Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

THE PUMP (EAST BIRMINGHAM) LTD 

The Pump (East Birmingham) Ltd is an intergrated hub of service providers working to support the development of young people with a focus on skills, employment and training.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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: 14 years

www.thepump.org.uk

enquiry@thepump.org.uk

0121 726 9820

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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
30/09/22£419£400£18n/an/an/an/an/a2
30/09/21£525£398£127£0£377£2989220
30/09/20£372£347£25n/an/an/an/an/a5
30/09/19£420£372£49n/an/an/an/an/a2
30/09/18*£331£332£-1£0£0£0n/a03
30/09/17£255£240£15£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£316£304£12£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£375£317£58£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14*£315£318£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£298£274£24£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£219£213£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11?*£199£159£40£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/10*£55£27£28£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 2 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
BBC Children in Need£282,298
National Lottery Community Fund£30,000
Youth Music£30,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Pump ( East Birmingham) LTD
£120,000 06/10/2023
This grant will provide education, employment and training support, as well as youth work to young people living in an area of deprivation. The intended outcomes are essential skills and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - The Pump's Summer Programme
£10,000 04/08/2023
The funding will be used to run a summer programme for young people aged 11 to 18 (and up to 25 if they have special educational needs and disabilities). A range of diversionary activities will be ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - PumpFest 2023
£10,000 19/05/2023
The funding will be used to run a Windrush music festival in Birmingham. This project aims to bring communities together reduce isolation help the community achieve their potential sooner and build ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Summer Programme at The Pump
£10,000 07/05/2021
The funding will be used to deliver a summer programme of diversionary activities at a youth centre for disadvantaged young people in East Birmingham. The project aims to give young people the chance ....more
Youth Music - The Pump Broadcasting Corporation
£30,000 26/04/2021
The Pump Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Pump ( East Birmingham) LTD
£30,000 16/12/2020
This project delivers a holiday playscheme for children living in a highly deprived area of Birmingham. Children will feel less isolated, engage more with learning and make healthier choices.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 31/01/2020
The Pump (East Birmingham) Ltd.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Pump ( East Birmingham) LTD
£132,298 26/06/2019
36
This project is a youth club and targeted activity programme working with young people experiencing multiple disadvantage including living in a deprived area. The project aims to improve wellbeing, ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£56,350 01/04/2019
.
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£56,350 01/04/2019
.
National Lottery Community Fund - Makerspace on the move.
£9,900 27/02/2019
12
This funding will be used to deliver creative workshops for young people. The project aims to raise young people's aspirations and confidence.
Youth Music - Pump up the Volume
£127,325 11/05/2018
Pump up the Volume
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to The Pump (East Birmingham) Ltd
£49,400 18/09/2017
The History of Grime
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Pump ( East Birmingham) LTD
£28,761 10/08/2017
36
This project will provide a summer holiday play scheme in a deprived area in Birmingham. The project aims to encourage friendships and peer relationships, promote inclusion and develop skills to ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Pump
£15,000 11/07/2017
12
A 12 month Business Development Manager post will underpin their new digital enterprise lab (The Pump Lab) with business, funding and marketing strategies as well as links with new partners for work ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£56,350 01/05/2017
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DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£56,350 01/05/2017
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
£56,350 01/05/2017
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
£42,263 01/05/2017
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
£42,263 01/05/2017
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
National Lottery Community Fund - Cleaning and Greening The Pump
£10,000 11/04/2017
12
This group will use the funding to replace the heating and air filter system in their community building. This will address health and safety concerns posed by the existing system and improve the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Celebrating - New Routes
£10,000 13/10/2016
12
The Pump is a purpose built facility which supports the personal development of young people through employment, skills and training. This project will host an all day event celebrating and ....more
Birmingham City Council - Youth Promise Dev
£19,960 01/03/2016
YOUTH PROMISE DEV; Jobs and skills; Birmingham Youth Promise
National Lottery Community Fund - The Pump Reaching Communities Feasibility Study
£10,000 03/02/2016
12
The group will use the funding to undergo a consultation study to identify local issues and needs. This will potentially extend current facilities to the whole community within the area.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Pump
£32,750 27/09/2013
Enabling a vibrant new centre in Birmingham to deliver an innovative employability programme targeting NEET young people, (not in education employment and training) to re engage them back in to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 28-78
  • BRIAN SUMMERS (Chair) Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Company Director
  • REECE KEYE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Project Manager (Cyps)
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/02/2010, number: 1134459
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/11/2009, number: 07077838
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
13 returns made; AR18: 98 days late, AR14: 115 days late, AR11: 50 days late, AR10: 354 days late,
Main office

THE PUMP
286 KITTS GREEN ROAD
BIRMINGHAM
B33 9SB

Objectives

1 TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN THE EAST BIRMINGHAM AREA BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE (ESPECIALLY OF THE TYPES SET OUT BELOW) AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:A ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALSB PROMOTING SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING YOUNG PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY(FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS - UNEMPLOYMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, RACE, GENDER, POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, OR WHO ARE WITHIN, OR HAVE EXPERIENCED, THE PUBLIC CARE OR PENAL SYSTEM)C ADVANCING EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FITD RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENTE PROVIDING RECREATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONSF ADDRESSING THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF YOUNG PERSONS IN NEED BY REASON OF ADDICTION TO DRUGS, ALCOHOL OR ANY ACTIVITY SUCH AS GAMBLING, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT, ANDG THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE

Defined Area of Benefit:

EAST BIRMINGHAM AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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