Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

YOUTH ALMIGHTY PROJECT 

YAP is a Sunderland based Youth and Community Project. Our aims and objectives are to act as a resource for the community living in Sunderland in particular but not exclusivity the West area of Sunderland, by providing guidance, assistance and organising programmes of physical, educational and other activities as a means of, Helping young people, advancing education,relieving unemployment.
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
  • 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
Established: 14 years

www.youthalmighty.co.uk

info@youthalmighty.co.uk

01915238000

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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
31/07/22£467£473£-5n/an/an/an/an/a34
31/07/21£255£201£55n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/07/20£275£220£55n/an/an/an/an/a62
31/07/19*£196£180£16n/an/an/an/an/a52
31/07/18£197£146£51£0£0£0n/a09
31/07/17£272£207£65£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£161£176£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£199£188£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£151£146£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£164£122£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12£174£114£61£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11£166£131£35£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 34 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sunderland,

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
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£12,635
DCMS£10,667
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£7,656
Garfield Weston Foundation£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Youth Almighty Project
£1,210 29/04/2021
Providing social action opportunities for children and young people in Sunderland
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - delivering Friday evening youth sessions for children and young people from the West End of Sunderland
£7,635 18/03/2021
delivering Friday evening youth sessions for children and young people from the West End of Sunderland
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the organisation's charitable purposes
£5,000 30/04/2020
the organisation's charitable purposes
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£7,111 28/02/2020
Fit and Fun
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£3,556 28/02/2020
Fit and Fun. The wider aim of the scheme is: To deliver onward grants to increase positive activities for young people by delivering extra sessions in youth clubs for the financial year 2019/20
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Running costs to continue the 'Almighty Action' project for young people aged 10 to 14 years in Sunderland
£3,620 18/10/2019
Running costs to continue the 'Almighty Action' project for young people aged 10 to 14 years in Sunderland
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - To establish a men's group in Silksworth for lonely, isolated men
£2,826 15/06/2019
To establish a men's group in Silksworth for lonely, isolated men
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£3,000 30/04/2019
Combat Holiday Hunger
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Friday night youth provision - Year 3
£8,336 01/04/2019
Friday night youth provision - Year 3
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - continuation of activities to tackle holiday hunger for young people
£12,255 21/03/2019
continuation of activities to tackle holiday hunger for young people
National Lottery Community Fund - Re-connect
£31,637 21/02/2019
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Re-connect
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Set up and deliver a new social action project Almighty Action
£4,090 14/12/2018
Set up and deliver a new social action project Almighty Action
Sport England - The Power of Tennis
£9,778 23/10/2018
18
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled The Power of Tennis. This project is a Lawn Tennis project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - to continue supporting the holiday hunger programme in Silksworth
£10,162 23/03/2018
to continue supporting the holiday hunger programme in Silksworth
National Lottery Community Fund - Silksworth Holiday Activities
£9,912 07/03/2018
12
The group will support local families on low incomes with a programme of school holiday activities, free meals and support. They will encourage parents and carers to contribute to the programme by ....more
DCMS - Virgin Money Foundation North East Fund
£32,847 14/02/2018
Youth Almighty Project (YAP) is a vibrant, well attended youth project set up by local people in 2005 to serve the needs of young people living in Silksworth, in Sunderland.This grant is to enable ....more
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Youth Almighty Project
£32,847 12/02/2018
12
Grant to cover the running costs of the Positive Experiences Employment Programme to support young people through work experience.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Friday Night Youth Provision Year 2
£8,223 04/01/2018
Friday Night Youth Provision Year 2
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Youth Almighty Project
£31,190 06/12/2016
12
Grant to work with young people from the area who are experiencing unemployment by giving them education and training opportunities to help them into sustainable employment.
Sport England - Youth Almighty Community 3G
£72,750 22/05/2015
23
Funding under Sport England's Inspired Facilities funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Youth Almighty Community 3G'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Youth Almighty Project
£17,200 29/07/2013
This youth project operates across Sunderland, but principally within the Silksworth and Barnes suburbs of the city.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/07/2010, number: 1136975
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR19: 17 days late,
Main office

Silksworth Youth & Community Centre
Tunstall Village Road
SUNDERLAND
SR3 2BB

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY LIVING IN SUNDERLAND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, SUNDERLAND WEST AREA OF SUNDERLAND BY PROVIDING GUIDANCE, ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: (A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING INDIVIDUALS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG PEOPLE, BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION; (C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; (D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL 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, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SUNDERLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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