Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

SAMUEL MONTAGU YOUTH CENTRE

Education/Training/Sport/Recreation for young people and the wider community. Samuel Montagu Youth Centre works primarily in the London Borough of Greenwich but also offers services to neighbouring boroughs.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£254£202£52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£227£167£60n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£197£165£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£217£149£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?*£131£133£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£106£115£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17*£141£137£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£122£125£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£121£143£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£167£162£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£193£213£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£139£196£-56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£196£213£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£259£187£72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£207£196£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£227£210£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£133£213£-80n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£144£263£-119n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£150£243£-93n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£117£166£-49n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 63 years

www.smyc.co.uk

tpham@smyc.co.uk

02088561126

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Sport England£11,080
DCMS£10,000
Virgin Money Foundation£500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Sports hall for all
£10,000 05/08/2022
The funding will be used to repair the sports hall. The project aims to safely to continue to run sports clubs and activities for local community groups.
National Lottery Community Fund - Shelter Us
£10,000 26/03/2021
2
The funding will be used to create a community shelter and garden area. The project aims to provide a space where local people can socialise and take part in activities that benefit their wellbeing.
Sport England - TGC CF Samuel Montagu Youth Centre
£8,500 01/12/2020
11
This project will deliver a programme of mixed sports and exercise and fitness, including Boxercise, Hula hooping, Pilates, Zumba, Yoga and silent disco dance for women and girls aged 16+.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 29/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£2,580 22/05/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Samuel Montagu Youth Centre
£500 20/01/2020
Grant through the Heart of the Community Fund towards the costs of setting up a football team for young people from the area.
Sport England - BF’s - Bouncing Friends
£7,270 27/03/2019
11
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled BF’s - Bouncing Friends. This project is a Trampolining project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Cafe
£10,000 08/03/2019
12
The project will refurbish the kitchen area to create a community café.
Sport England - Samuel Montagu pitch and field improvements
£45,583 11/06/2013
Funding under Sport England's Protecting Playing Fields funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Samuel Montagu pitch and field improvements '. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries. This funding has ....more
Sport England - Go Spike Permanent Beach Facility Samuel Montagu Youth Cen
£50,000 10/08/2012
Funding under Sport England's Olympic Legacy Capital Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Go Spike Permanent Beach Facility Samuel Montagu Youth Cen'. This project lists its main activity as Volleyball. This funding has contributed ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CLIVE EFFORD MP (Chair) Appointed: 2013
  • COUNCILLOR ODETTE MCGAHEY Appointed: 2022
  • DAVID ANDREW STEVENSON Appointed: 2017
  • DR TERRY ALAN POWLEY
  • MR STEVE JAMES Appointed: 2013
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/08/1961, number: 303332
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
  • 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; AR20: 6 days late, AR18: 42 days late, AR17: 64 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 28 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

122 BROAD WALK
LONDON
SE3 8ND

Objectives

THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, EDUCATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS LIVING OR WORKING IN ONE OR MORE PARISHES IN THE COUNTY OF LONDON (WHICH EXPRESSION AS HEREIN USED SHALL MEAN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF LONDON THE COUNTY BOROUGHS OF EAST HAM AND WEST HAM AND ANY AREA WITHIN TWENTY MILES OF THE SAID ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY AND COUNTY BOROUGHS) AS THE TRUSTEES MAY SELECT WHO SHALL BE IN NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COUNTY OF LONDON, EAST AND WEST HAM AND 20 MILE RADIUS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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