Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +5
    Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

    DREAMSCHEME NORTHERN IRELAND 

    The objects of the company are the advancement of education and specifically to provide education, training and support to any groups establishing projects calculated to develop the physical, spiritual and mental capacities of young persons under the age of 25 that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society and their conditions of life may improve.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
    • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
    Established: 10 years

    www.dreamschemeni.org

    stephen.mullan@dreamschemeni.org

    Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Year end 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Income £118,103 £156,351 £159,708 £134,382 £209,240 £198,365
    Spending £116,044 £147,354 £155,740 £107,260 £191,078 £212,463
    Surplus/deficit £2,059 £8,997 £3,968 £27,122 £18,162 -£14,098
    Listed activities
    • The advancement of education
    How it operates
    • Advice/advocacy/information, Education/training, Sport/recreation, Youth development
    Where it operates
    • Northern Ireland
    Who it helps
    • Community safety/crime prevention, Specific areas of deprivation, Youth (14-25 year olds)
    Who works here?
    • 10 employees
    • 11 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
    Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
    The Pilgrim Trust£25,431
    Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland£7,750
    BBC Children in Need£3,036
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
    £15,000 18/03/2022
    Dreamscheme Northern Ireland: “Young People Can Do Wonderful Things”
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
    £15,000 26/03/2021
    Dreamscheme Northern Ireland: “Young People Can Do Wonderful Things”
    Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Re-Engage
    £3,750 09/11/2020
    COVID - Towards Youth Worker salary to reengage Young People
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Dreamscheme Northern Ireland
    £3,036 17/06/2020
    6
    COVID19 - This grant will fund increased staff hours to deliver additional group activities and 1-1 mentoring, for marginalised young people, and a Perspex partition for the youth centre to improve ....more
    Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Dreamscheme: Belvoir and Braniel estates
    £4,000 10/12/2019
    Dreamscheme: Belvoir and Braniel estates
    The Pilgrim Trust - Grant to Dreamscheme NI
    £25,431 29/10/2019
    24
    Roma Girls Early Intervention Project
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
    £40,000 27/11/2018
    Dreamscheme - Young people can do wonderful things
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Dreamscheme Northern Ireland
    £16,860 22/11/2018
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    Through a programme of drama workshops, sports, life skills workshops and mentoring, this project will support Roma children to engage with their peers, education and new communities.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £15,000 13/07/2017
    Young People Can Do Wonderful Things
    Joseph Rank Trust - Dreamscheme Northern Ireland
    £30,000 25/01/2017
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    To fund the running costs of the charity
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Further information may be available on the charity's page on the Commission website here
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Northern Ireland on 05/03/2014, number: NIC100033
    Main office

    77A Saintfield Road, Belfast, BT8 7HN

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
    360 Giving
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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