Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 2

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 2

CHOYSEZ

Choysez works on a part time basis with young people throughout Northumberland aged 9 - 16 years. We support and empower them to take advantage of life's opportunities. Young people at Choysez have individually designed programmes to help gain nationally recognised qualifications and to boost their self esteem. Choysez delivers these programmes through a range of indoor and outdoor activities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently

Established: 22 years

www.choysez.org

admin@choysez.org

01670821515

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
31/08/22	£230	£287	£-57	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/08/21	£336	£370	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/08/20	£334	£335	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/08/19	£305	£303	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/08/18	£310	£298	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	2
31/08/17	£318	£338	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16	£440	£431	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15	£451	£449	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14	£436	£398	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13	£422	£388	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12	£456	£432	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11	£454	£437	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/10	£470	£418	£52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/09	£425	£421	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/08?	£523	£489	£34	£1	£72	£72	1.8	14	0
31/03/07	£290	£281	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£225	£230	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£182	£200	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£163	£146	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Recreation

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Redcar And Cleveland, South Tyneside,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

Who's supporting 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Choysez
£1,000	03/02/2022	Purchasing 3 lap tops for the project and associated software
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Choysez
£500	16/09/2021	Supporting the charity's purposes
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Choysez
£4,650	15/04/2021	Supporting young people in Bedlington through the Future Steps employability project
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - installing a carpet and heater in an unused room to increase capacity for excluded young people in South East Northumberland
£750	04/02/2021	installing a carpet and heater in an unused room to increase capacity for excluded young people in South East Northumberland
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - activities that improve the employment prospects of young people from Northumberland
£5,000	09/04/2020	activities that improve the employment prospects of young people from Northumberland
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Motivational Maintenance
£3,100	26/04/2017	Motivational Maintenance
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Choysez
£16,000	28/03/2013	to help support an alternative education system and extra curricular activities for young people excluded or on the point of exclusion from schools across Northumberland

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

ANTHONY RAILTON Appointed: 2011

GRAHAM SHANNON (Chair) Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Solicitor

GILLIE ROBSON Appointed: 2022

JANET FAY Appointed: 2022

ZOE MAYLAM Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/12/2001, number: 1089811
Registered at Companies House on 13/09/2001, number: 04286804

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

CHOYSEZ
2 GOOCH AVENUE
BARRINGTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
BEDLINGTON
NORTHUMBERLAND
NE22 7DQ

Objectives

TO SUPPORT AND EDUCATE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED DUE TO THEIR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, 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 BE IMPROVED

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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