Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

HIGHLIGHTS 

To provide out of school and holiday activities for children and young people up to the age of 19, to alleviate the effects of poverty and disadvantage in London's inner-city boroughs of high deprivation. To offer access to opportunities for recreation, sport, arts, skills-development, advice and guidance, to improve C&YP?s health and wellbeing, strengthen resiliency and broaden horizons.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£104£100£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£95£97£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£88£92£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£103£100£3n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/12/18£77£81£-4£0£0£0n/a02
31/12/17£88£107£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£72£46£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£79£92£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£27£27£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£55£45£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£13£11£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11*£10£10£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10*£33£33£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£31£17£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£40£53£-13£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

highlights1124382@gmail.com

02088066417

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hackney, Haringey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports 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
People's Health Trust£36,270
National Lottery Community Fund£18,900
City Bridge Trust£15,600
DCMS£9,992
Rosa UK£7,350
The Childhood Trust£5,000
Henry Smith Charity£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Rosa UK - RISE R2-HIGHLIGH-2023
£2,350 18/05/2023
Cost of Living Grant
People's Health Trust - YLSP - Young Lives Sunday Project
£17,820 19/12/2022
12
This one-year project provides a weekly Sunday social and activity group for children and young people from the Jewish community living in Hackney who can lack access to the same opportunities as ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Time to Shine
£9,800 25/11/2022
The funding will be used to run a talent development project for 90 disadvantaged children and young people from Hackney and Haringey. The project aims to support children and young people who are ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Highlights
£2,500 24/07/2022
towards a six day trip to Rookesbury Park Estate in Hampshire for 60 children aged 11 - 13 years old from disadvantaged communities in the London Borough of Hackney.
Rosa UK - RISE R1-HIGHLIGH-2022
£5,000 19/05/2022
£5,000 has been awarded to Highlights to support with IT equipment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Lead and Succeed!
£9,100 24/09/2021
The funding will be used to organise a residential for girls aged 16-18 from the Jewish community to learn leadership skills. The project aims to engage them in positive activities to increase their ....more
People's Health Trust - Creative Connections
£18,450 03/02/2021
12
This one-year project provides a safe and positive outlet for young people (girls) aged 11-12 from Stamford Hill in Hackney, London, who have limited opportunities to develop their creative talents. ....more
The Childhood Trust - Connections
£5,000 03/07/2020
Adapting our work for disadvantaged C&YP to support them through this challenging time by using technology to run youth groups virtually to provide activity, structure and enjoyment. Engage 150 ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,992 18/06/2020
"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 ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Highlights
£15,600 11/06/2020
£15,600 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Costs of the talent instructors for the “Everyone’s A Star” programme
£500 19/11/2019
Towards the costs of the talent instructors for the “Everyone’s A Star” programme for children and young people in Hackney and Haringey.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Highlights
£2,500 31/05/2019
0
towards a two night trip to an outdoor activity centre for a group of children from the London Boroughs of Hackney and Haringey
National Lottery Community Fund - Project 'Step Up'
£9,990 22/03/2019
12
The project will deliver a range of activities to young people in their last year of primary school. The aim is to build confidence, provide opportunities and improve outlook.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Highlights
£2,500 11/06/2018
0
towards a three-night trip to Gloucestershire for a group of disadvantaged children from the London Borough of Hackney
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Highlights (formerly A World for Girls)
£19,924 13/03/2018
24
Dance, drama and singing workshops for 66 Orthodox Jewish girls experiencing local deprivation in Hackney. The activities aim to build positive relationships, develop creative skills and increase ....more
The Childhood Trust - Alive and Active
£5,000 19/05/2017
This summer we will run a sports programme to provide 140 disadvantaged children and young people (C&YP), aged 11-14, with healthy, fun outlets and enable them to be active and happy over the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Project Be a Sport
£10,000 18/02/2015
2
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Holiday Highlights
£10,000 27/03/2013
12
This is a project by a charity in Hackney. The group will use the funding to deliver a summer excursion programme providing physical activities and workshops addressing personal and interpersonal ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/06/2008, number: 1124382
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR11: 28 days late, AR10: 117 days late,
Main office

125 KYVERDALE ROAD
LONDON
N16 6PS

Objectives

1 TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 19 YEARS LIVING IN LONDON BOROUGHS OF HACKNEY AND HARINGEY BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING WEEKLY PROGRAMMES AND OTHER FUNCTIONS OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:A ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.B ADVANCING EDUCATION.C PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.2 THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES SUCH AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE REGARDED AS CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGHS OF HACKNEY AND HARINGEY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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