Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteer base +3
    • Overall weighted support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

    DIGILOCAL CIO

    DigiLocal believes that while talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. Our purpose is to give underrepresented young people the opportunity to discover and develop their digital talents. We work through community partners to provide clubs in community venues. We support industry volunteers to mentor the young people in developing their problem solving skills and build resilience.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
    • 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 Spending Surplus/
    Deficit
    Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23*£12£75£-63n/a
    31/03/22£84£43£41n/a
    31/03/21£75£23£51n/a
    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 5 years

    https://digilocal.org.uk/

    info@digilocal.org.uk

    07739705578

    Charity Commission for England and WalesX
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Other education support
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England And Wales,
    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
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to DigiLocal CIO
    £5,000 20/04/2023
    For core funding to run tech clubs for young people across the city, and to increase the number of volunteers.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Recruiting a Coordinator to grow and secure DigiLocals activity delivery
    £10,000 13/01/2023
    The funding will be used to employ a Volunteer Coordinator to deliver free weekly technology clubs for children and young people aged 8-16 years. The project aims to help them develop skills in problem solving and resilience improve self-confidence ....more
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to DigiLocal CIO
    £5,000 01/02/2022
    11
    To enable the organisation to maintain their current tech clubs and open new ones in different areas.
    National Lottery Community Fund - DigiLocal - Reaching Communities in North Bristol
    £10,000 15/10/2021
    The funding will be used to employ a part time coordinator enabling them to expand the number of tech clubs they run for underrepresented and disadvantaged young people including BAME communities and those from low socio-economic backgrounds aged ....more
    Quartet Community Foundation - Laptop Repurposing
    £14,000 09/03/2021
    6
    To scale up the collection, repurposing, and onward gifting of donated laptops for disadvantaged and vulnerable young people in support of their education.
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to DigiLocal CIO
    £8,720 12/06/2020
    To reduce the exclusion of young people from education arising from digital inequality during and following the Coronavirus lock-down.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed

    • ABDULLAHI FARAH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Charity Worker
    • AKASH SACHDEVA Appointed: 2022
    • ALI HASSAN Appointed: 2019
    • BAKOTO JOBE Appointed: 2019
    • CRAIG ORAM Appointed: 2019
    • HEATHER MACDONALD Appointed: 2019
    • MICHAEL BARTLEY (Chair) Appointed: 2019
    • NICHOLAS FLAHERTY Appointed: 2019
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/10/2019, number: 1185746
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Fundraising Regulator
    First registered: 09/14/2021, current status: Small charity
    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
    3 returns made; AR23: 62 days late,
    Main office

    The Engine Shed
    Approach Road
    Temple Meads
    BRISTOL
    BS1 6QH

    Objectives

    THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UK FROM GROUPS THAT ARE UNDER-REPRESENTED WITHIN THE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY SUPPORTING FREE TECHNOLOGY CLUBS.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    Charizone

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