Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

YWCA ENGLAND & WALES 

Young Women's Trust supports and represents women aged 18 to 30 trapped by low or no pay and facing a lifetime of poverty. The Charity provides services and runs campaigns to make sure that the talents of young women don't go to waste.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 27 years
(109 years as a company)

www.youngwomenstrust.org

info@youngwomenstrust.org

02078372019

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,343£2,205£-862£572£17,217£2,36712.923150
31/03/22£1,471£2,327£-856£616£19,545£2,5181327150
31/03/21£1,639£2,548£-909£487£19,502£2,55912.130120
31/03/20£1,440£1,979£-539£353£17,455£2,57715.629150
31/03/19£1,320£1,776£-456£363£19,782£2,76818.721150
31/03/18£1,142£3,213£-2,071£327£19,601£3,19711.9220
31/03/17£1,178£1,778£-600£292£21,513£5,23935.4200
31/03/16£1,016£1,949£-933£274£19,555£3,06418.9190
31/03/15£1,092£1,849£-757£375£23,210£1,70111150
31/03/14£2,092£4,797£-2,705£367£22,455£2,4236.1580
31/03/13£3,384£6,354£-2,970£794£23,935£2,3014.3850
31/03/12£4,780£7,222£-2,442£221£24,097£2,6314.41170
31/03/11£4,848£6,843£-1,995£253£26,890£3,9086.91350
31/03/10£4,772£7,093£-2,321£291£27,533£5,5489.41390
31/03/09*£5,513£6,837£-1,324£366£23,844£5,73910.11340
31/03/08£4,990£6,988£-1,998£384£3,162£5070.91330
31/03/07£5,478£7,517£-2,039£1,292£35,354£4,5947.31960
31/03/06£6,299£8,612£-2,313£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£6,976£9,344£-2,368£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£9,416£9,197£219£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 66.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 28.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 15%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 14%
Reserves/Spending: 12.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 23 employees
  • 150 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
Comic Relief£295,250
DCMS£226,171
City Bridge Trust£181,800
The Blagrave Trust£90,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£80,000
BBC Children in Need£68,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Dulverton Trust£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Shears Foundation - Young women's trust
£5,500 12/01/2023
Work It Out in Manchester
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Young Women's Trust
£71,800 30/05/2022
£71,800 for a further two and final years (£35,000, £36,800) towards the project running costs for Work It Out in London.
The Shears Foundation - Young Women's Trust
£5,000 26/01/2022
Work It Out in Manchester
The Blagrave Trust - Policy and campaigning
£90,000 16/03/2021
To support the continued development of their young person-led work, particularly around policy and influencing.
The Berkeley Foundation - Focus group attendance donation
£100 15/03/2021
Unrestricted donation to a charity in thanks for attending a focus group session
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 09/12/2020
12
The Young Women’s Trust supports young women in England and Wales facing poverty due to unemployment or low paid work. Young women are at the centre of the charity’s work from leading and ....more
Dulverton Trust - Covid-19 fund for vulnerable young women
£20,000 21/10/2020
Covid-19 fund for vulnerable young women
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£39,963 05/10/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£186,208 28/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to YWCA England and Wales t/a Young Women's Trust
£68,000 27/07/2020
Covid19 - This grant will fund coaching and employment support sessions for young women affected by a range of disadvantages. The activities will improve confidence, entry to employment and improve ....more
Comic Relief - Young Women's Trust Recovery Funding
£40,000 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Young Women's Trust
£10,000 11/06/2020
£10,000.00 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 05/06/2020
Work It Out Outreach Programme
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Work it Out Outreach Programme
£60,000 27/03/2020
Young Women's Trust is a feminist organisation working to achieve economic justice for young women. This grant provides follow-on funding to develop an outreach programme to support young women ....more
Comic Relief - A National Movement of Equality for Young Women and Work
£255,250 03/07/2019
36
The Young Women's Trust across three years will form a national (UK) movement of young women (18-30 years old) who will tackle the barriers facing young women in accessing, sustaining and progressing ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to YWCA England & Wales
£100,000 09/05/2019
36
£100,000 over three years (£34,000; £33,000; £33,000) towards the project running costs for Work It Out in London.
John Ellerman Foundation - cost of their Advisory Panel programme
£75,000 28/03/2019
36
Towards the costs of expanding their Advisory Panel of young women and increase their involvement in the Trust's advocacy and influencing work
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 05/12/2018
Work It Out
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Capacity building to support expansion
£60,000 26/02/2018
24
The Young Women’s Trust (YWT) supports young women in England and Wales facing poverty due to unemployment or low paid work. By 2020, YWT expects to support 3,000 young women a year. To support the ....more
The Blagrave Trust - Policy and campaigns work
£135,000 21/11/2017
Low income young women
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 24/07/2017
Work It Out
Dulverton Trust - Work It Out Coaching Service
£50,000 14/06/2017
Work It Out Coaching Service
Dulverton Trust - 'Work it Out' coaching service
£20,000 11/02/2016
'Work it Out' coaching service
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Understanding economic inactivity among young women.
£45,000 24/10/2015
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To build learning around economic inactivity among young women and use this learning to influence policy change.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Scarred for life? Public Inquiry into effects of being NEET
£20,500 28/05/2014
Scarred for life? Public Inquiry into effects of being NEET
National Lottery Community Fund - Platform 51 SHINE (Self esteem, Happiness, Inclusion, Knowledge, Education)
£73,503 15/08/2012
36
This project will engage hard to reach BME women who are isolated and live in areas of high deprivation and explore original ways of developing their confidence and communication skills so they can ....more
Samworth Foundation - Women & Violence
£55,457 01/05/2011
To fund the learning zone project; to start supporting girls and young women ex-offenders after their releases from prison
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 26-73
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/12/1996, number: 217868
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/07/1914, number: 00137113
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR09: 26 days late,
Main office

Unit 1.01
Wenlock Studios
50-52 Wharf Road
London

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF YWCA ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IN FURTHERANCE OF THOSE OBJECTS:3.1 TO ELIMINATE ALL FORMS OF DISADVANTAGE EXPERIENCED BY YOUNG WOMEN;3.2 TO ENCOURAGE THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT; AND3.3 TO PROMOTE LEADERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY BY YOUNG WOMEN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND AND/OR WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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