Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 24 ?

SWINDON MENTORING AND SELF HELP YOUTH PROJECT

SMASH helps young people in SW England who are not thriving to improve their levels of well-being. It helps them create good memories, improve their decision-making, gain a sense of self worth and help them see a brighter future. Instilling hope in a child or young person improves their overall sense of well-being where they can play a role and be proud to contribute to their community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/03/23£209£221£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£115£131£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£175£167£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£254£222£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£221£226£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£190£215£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£243£176£68n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£165£190£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£198£191£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£204£141£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£99£92£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£83£107£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£97£121£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£278£256£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£226£206£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£184£173£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£128£122£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£118£117£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 20 years
(21 years as a company)

www.smashyouthproject.co.uk

enquiries@teamsmash.org.uk

07825 264864

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
The Blagrave Trust£60,000
BBC Children in Need£30,000
Wiltshire Community Foundation£25,000
Masonic Trust£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,950
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Blagrave Trust - Regional Partnership Grants
£60,000 31/12/2023
Mentoring for young people
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Smash Youth Project
£30,000 28/09/2023
This project will deliver mentoring and peer support sessions to children and young people on the edge of education in a rural location. The support will help to improve their engagement in school, ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£10,000 22/11/2022
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Swindon Mentoring And Self Help (SMASH) Youth Project
£5,000 28/10/2022
7% of the running and salary costs for intervention programmes for children and young people in Swindon.
National Lottery Community Fund - SMASH youth project
£9,950 14/04/2022
The funding will be used to improve resilience of CYP (Children Young Person) post pandemic which has resulted in lost social skills and suffering greater social anxiety than ever before. The ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to SMASH Youth Project
£15,000 03/03/2022
SMASH mentors young people facing challenges and living in disadvantaged parts of Swindon. Funding will help meet the costs of re-building their volunteer mentoring service.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to SMASH Youth Project
£10,000 22/09/2020
12
To help with the running costs of a charity which mentors young people facing challenges and disadvantage in Swindon
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Core Costs
£5,000 27/06/2019
Contribution towards a Case Manager (role working directly with the CYP) salary and expenses.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Swindon Mentoring & Self Help Youth Project
£111,062 17/10/2017
36
This project provides tailored mentoring support using volunteer mentors to increase the confidence, independence and communication skills of young people from low income families.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to SMASH Youth Project
£45,000 10/02/2017
36
SMASH Youth Project works with vulnerable young people aged between 13 and 18 providing one-to-one mentoring tailored to individual needs, working with young people to create a lasting impact, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SMASH
£415,000 01/07/2016
48
This is the expansion of a project supporting vulnerable and at risk children aged between nine and 19 to improve their life chances. It will train and support volunteers to meet young people weekly ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SMASH Plus
£299,136 31/05/2013
36
This existing project is a continuation of service from Swindon Mentoring And Self Help (SMASH) which aims to help young people who are vulnerable or in crisis to overcome obstacles, gain resilience, ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Swindon Mentoring and Self Help Youth Project
£24,600 27/01/2012
the salary costs of the Project Co-ordinator including overheads and expenses
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-67
  • CHRISTINE ETHERIDGE (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • EWAN YOUNG Appointed: 2020, Occupation: International Communications Manager
  • JILL RIDLEY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
  • LARA HOWLETT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Programme Manager
  • LAURA MACINNES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired Police Inspector
  • PHILIP GARY MARSHMAN MR Appointed: 2023
  • POLLY LU Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee
  • ROB REEVE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director Of Operations
  • STUART WILLIAM WESTLEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Payroll And Workforce Analyst
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/02/2005, number: 1107900
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/12/2002, number: 04626164
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • 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
18 returns made; AR13: 0 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from INNER FLAME on 10/07/2024
Main office

Smash Youth Project
Pinetrees Community Centre
The Circle
SWINDON
SN2 1RF

Objectives

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS IN THE SWINDON BOROUGH COUNCIL AREA THROUGH ADVICE, COUNSELLING AND MENTORING IN ASSOCIATION WITH SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED. 2. TO PROVIDE RELIEF BY OFFERING SUPPORT AND ADVICE TO PARENTS/CARERS OF SUCH PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SWINDON BOROUGH COUNCIL AREA.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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