Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 5
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

YOUNG WOMEN'S HUB 

The Young Women's Hub is an independent school and charity which supports vulnerable young women 11-16 by providing a safe, nurturing environment in which they are able to access education,vocational program's, mentoring and family support to help them develop their independent life skills, maintain healthy relationship's and provide post 16 advice and support.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 37 years

www.ywh.org.uk

info@YWH.org.uk

0208 698 6675

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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
31/03/22£217£255£-38n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£255£205£50n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£223£239£-16n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/19£199£202£-3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18*£232£225£7£0£0£0n/a01
31/03/17£215£231£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£227£203£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£197£160£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£155£153£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£132£146£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£151£144£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£120£125£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£122£136£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£140£122£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£105£98£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£149£164£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£162£181£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£156£181£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£279£256£23£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lewisham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Young Women's Hub
£41,000 08/04/2021
towards core salary of a Student and Family Wellbeing Worker as outlined in your application
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£40,000 04/09/2020
"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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Young Women's Hub
£10,140 28/05/2020
A grant of £10,140 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Lewisham Young Women's Resource Project
£60,600 08/12/2016
24
towards two years' running costs of a project that provides support and educational activities to disadvantaged girls and young women in the London Borough of Lewisham

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 30-52
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/01/1987, number: 296013
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/06/1995, number: 03070807
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR18: 43 days late, AR16: 25 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 52 days late, AR12: 22 days late,
Main office

308 BROWNHILL ROAD
LONDON
SE6 1AU

Objectives

I. TO HELP AND EDUCATE YOUNG WOMEN, AGED 14-25, IN THE BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM, THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURTY AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED. II. TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN YOUNG WOMEN, AGED 14-25, IN THE BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM, WHO THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED AND ARE UNABLE TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT AND FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LEWISHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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