Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 8

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 10

LIVEWIRE YOUTH PROJECT

Working with Young People in Saltash and surrounding areas on Youth Work and music projectSupporting young people with social problems, working with children at risk of exclusion from schoolProviding a venue for young people to perform live music.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 61 years

www.livewireyouth.com

info@livewireyouth.com

01752843570

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£199	£169	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/22		£186	£157	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/21		£154	£150	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/20		£197	£206	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	28
31/03/19		£159	£170	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	28
31/03/18		£138	£114	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£106	£101	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£109	£89	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£54	£54	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£44	£48	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£37	£44	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£57	£54	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£62	£68	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£101	£94	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£78	£66	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£120	£95	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£61	£47	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£27	£38	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£53	£47	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£46	£56	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Cornwall, Devon,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£228,775
Garfield Weston Foundation	£60,000
DCMS	£13,750
Co-Operative Group	£5,199
Cornwall Community Foundation	£3,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£30,000	30/09/2022	Weston Youth Grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Livewire Heart n' Soul
£219,034	16/12/2021	Livewire Youth Project will use the funding over 5 years to deliver ‘Heart n’ Soul’ a project that combines free music provision with mental health and wellbeing support for young people from ....more Livewire Youth Project will use the funding over 5 years to deliver ‘Heart n’ Soul’ a project that combines free music provision with mental health and wellbeing support for young people from South East Cornwall and Plymouth.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£30,000	29/10/2021	Weston Youth Grant
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Livewire Youth Project
£5,199	23/10/2021	We would support young people's mental health and wellbeing within the community, offering counselling and youth work interventions to develop resilient confident citizens.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£13,750	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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Cornwall Community Foundation - Online support in response to Covid 19
£3,000	26/03/2020 6	To provide virtual music lessons and emotional support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Musical Memories
£9,741	05/09/2019 12	Musical Memories
People's Health Trust - Livewire Sound Minds Plymouth
£40,952	21/03/2018	This two-year project delivered a programme of music activities for young people aged 13- 21 experiencing mental health issues living across Plymouth. These weekly music activities ranged from ....more This two-year project delivered a programme of music activities for young people aged 13- 21 experiencing mental health issues living across Plymouth. These weekly music activities ranged from learning to play an instrument and singing, to studio productions and providing opportunities to perform. The project also ran group support meetings for the parents/family/carers of the young participants. A steering group included the young participants who met monthly to review and evaluate the project.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Livewire youth project
£3,212	04/08/2017	Working with vulnerable young people to develop their self esteem, confidence and performance skills to benefit themselves & local community
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Livewire Youth Project
£14,687	09/09/2015 12	supporting NEETS aged 17-24 in the Saltash area of Cornwall with a pilot project helping them to develop skills in the music industry. The grant will fund the salaries of the Youth Work Co-ordinator ....more supporting NEETS aged 17-24 in the Saltash area of Cornwall with a pilot project helping them to develop skills in the music industry. The grant will fund the salaries of the Youth Work Co-ordinator and the Project Worker, and project costs.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW MOIR Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: LIVEWIRE YOUTH PROJECT,

ANDREW THOMAS JACQUES Appointed: 2019

ANTHONY CHISWELL Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: LIVEWIRE YOUTH PROJECT,

ANTHONY MICHAEL STUDDEN Appointed: 2019

BRYAN IVAN BAKER Appointed: 2021

GEOFF PEGGS Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: LIVEWIRE YOUTH PROJECT,

HELEN TRETHEWEY (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: LIVEWIRE YOUTH PROJECT,

MARK WILSON Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeship: LIVEWIRE YOUTH PROJECT,

MICHAEL SNOOK Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: LIVEWIRE YOUTH PROJECT,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/04/1963, number: 300632
Registered at Companies House on 17/04/2014, number: 09002774

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR10: 19 days late, AR09: 2 days late, AR08: 0 days late, AR07: 33 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 2 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

Livewire Youth Project
Brooke Close
Saltash
PL12 4EN

Objectives

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING MUSIC) PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFAREB) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH HELP DEVELOP THEIR LIFE SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALSTO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 21 LIVING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF MUSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES WITH A VIEW TO EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE TO BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES, DEVELOP THEIR INDIVIDUAL IDENTITIES AND GROW IN PERSONAL CONFIDENCE

Defined Area of Benefit:

CORNWALL AND DEVON

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