Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 3
  • Spending falling: -1
  • but now stabilising: +1
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

W4 YOUTH LIMITED 

To advance in life and help young people aged 11-19 in the Ealing and Hounslow areas of London, 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) The provision of support and activities to develop their skills, capacities and capabilities in order to enable them to participate in
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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
28/02/23*£2£0£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
28/02/22?£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/10/19£36£31£5n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/10/18£35£38£-3£0£0£0n/a03
31/10/17£41£43£-2£0£0£0n/a05
31/10/16*£26£30£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/15*£14£43£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/14*£15£25£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/13*£28£27£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/12*£97£44£53£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/11£16£12£4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

w4youth.org.uk

w4youth@yahoo.co.uk

07771885987

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Ealing, Hounslow,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

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
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,900
London Borough of Hounslow£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Common Ground 2023 – Changing Directions for our Young People
£9,900 07/07/2023
The funding will be used to deliver activities for younger people in the community. The project aims to improve mental and physical wellbeing.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to W4 Youth Lmited
£1,000 08/06/2023
A project providing more evening youth provision in our new W4 Youth Hub in Southfield Recreation Ground W4
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 17/05/2023
‘Common Ground 2023 – Changing Directions for our Children & Young People’
LandAid Charitable Trust - Development grant towards new building for youth centre
£20,000 19/05/2015
12
Contribution to the design and development of the W4 Youth and Community new build project in Ealing, London.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 50-66
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/08/2021, number: 1195368
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/02/2021, number: 13171617
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR23: 72 days late, AR16: 3 days late, AR15: 13 days late, AR14: 5 days late, AR13: 14 days late, AR12: 126 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from W4 YOUTH on 15/11/2022
Main office

1 THE GREEN
RICHMOND
TW9 1PL

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 11 – 19 YEARS OLD IN THE EALING AND HOUNSLOW AREAS OF LONDON THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE; (B) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES OF SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE IN ORDER TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.2.2 NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY STATUTORY PROVISION REGARDING THE MEANING OF THE WORD “CHARITABLE” OR THE WORDS “CHARITABLE PURPOSES” IN FORCE IN ANY PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN THE EALING AND HOUNSLOW AREAS OF LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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