Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 12
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

SHAFTESBURY YOUTH CLUB 

Youth club with football teams and training provided during the day for 14-18 year olds
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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
05/04/23*£610£771£-161£18£960£1472.31637
05/04/22£603£409£194£22£843£1985.81638
05/04/21£435£326£109n/an/an/an/an/a46
05/04/20£281£252£29n/an/an/an/an/a48
05/04/19£327£248£78n/an/an/an/an/a45
05/04/18£244£285£-40£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/17£207£270£-63£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/16*£258£299£-40£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/15£308£270£38£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/14£303£293£11£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/13£249£332£-83£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/12£365£377£-12£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/11£391£377£14£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/10£376£333£43£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/09£320£225£95£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/08£320£225£95£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/07£205£264£-59£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/06£197£161£36£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/05£217£243£-25£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/04*£99£105£-6£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 15%
Reserves/Spending: 2.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 6.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 60 years

www.shaftes.org.uk

admin@shaftesburyyouthclub.org.uk

01516087165

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Wirral,
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
Steve Morgan Foundation£90,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£75,000
Sport England£60,000
DCMS£60,000
National Lottery Community Fund£35,703
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£29,919
John Moores Foundation£21,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Well Being & Mental Health provision at SYC youth club
£28,144 20/10/2023
23
To cover the salaries of 2 part time youth club workers (15 hours a week) to continue delivering their projects including games, individual support, refreshments, wellbeing, and mental health ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - MH-Shaftesbury Extra Youth Provision Summer 2023
£6,540 14/07/2023
The funding will be used to deliver evening open youth and special needs activity sessions including boxing and wheels extreme in the summer holidays to vulnerable children and young people living in ....more
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Shaftesbury Youth Club
£90,000 28/02/2023
3 years grant for the Youth and Sport Coordinator Lead salary
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000 16/12/2022
24
Running Costs for SYC
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Shaftesbury Youth Club
£21,000 28/09/2022
Towards three part-time Youth Support Workers' salary
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Shaftes Community Garden
£1,775 20/06/2022
To expand the allotment and memorial gardens to create an 'open access' community garden for local residents.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 04/02/2022
To Install a New 3G Pitch
Sport England - Pavilion Upgrade
£60,000 11/11/2021
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Pavilion Upgrade. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Pavilion Upgrade
£60,000 11/11/2021
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Pavilion Upgrade. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
National Lottery Community Fund - Shaftes - Young Peoples Disability Club
£9,953 05/11/2021
The funding will be used to deliver a sports and activities programme for disabled young people. The project aims to bring participants together to build relationships reduce social isolation and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Family Mentor & SYCs Young Persons Disability Club
£9,210 23/10/2020
6
The funding will be used to provide a range of activities and support to people and families who are vulnerable isolated and who have been disproportionately affected by Covid-19. The project aims to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Upgrade - Sports Pavilion Facilities
£10,000 01/08/2019
12
The funding will be used to renovate the sports pavilion, with the aim of providing a suitable space on the playing fields to be used by various different clubs for sporting activities.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Shaftesbury Youth Club
£8,000 09/05/2019
purchase of a minibus for a charity which works with disadvanatged young people in Wirral
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£34,837 01/04/2019
Grant award to fulfil the aims of the Office for Civil Society's Youth Investment Fund to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services.
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£34,837 01/04/2019
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National Lottery Community Fund - Shaftesbury Summer Youth Events
£9,640 14/06/2018
12
The funding will be used to run activity event days for young people. The funding aims to bringing them together to combat youth crime and territorial gang culture within the community.
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Shaftesbury Youth Club
£24,000 01/02/2018
Towards the salary of the Youth Engagement Worker
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£34,837 08/05/2017
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DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£34,837 08/05/2017
Grant award to fulfil the aims of the Office for Civil Society's Youth Investment Fund to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services.
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£34,837 08/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£26,128 08/05/2017
Grant award to fulfil the aims of the Office for Civil Society's Youth Investment Fund to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services.
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£26,128 08/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
Sport England - Resurface of Astro Turf Pitch and Front Entrance Upgrade
£44,632 29/04/2014
Funding under Sport England's Inspired Facilities funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Resurface of Astro Turf Pitch and Front Entrance Upgrade'. This project lists its main activity as ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/05/1964, number: 520021
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 85 days late, AR16: 60 days late, AR04: 85 days late,
Main office

Shaftesbury Youth Club
60 Mendip Road
Birkenhead
CH42 8NU

Objectives

TO HELP AND EDUCATE BOYS AND GIRLS THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY IMPROVED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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