Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

HORIZON YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ACTION

We organise and deliver Health and Well-being activities and programmes for the elderly and old people. This includes presentations by health care professionals, organising physical activities, health checks, advice and information sessions as well as promoting and raising health awareness to diseases prevalent in our community.We organise social action activities for children and young people.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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 ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£47,948	£31,101	£16,847	10

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 2 years

https://www.horizon-yca.com

info@horizon-yca.com

07951364436

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Secondary schools

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Horizon Youth and Community Action
£35,000	12/10/2022	This grant will empower Black children and young people from Harrow to deliver Social Action in their community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Intergenerational basic Digital (IT) education
£7,070	13/05/2022	This project will support intergenerational basic digital IT education to help beneficiaries with IT skills to gain skills and be able to navigate government websites complete application for ....more This project will support intergenerational basic digital IT education to help beneficiaries with IT skills to gain skills and be able to navigate government websites complete application for benefits online book GP appointments vaccinations order repeat prescription and shop online. It will benefit people over 60 from African community who have little or no IT skills.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

THEOPHILUS KOJO BINEY Appointed: 2022

ABIGAIL HENRIETTA ADDY Appointed: 2022

DR SALLY-ANN OFORI Appointed: 2022

FREDRICK KOBINA ESSIENYI Appointed: 2022

MARILYN ENO DUROWA FRIMPONG (Chair) Appointed: 2022

NATHAN OFORI Appointed: 2022

REV JACOB OWUSU KYEI-BAFFOUR Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/03/2022, number: 1198119

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

7 CARMELITE WALK
Harrow Weald
Harrow
HA3 5NQ
HA3 5NQ

Objectives

THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PEOPLE LIVING IN HARROW AND OTHER LONDON BOROUGHS”1. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR ETHNIC MINORITY YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 30 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 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.2. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.”3. TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF AFRICAN PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED, BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT, WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THOSE AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) BY WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, PUBLIC HEALTH, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND LOCAL AGENCIES TO PROVIDE ADVICE, INFORMATION, GUIDANCE AND ACCESS TO:A)GOOD HEALTH SERVICES;B)TRAINING, APPRENTICESHIP AND EMPLOYMENT;C)LEGAL AID;D)TRANSPORT SERVICES TO AND FROM RECREATIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICES;E)FINANCIAL AID AND GRANTS DUE TO ISOLATION AND SHIELDING;F)TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AT HOME TO ENABLE THEM TO ACCESS THE INTERNET.

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