Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

BRANDON CARRSIDE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PROJECT 

Brandon Carrside Youth and Community Project aims to offer a safe and stimulating environment where children and young people can develop skills, create positive outcomes and take an active role in the community in which they live and where appropriate accredit this using National Awards. BCYCP also offers community activities for the whole family thus building cohesion between the generations.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 well diversified in terms of gender

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: 47 years

www.brandoncarrsideycp.co.uk

carrsideyc@yahoo.co.uk

01913784975

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
31/12/22£151£152£-1n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/21£143£144£0n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/12/20£113£102£11n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/12/19£101£106£-5n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/12/18£72£69£3£0£0£0n/a08
31/12/17£72£85£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£77£55£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£61£72£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£58£67£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£64£65£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£74£55£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£51£45£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£66£68£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£59£62£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£77£82£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£83£79£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£51£53£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£100£64£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£57£21£36£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Durham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 5 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
The Ballinger Charitable Trust£40,000
County Durham Community Foundation£23,339
National Lottery Community Fund£19,904
The Foyle Foundation£17,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£6,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£6,000
Co-Operative Group£2,948
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Brandon Carrside Youth & Community
£30,000 10/03/2023
Unrestricted funding
County Durham Community Foundation - Shaun the Sheep art project and artwork display
£1,000 15/02/2023
High Sheriff Awards 2023
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£7,000 29/11/2022
towards core costs over the next 12 months
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Brandon Carrside Youth and Community Project
£1,364 22/10/2022
We would like to turn a space in our community centre into a sensory room for families to aid child stimulation and development.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sensational Seasonal Joy
£9,955 23/09/2022
The funding will be used to provide young people with the opportunity to access a variety of diversionary activities which will include fun days out Christmas parties and also care packages to the ....more
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Brandon Carrside Youth & Community
£10,000 04/03/2022
Unrestricted funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£15,000 12/11/2021
Weston Youth Grant
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Brandon Carrside Youth and Community Project
£1,584 23/10/2021
We will provide much-needed hot meals to those most in need in the community – delivered to peoples homes or as an event to help address social isolation and improve communication skills.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Activities during Covid-19 restrictions and contribution to core costs
£6,000 22/04/2021
Activities during Covid-19 restrictions and contribution to core costs
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Brandon Carrside Youth and Community Project
£6,000 22/04/2021
Activities during Covid-19 restrictions and contribution to core costs
County Durham Community Foundation - After Covid
£9,905 25/03/2021
To support project "after Covid"
County Durham Community Foundation - High Sheriff Award 2020
£2,500 09/02/2021
High Sheriff Award 2020
County Durham Community Foundation - Intergenerational lifelines Covid winter response
£4,934 07/01/2021
To provide a community project for those in need or isolated.
County Durham Community Foundation - Surviving Covid
£5,000 10/12/2020
To provide a school health and wellbeing project.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£10,000 04/02/2020
towards ongoing youth work during the yearend December 2020
National Lottery Community Fund - Perfect Parties and Holiday Fun
£9,949 20/06/2019
12
The funding will be used to continue to deliver a programme of summer activities for young people, and involve them in helping to deliver community events.
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Brandon & Carrside Youth & Community
£30,000 01/03/2019
36
Education, Excellence & Excitement
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Brandon Carrside Youth And Community Project
£2,968 19/11/2018
We would like funding for community fun days, celebration events, parties and activity days for all members.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 26/09/2018
Improving lives, creating outcomes
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Brandon Carrside Youth and Community Project
£24,900 19/09/2011
the salaries of the Support Youth Worker. Administrator and Caretaker
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/05/1977, number: 506305
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

CARR AVENUE
BRANDON
DURHAM
DH7 8QG

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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