Overall GiG Score: 3 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

FOLKESTONE YOUTH PROJECT 

The provision of social and recreational facilities to the young people of Folkestone for their leisure time activities, so as to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capabilities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Established: 18 years

lsmith@wea.org.uk

07851250987

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
30/04/23£67£58£9n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/22£115£73£42n/an/an/an/an/a2
30/04/21£72£42£30n/an/an/an/an/a2
30/04/20£41£40£1n/an/an/an/an/a2
30/04/19£57£62£-4n/an/an/an/an/a3
30/04/18£34£48£-14£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/17£48£51£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16£51£50£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£84£89£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/14£60£53£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/13*£33£19£14£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/12£0£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/11£3£2£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/10£5£4£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/09£42£38£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/08£43£70£-26£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/07£5£7£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,

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£123,594
BBC Children in Need£13,457
DCMS£12,686
The Clothworkers Foundation£5,100
Woodward Charitable Trust£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - URBAN WILDERNESS
£123,594 29/03/2021
36
The organisation will use funding to develop its outside space so that it can build on existing services. It provides a safe welcoming space for young people to meet and take part in free activities. ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000 26/03/2021
Core costs.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Folkestone Youth Project
£5,100 03/03/2021
refurbishment of outside space for a charity supporting disadvantaged youths in Kent
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,200 25/09/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Folkestone Youth Project managemnet committee
£13,457 09/09/2020
12
COVID19 - This grant will fund nature-themed one-to-one youth work for children and young people who may be socially and economically disadvantaged and who are isolated due to Covid-19. Young people ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,486 30/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 18/04/2018
Urban Wilderness Youth and Community Cohesion Space
National Lottery Community Fund - Hawkinge Summer Shed of Activity 2017
£8,084 10/05/2017
12
This project will provide a summer holiday programme of physical activities that will engage vulnerable young people aged 10-16 years who live in an isolated rural area. This will extend the current ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Folkestone Youth Project
£10,000 09/03/2017
12
towards one year's running costs of a youth project in a deprived area of Kent
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/03/2006, number: 1113379
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR13: 124 days late,
Main office

252 CHERITON ROAD
FOLKESTONE
CT19 4DN

Objectives

TO PROVIDE SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND, IN PARTICULAR, YOUNG PEOPLE IN FOLKESTONE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR SPIRITUAL CAPABILITIES, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER WITH THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA, LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND SO THAT THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE FOLKESTONE, KENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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