Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

YES OUTDOORS

Yes Outdoors offers various schemes such as mentoring, training, outdoor activities, to young people at risk of offending, involvement in youth violence or joining a gang. The charity aims to get inner city youth interested in other pursuits and make better life choices.
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

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
30/11/23£418£266£153n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/22£254£235£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/21£174£178£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/20£240£136£104n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/19£96£60£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/18£60£25£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/17£18£19£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/16£18£19£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/15£20£21£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/14£17£22£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/13£16£10£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/12£19£14£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

www.yesoutdoors.org.uk

info@yesoutdoors.org.uk

02084462387

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Camden, Hackney, Haringey, Islington,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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 Youth Endowment Fund£248,058
BBC Children in Need£76,312
Cripplegate Foundation£41,807
Cloudesley£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,675
The London Community Foundation£9,208
Joseph Levy Foundation£8,000
Charles Hayward Foundation£6,775
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cloudesley - Grant to YES Outdoors
£10,000 20/02/2024
CLIMB: Climbing, Mentoring & Bicycles
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to YES Outdoors
£6,775 22/12/2023
“Break the Cycle – Fixing Bikes, Changing Lives”
Joseph Levy Foundation - Project funding
£8,000 03/11/2023
To support the charity's homework club and mentoring project
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - Break the Cycle - Track to Success
£9,675 04/08/2023
The funding will be used to provide bicycle maintenance courses and mentoring for disadvantaged young people. The project aims to provide an alternative to antisocial behaviour as well as improving ....more
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To YES Outdoors
£4,500 21/02/2023
Break the Cycle: Fixing Bikes, Changing Lives
BBC Children in Need - Grant to YES OUTDOORS
£500 20/10/2022
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‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
The Youth Endowment Fund - Grant to YES OUTDOORS
£248,058 31/08/2022
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To YES Outdoors
£2,000 05/07/2022
Refugee Bike Appeal
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To YES Outdoors
£4,907 15/02/2022
Going Greener Fund
BBC Children in Need - Grant to YES OUTDOORS
£30,500 31/01/2022
This project will provide a bike maintenance training course for young people living in economically deprived areas. The activity will improve their self-belief, aspirations and increase in prosocial ....more
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To YES Outdoors
£5,400 13/07/2021
Break the Cycle - Fixing Bikes, Changing Lives
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To YES Outdoors
£10,000 17/05/2021
Core Funding
The London Community Foundation - Grant to YES Outdoors
£9,208 09/10/2020
To continue delivering our Tech appeal. We collect unwanted technology from the public which we refurbish and redistribute to the most disadvantaged people across North London. To purchase new ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to YES OUTDOORS
£45,312 31/07/2020
Covid19 - This project will provide a bike maintenance training course for disadvantaged young people in homeless accommodation. The activity will improve their self-belief, aspirations and increase ....more
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To YES Outdoors
£10,000 01/06/2020
Covid-19 Crisis Support Project
Camden Giving - YES Outdoors - Covid19 Charity Fund
£6,000 09/04/2020
Support young people trapped in very difficult home environments with no escape due to the restrictions put in place due to COVID-19.In some cases, our work might be the only positive mental ....more
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To YES Outdoors
£5,000 03/03/2020
Breaking the Cycle ? Fixing Bikes, Changing Lives
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To YES Outdoors
£5,000 06/11/2018
Bicycle Maintenance Workshops
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To YES Outdoors
£5,000 07/11/2017
Towards an adventure based mentoring scheme
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-69
  • AARON MATTHEW WILLIAM BARNES Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Director
  • COLIN FESTUS ADAMS MBE Appointed: 2020
  • DOUGLAS SCOTT SMITH Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Director
  • GARY MONAGHAN Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Director
  • REBECCA ELIZABETH HERBERT (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/12/2011, number: 1144916
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/11/2011, number: 07834284
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
  • 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
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

YES Outdoors
Voluntary Action Islington
200A Pentonville Road
Kings Cross
London
N1 9JP

Objectives

THE CHARITYÔÇÖS OBJECTS (ÔÇŸOBJECTSÔÇÖ) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO HELP AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED. THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY:-A. BUILDING POSITIVE AND MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE POLICE AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY TAKING GROUPS OF YOUTHS FROM THE LOCAL AREA TO AN OUTDOOR CENTRE;B. STRENGTHENING A POSITIVE POLICE PROFILE IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THESE RELATIONSHIPS;C. DELIVERING A STRUCTURED 3 YEAR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME THROUGH THE ACTIVITY HOLIDAYS ;D. BUILDING SELF-ESTEEM AND A SENSE OF PURPOSE THROUGH PERSONAL CHALLENGE IN A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT; AND,E. ASSISTING YOUNG PEOPLE TO LIVE AND WORK TOGETHER IN THE INTERESTS OF RAISING COMMUNITY SPIRIT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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