Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

EASTSIDE YOUNG LEADERS' ACADEMY 

EYLA exists to nurture and develop the leadership potential of BAME young people, empowering them to become the next generation of successful leaders.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 22 years

www.eyla.org.uk

info@eyla.org.uk

02085221000

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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
31/03/23£481£470£11n/an/an/an/an/a45
31/03/22£468£450£19n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/21£685£502£183£2£318£962.3730
31/03/20£493£431£62n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/19£426£377£50n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/18£279£276£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£282£267£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£325£386£-61£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£396£332£65£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£314£449£-135£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£452£317£135£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£250£300£-50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£418£421£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£384£376£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£576£632£-56£27£43£420.8110
31/03/08£753£663£90£24£99£480.990
31/03/07£440£456£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£289£280£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£195£230£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£233£198£35£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Newham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 45 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£142,514
DCMS£75,000
Tudor Trust£67,000
The London Community Foundation£38,000
CAF£9,200
City Bridge Trust£7,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 05/08/2022
Ukraine Community Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Eastside Ukraine
£10,000 06/05/2022
The funding will be used to provide a range of support to Ukrainian refugees including meals information and advice on local services. The project aims to support the essential needs of people ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Eastside Leadership Programme
£122,631 15/12/2021
The project is using funding to create a bespoke and holistic package of support for Black African Caribbean children and young people in Newham. The project will include information advice training ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Eastside Young Leaders' Academy
£38,000 17/03/2021
11
The funding is for: ¢ Recruitment and training of 30 graduate leadership instructors and tutors to reduce class sizes that therefore increase participation. ¢ Recruitment, training, matching of 30 ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Eastside Young Leaders' Academy
£2,000 11/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Tudor Trust - Grant to Eastside Young Leaders' Academy
£65,000 23/11/2020
24
over two years as continuation funding towards salaries and associated costs to support an educational accreditation framework for young people across East London
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£75,000 17/07/2020
"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 Eastside Young Leaders' Academy
£7,500 04/05/2020
A grant of £7,500 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
CAF - Grant to Eastside Young Leaders' Academy
£9,200 08/04/2020
3
Grant to Eastside Young Leaders' Academy to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Eastside Library & Resource Centre
£9,883 11/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to create a library and resource centre for local young people and their families. The project aims to improve local facilities and facilitate personal and professional ....more
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2018
£5,000 04/12/2018
Following on from our Annual Summer School EYLA will provide an educational arts-based programme for children and young people from low income families in East London. Activities will focus on ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Eastside Young Leaders' Academy
£70,000 23/11/2018
24
over two years towards salary and associated costs relating to the development of an educational accreditation framework for young people across East London
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Eastside Young Leaders Academy
£87,147 23/10/2018
36
This project will provide a programme of creative workshops and sessions to young people with a range of behavioural and psychological difficulties. Activities will improve wellbeing, improve ....more
The Childhood Trust - Summer Give 2018
£7,500 15/06/2018
EYLA will offer an arts-based educational experience for children and young people from low income families in East London. Activities will focus on physical theatre and the performing arts, drama, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - EYLA 2018
£10,000 26/03/2018
12
This project will provide leadership sessions for children and young people from the African and Caribbean community, enabling them to receive support and address issues such as antisocial behaviour ....more
The Childhood Trust - Summer Give 2017
£13,750 19/05/2017
The Eastside Summer School will offer a transformative educational experience for children from low-income families across London. An intensive summer school programme will be delivered in ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 22-57
  • MRUNAL DAVE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Music Producer
  • TOM CARROLL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Investment Management
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/09/2002, number: 1093977
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/05/2002, number: 04432313
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR11: 11 days late, AR05: 2 days late,
Main office

BIGNOLD HALL
Bignold Road
LONDON
E7 0EX

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE COMPANY IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, IN PARTICULAR YOUNG MALES OF AFRICAN-CARIBBEAN ORIGIN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 8 AND 18, BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF TRAINING (INCLUDING VOCATIONAL TRAINING) FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHILDREN SO THAT THEY MAY DEVELOP THEIR CAPACITIES TO ACT AS ACTIVE CITIZENS AND THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON, TOWER HAMLETS, HACKNEY, ESSEX, HARINGEY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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