in Chelmsford
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to North Avenue Youth Centre
£15,000 13/04/2021
towards the operational costs of a youth group in the Melbourne area of Chelmsford
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 19/03/2021
Application for Revenue Costs
Essex Community Foundation - North Avenue Youth Centre
£10,000 06/02/2020
11
Towards the operational costs of a youth group in the Melbourne area of Chelmsford
Essex Community Foundation - Core Costs
£12,500 21/03/2019
11
Towards the operational costs of a youth group in the Melbourne area of Chelmsford
Essex Community Foundation - Core Funding for North Avenue Youth Centre
£5,000 07/02/2018
11
Ongoing costs of a youth centre for 8 to 16 year olds in the Melbourne area of Chelmsford
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 28/11/2017
Core costs
Essex Community Foundation - Community awareness and Physical Activities sessions, and Equipment
£5,000 08/05/2017
8
Towards the costs to run additional sessions for two terms at a youth club on the Melbourne Estate in Chelmsford
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • JANE ELIZABETH HUMPHREYS Appointed: 2021
  • JANET BARR CASSELS Appointed: 2021
  • MARTIN DENIS SOLDER Appointed: 2021
  • PETER RICHARD BARDWELL (Chair) Appointed: 2021
  • PROFESSOR GRAHAM HANDSCOMB Appointed: 2022
  • REBECCA MABEY Appointed: 2021
  • TREVOR ANDREWS Appointed: 2021
  • YVONNE SPENCE Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/12/2021, number: 1197085
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR12: 19 days late, AR11: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from NORTH AVENUE YOUTH CENTRE on 15/12/2023
Main office

North Avenue Christian Centre
North Avenue
CHELMSFORD
CM1 2AL

Objectives

TO HELP BOYS AND GIRLS (AGED 8-25) THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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