Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted 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 several prominent grant makers 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£48£31£17n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

https://www.horizon-yca.com

info@horizon-yca.com

07951364436

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UN SDGs
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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 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.

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 benefits online book GP appointments vaccinations order ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

  • 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
  • THEOPHILUS KOJO BINEY 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.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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