Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +6

YOUTHBORDERS 

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
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
Established: 17 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £443,602 £20,325 £6,794
Donations & Legacies £5,700 £289,292
Other Income
Investment Income
Total income £131,892 £456,986 £242,624 £309,617 £499,153 £483,638
Charitable activities spending £386,631 £297,653 £484,014
Fundraising costs 1% 1% 1% 1%
Other spending
Total spending £115,779 £389,451 £265,232 £301,153 £445,506 £487,503
Surplus/deficit £16,113 £67,535 -£22,608 £8,464 £53,647 -£3,865
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Scottish Borders

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£459,278
Scottish Government£34,012
Foundation Scotland£9,497
The Fore£5,000
DCMS£4,997
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Scottish Government - YouthBorders
£14,375 26/10/2021
Detailed description not provided.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to YouthBorders
£4,127 23/10/2021
We would host events to connect volunteers, leaders and organisations who provide opportunities for young people. We would develop our network to bring people together to meet young people's needs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stepping Stones - Scottish Borders Youth Work Partnership
£459,278 17/03/2021
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This group will use the funding to continue to lead a partnership of seven community youth groups taking a more intensive approach to youthwork to support vulnerable groups of young people within the ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,997 07/10/2020
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
Foundation Scotland - Grant to YouthBorders
£4,997 07/10/2020
To increase the strength of their network by supporting members with the provision of information, guidance and support to assist organisations to recover from the challenges posed by COVID-19 and be ....more
Scottish Government - YouthBorders
£17,637 15/06/2020
Detailed description not provided.
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to YouthBorders
£5,000 12/06/2020
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to YouthBorders, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
Scottish Government - YouthBorders
£2,000 05/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to YouthBorders
£4,500 10/04/2020
To enable YouthBorders to support its member organisations to respond, adapt and demonstrate resilience as they adopt new ways to provide services to young people across the Borders region.
National Lottery Community Fund - Stepping Stones Project - Changing Lives for a Generation
£425,641 14/06/2018
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This partnership of eight youth organisations will use the funding to deliver targeted support for those young people aged 6-25 who have been identified as the most 'vulnerable and disadvantaged' ....more
Robertson Trust - YouthBorders
£120,000 31/01/2017
YouthBorders
Robertson Trust - Salary cost towards Membership Development and Support Officer
£10,000 30/06/2016
Salary cost towards Membership Development and Support Officer
Robertson Trust - the increased hours of the Health Improvement Practitioner
£30,000 31/08/2015
the increased hours of the Health Improvement Practitioner
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (7)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 40-65
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 20/12/2006, number: SC037680
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/12/2006, number: SC313338
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Room 2, Tweed Horizons Business Centre, Newtown St Boswells, TD6 0SG

Objectives

A YouthBorders will support the advancement of citizenship and community development by supporting voluntary and community based youth organisations in the Scottish Borders. i. .through membership YouthBorders will facilitate networking opportunities, events and provide information for voluntary and community based youth organisations, their volunteers, trustees, youth workers and other partners in the community ii. YouthBorders supports organisations through the provision of a comprehensive support package for voluntary and community based youth organisations which involves PVG support, insurance, general support and advice. iii. YouthBorders actively promotes setting up new groups in the community that will benefit young people. B YouthBorders will support the advancement of education of adults and young people in the Scottish Borders. iv. through providing support and training for adults who work with young people in voluntary and community based youth organisations and partner organisations in the Scottish Borders v. through providing opportunities for young people to engage in learning opportunities to develop themselves as youth work practitioners or in other leadership roles

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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