Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 16
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

HOUNSLOW ACTION FOR YOUTH ASSOCIATION 

Hounslow Action for Youth Association (HAY) is a charity dedicated to helping vulnerable children and young people reach their full potential. It also aims to help the local community come together in a safe, caring environment.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£304£313£-9n/an/an/an/an/a150
31/03/22£212£287£-75n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/21£374£323£51n/an/an/an/an/a300
31/03/20£316£321£-5n/an/an/an/an/a300
31/03/19£304£390£-86n/an/an/an/an/a300
31/03/18£490£621£-131£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£477£657£-180£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£460£668£-208£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£511£662£-151£11£1,118£2795.1170
31/03/14£460£686£-226£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£540£583£-43£8£1,494£3346.9170
31/03/12£509£603£-94£7£1,537£3116.2140
31/03/11£650£553£97£12£1,631£4279.3140
31/03/10£599£566£33£9£1,534£3617.6150
31/03/09£596£562£34£12£1,501£2886.170
31/03/08£456£404£53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£490£414£75£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£400£450£-50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£809£313£497£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£615£247£368£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 37 years

www.hayonline.org

debbie.hughes@hayonline.org

07843389673

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hounslow,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of 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
Henry Smith Charity£323,200
National Lottery Community Fund£239,050
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£210,000
London Borough of Hounslow£39,460
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
DCMS£10,000
Thrive LDN£8,225
City Bridge Trust£7,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Supporting the development of a heritage-centred asset-based approach to empowering young people from racialised communities
£150,000 27/11/2023
Hounslow Action for Youth supports children and young people experiencing disadvantage in Hounslow. This grant will support the organisation to deliver its Botanical Heritage and Youth Envision ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Thrive & Provide Volunteers
£9,250 22/09/2023
The funding will be used to develop a volunteer wellbeing and training database. The project aims to enhance the organisations volunteer training and support programmes to deliver a higher quality ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hounslow Action for Youth
£73,200 17/05/2022
24
towards two years' salary of a Development Manager and two Specialist Key Workers, at a project providing support for children with learning and behavioural difficulties, and their families, in the ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 22/04/2022
Youth Bonds
National Lottery Community Fund - Re-engage
£9,800 04/02/2022
The funding will support children affected by the pandemic whose speech and social skills have regressed including selective mutism and support to their families. The project will offer support to ....more
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hounslow Action for Youth
£15,500 22/12/2021
Award-winning writers deliver writing workshops and mentoring for socially excluded and vulnerable young women improving mental health and skills.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hounslow Action for Youth
£180,000 23/09/2021
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of the Director and Deputy Director of the Youth Bonds Project, providing support for disadvantaged young people in the London Borough of ....more
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Hounslow Action for Youth Association
£5,000 23/09/2021
Youth Bonds
National Lottery Community Fund - HAY Core Funding
£210,000 01/03/2021
36
The project is using funding to support their young people and family projects volunteer recruitment and training programmes. These services support disadvantaged and vulnerable young people in ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 22/09/2020
"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
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hounslow Action for Youth Association
£10,000 23/07/2020
7
Supporting families through digital youth-work, telephone assistance and the physical delivery of customised family activities.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hounslow Action For Youth Association
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund daily support sessions for children and young people living in deprived areas who are isolated at home due to Covid-19, and help them improve their emotional wellbeing ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£15,000 22/05/2020
Core Funding
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Hounslow Action for Youth Association
£7,600 04/05/2020
A grant of £7,600 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Thrive LDN - Youth Bonds
£8,225 16/03/2020
12
Coordinate preventative services. This project provides a vital services that works in partnership with statutory, community, and business sectors
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Youth Mentor Project
£10,000 04/02/2020
11
The funding will be used to hire a volunteer coordinator who will support young people who need personalised support. The project aims to help young people reach their potential.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hounslow Action for Youth
£13,000 11/11/2019
13
The project will recruit, train and develop volunteers to provide support to young people with behavioural, learning difficulties, emotional difficulties, and complex needs. The funding will ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hounslow Action for Youth
