Overall GiG Score: 17 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

YOUNG CONCERN TRUST 

Provides counselling and therapeutic services to children,young people and those that work with them.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 36 years

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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£569£544£25£11£432£409985
31/03/22£510£482£28£10£407£3829.574
31/03/21£392£378£14n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/20£324£361£-37n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/19£368£376£-8n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/18£414£396£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£423£404£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£430£397£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£378£357£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£399£338£62£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£259£272£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£235£229£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£276£208£67£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£245£213£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£160£165£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£234£186£48£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£94£121£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£88£76£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£108£111£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£101£92£9£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 27%
Liabilities/Income: 27%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 3.2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 8 employees
  • 5 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex, Hertfordshire,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£9,992
Essex Community Foundation£5,000
BBC Children in Need£3,680
DCMS£3,680
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Young Concern Trust
£5,000 23/03/2023
to help provide counselling services to children living in Harlow to improve their mental health
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting the mental health of young people in Harlow
£9,992 10/02/2023
The funding will be used to deliver additional counselling sessions for young people experiencing mental ill health. The project aims to improve their mental wellbeing self-confidence and resilience.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Young Concern Trust
£3,680 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund counselling sessions for young people affected by poverty and deprivation who are isolated at home due to Covid-19, to increase their confidence and help them to manage ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,680 02/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Young Concern Trust
£112,813 28/02/2019
36
This project will provide a counselling service to young people experiencing emotional and mental heath issues, to help improve their coping mechanism, develop their self-confidence and improve their ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Renovations of YCT House
£3,148 08/03/2018
5
To improve Counselling facilities at YCT House, Harlow for children and young people in the Harlow area.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 14/02/2018
Community Counselling - Harlow
Dulverton Trust - Parent and Child Therapy
£15,000 24/10/2017
Parent and Child Therapy
Essex Community Foundation - Peer Mental Health Champion training
£4,240 13/09/2017
12
To train young volunteers as Peer Mental Health Champions to support students at Harlow College
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 42-75
  • MARK INGALL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: District Councillor
  • STACY SEALES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Owner & Community Leader
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/03/1988, number: 298984
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/03/1988, number: 02235097
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Young Concern Trust
Y C T House
Maddox Road
Harlow
CM20 3GA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE CARE AND PROTECTION OF THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELFARE OF YOUNG PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH CARE AND ATTENTION BY THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, AND THERAPEUTIC AND RELATED SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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