Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 2
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

SYMMETRICAL

The charity is established to advance in life and relieve needs of young people through the provision of recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions in life and provide support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature individuals
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely female
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 2 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£8£7£0
31/03/22*£17£4£13
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

info@symmetricalnstaffs.org

07880179802

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City,
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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - TRANSPORT FOR YOUNG CARE LEAVERS
£6,500 06/04/2023
The funding will be used to purchase a small transit van which will be used to support care leavers to move into their own property by collecting and delivering items and furniture for their new ....more
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Symmetrical
£1,250 27/07/2022
The funding is for providing food parcels for care leavers moving into their first home.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • CHRISTINA MARIE HOLDCROFT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director
  • JOANNE CLARE POWELL-BECKETT Appointed: 2021
  • LILIAN JEAN DODD (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: City Councillor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/09/2021, number: 1195707
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/03/2021, number: 13295054
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
2 returns made; AR23: 231 days late, AR22: 48 days late,
Main office

24 SUTHERLAND AVENUE
STOKE-ON-TRENT
Staffordshire
ST3 4EQ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:A. THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;B. PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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