£70,000 11/09/2019
24
towards two years' salary of the Senior Project Manager at the Youth Bonds Project, providing support to young people with behavioural, learning and mental health difficulties in the London Borough ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Mash-up Memoir: Creative writing for at-risk young women
£60,000 08/07/2019
24
To develop creative writing workshops to support young women at risk of gang involvement and sexual exploitation in Hounslow.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hounslow Action for Youth
£960 10/06/2019
1
After last years success of the YP art project the YP want to build on this and develop it more including having more performaces. Run a range of workshops including spoken word and perform in shows. ....more
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£83,360 01/10/2018
Agents for Change Young Women’s Project will deliver group writing and performance workshops and one-to-one mentoring from award-winning women writers to young women aged 13-18 who live in Hounslow ....more
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hounslow Action for Youth
£450 26/02/2018
To host a community funday for 50 young people, parents, community groups who use the centre and other local stakeholders. It aims to build cohesion and awareness of what's on offer,
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 06/02/2018
Youth Inclusion Project
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hounslow Action For Youth Association
£60,000 17/10/2017
36
1:1, workshop and group support for 90 8-12 year olds who are disengaged from education and at risk of anti-social behaviour. Young people will build positive relationships, develop skills to engage ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Great Expectations Young Women's Support Project
£9,890 09/08/2017
12
Great Expectations Young Women's Support Project
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hounslow Action for Youth
£500 09/07/2017
This project will build on a performing arts programme taking place this summer. 20 x 7 to 13 year olds will take part in 4 'recap' session before performing at two community events in Chiswick and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Bonds Project
£269,403 22/03/2017
36
This group will expand on a project for young people aged 8-12 with learning and behavioural difficulties. The young people who will be supported are often isolated, disengaged from education, ....more
Greater London Authority - Grant to Hounslow Action for Youth
£10,000 15/03/2017
Team london small grants - supporting 59-69 year olds to volunteer and/or elderly people to have improved access to community services
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hanworth Action for Youth
£1,975 06/08/2016
6
To run themed community events including Science Open Day, Sports Gymnastics Day, and Community Arts Day. Young people will invite other young people and members of the community to particpate in ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hounslow Action for Youth
£40,000 09/06/2016
24
towards two years' salary of the Senior Project Manager at the 'Youth Inclusion Project' to provide support to children with behavioural difficulties and special needs in the London Borough of ....more
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hanworth Action for Youth
£1,975 10/11/2015
13
Running a 'Food Festival' which will bring together people of different cultures etc. Young people will receive training to use film and editing equipment.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hanworth Action for Youth
£2,400 10/11/2015
9
Young people will learn how to record and edit a podcast as well as how to use digital media.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Hounslow Action for Youth
£464 07/11/2015
To run a Community Arts Day and invite young people, parents and the elderly to take part. Four workshops will be held including: create a comic, card making, t-shirt making and a music workshop. It ....more
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2014
£5,000 18/12/2014
To build on the weekday provision of HAY and provide weekend recreational and educational activities for young people aged 13-19. The provision will engage 'hard to reach' young people in positive ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Hounslow Action for Youth Association
£30,000 29/05/2014
HAY provides a range of open access and targeted youth activites supporting young people in West Hounslow alongside wider community activities. It is seeking funding for a training and self ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 36-59
  • MARY LONGHURST (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Public Relations Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/03/1987, number: 296372
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/12/1986, number: 02081759
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

The School House
Marjory Kinnon School
Hatton Road
FELTHAM
Middlesex
TW14 9QZ

Objectives

A. IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL REHABILITATION AND IN FURTHERANCE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER BODIES AND ORGANISATIONS WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW NEW INITIATIVES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN TROUBLE WITH PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE, REFERENCE TO THE PROVISION OF ALTERNATIVES TO RESIDENTIAL CARE AND CUSTODY. B. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROMOTION ENCOURAGEMENT OR UNDERTAKING OF RESEARCH IN

Defined Area of Benefit:

HOUNSLOW

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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