Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 13
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

REACHOUT YOUTH

ReachOut is a mentoring charity working with young people in disadvantaged areas to raise aspirations and help them grow in character and attainment.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/08/23£1,293£1,378£-84£243£480£4804.242845
31/08/22£1,053£1,148£-94£198£564£5645.978833
31/08/21£1,095£830£265£134£658£6589.566519
31/08/20£999£984£15£211£393£3934.826796
31/08/19£964£874£90£151£378£3785.265836
31/08/18£892£908£-16£116£288£2883.8470
31/08/17£669£532£136£62£304£3046.9110
31/08/16£626£603£22£57£168£1432.8650
31/08/15£522£496£26£28£145£1192.9140
31/08/14£483£533£-50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£478£399£80n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12?£554£550£4£19£90£400.9120
31/03/11£423£357£66n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£338£327£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£268£295£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£233£226£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07?*£192£187£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£147£131£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£81£86£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 18.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 17.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 25%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 4.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 3.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Comment: Secured significant contract from the Careers & Enterprise Company, and other trusts and foundations to sustain growth into 2019-20.

Source: Giving is Great

Established: 22 years

www.reachoutuk.org

info@reachoutuk.org

02080871849

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Camden, Hackney, Haringey, Islington, Lambeth, Liverpool City, Manchester City, Oldham, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth,
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
Henry Smith Charity£178,300
Garfield Weston Foundation£160,000
City Bridge Trust£77,623
The Clothworkers Foundation£59,660
DCMS£51,750
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£80,000 28/03/2023
24
ReachOut UK Mentoring - Core Costs
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to ReachOut
£178,300 09/11/2022
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary and on costs of the Head of Delivery at an organisation providing mentoring for disadvantaged young people in London, Manchester and Oldham.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Reachout
£50,000 25/10/2022
additional support for the 2022/23 academic year
Co-Operative Group - Grant to ReachOut UK
£2,681 22/10/2022
We support young people aged 9–11 from disadvantaged communities in Greater Manchester to grow in character and attainment and reach their full potential through the support of a 1:1 volunteer mentor.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Reachout Youth
£9,660 21/07/2022
purchase of IT and office equipment for a charity for supporting disadvantaged young people in Hackney
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000 04/02/2022
24
ReachOut Core Costs
The Shears Foundation - ReachOut UK
£5,000 26/01/2022
ReachOut Club Greater Manchester
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000 18/12/2020
24
ReachOut Core Costs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£49,250 29/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to ReachOut Youth
£50,000 11/09/2020
towards delivering mentoring sessions for young people including costs of volunteer officers and project leaders and excluding £2913 from these staffing costs.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to REACHOUT YOUTH
£2,500 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund an online mentoring programme for young people from low income families who are isolated at home due to Covid-19, and help them develop their life skills.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,500 02/06/2020
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 and small organisations who can provide an ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to ReachOut Youth
£27,623 08/05/2020
A grant of £27,623 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Reachout
£150,000 03/12/2019
to run six new projects a year aimed at ensuring ongoing participation amongst the most difficult to engage disadvantaged young people in three secondary schools in deprived East London Boroughs
Dulverton Trust - ReachOut Club Manchester
£40,000 23/10/2019
ReachOut Club Manchester
BBC Children in Need - Grant to REACHOUT YOUTH
£107,496 26/06/2019
36
This project will provide a mentoring service to primary school children from low income families, enabling them to improve their education attainment, increase their confidence and gain the skills to make positive decisions
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to ReachOut
£168,600 13/03/2019
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of a Head of People at a project providing mentoring for disadvantaged young people in London, Manchester and Oldham
National Lottery Community Fund - ReachOut Club Liverpool
£8,019 24/01/2019
12
The project aims to give young people the tools necessary to motivate them to thrive and achieve their potential. The charity will run a pilot programme which will replicate work currently being carried out in Manchester and London in three schools ....more
Dulverton Trust - Continuation of ReachOut Club Manchester
£40,000 25/10/2018
Continuation of ReachOut Club Manchester
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000 15/08/2018
24
ReachOut Core Costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to ReachOut Youth
£4,632 04/08/2017
Fund weekly inspirational mentors, sports, arts & games for children at our school to enrich and complement their education.
Dulverton Trust - ReachOut Club Manchester
£32,084 14/06/2017
ReachOut Club Manchester
City Bridge Trust - Grant to ReachOut
£50,000 21/03/2016
£50,000 over 12 months towards the costs of the charity’s Operations Director and Director of Fundraising & Impact as they work on the organisation’s quality control framework, character evaluation, and costings.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to ReachOut
£109,800 03/12/2015
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of the Operations Director and a contribution towards overheads at a project providing mentoring programmes for disadvantaged young people in Greater Manchester and London
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Reachout Youth
£25,000 25/10/2013
Reach Out is a really effective mentoring project using the many university students around Manchester. Reach out provides mentors to act as positive role models targeting & supporting young people living in the most disadvantaged areas of ....more
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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: 37-74
  • DEEPA MISTRY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant
  • JAMES BROWNE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Managing Director
  • MARION BAKER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • MONA VADHER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Social Mobility Advocate
  • NIGEL PAUL TERRINGTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of Strategy
  • OWEN STANDEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Managing Director
  • PROFESSOR SIMON HEPBURN (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • STEVEN JOHN MCCANN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Regional Director
  • TOM EDMONDS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Ceo
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/03/2003, number: 1096492
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/11/2002, number: 04604379
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 09/01/2021, current status: Large charity (levy paid)
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
19 returns made; AR07: 20 days late,
Main office

ReachOut
8-10 Grosvenor Gardens
LONDON
SW1W 0DH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND MULTICULTURAL AWARENESS AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, PRIMARILY IN INNER CITY AREAS AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
Charizone

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