Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 7

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 4

WOLVERCOTE YOUNG PEOPLES CLUB LTD

The organisation will run a youth club for young people who live in Wolvercote and Cutteslowe areas, providing a variety of activities physical, spiritually and mentally challenging as organised by fully qualified youth workers and appropriate helpers. The club will be open on a regular basis to provide these activities to young people ranging from 7 to 19 years of age.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
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
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 12 years

www.wypc.org.uk

admin@wypc.org.uk

01865 559374

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£89	£98	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/22		£78	£111	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/21	*	£97	£102	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/20	*	£81	£95	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/19		£84	£115	£-31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/18		£81	£87	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£91	£100	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£97	£96	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£119	£107	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£125	£96	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£21	£25	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Oxfordshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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

Oxfordshire Community Foundation	£39,050
National Lottery Community Fund	£19,600
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
DCMS	£8,360

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	24/06/2022	Youth Work Core Funding
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Growth and Sustainability
£36,700	26/05/2022	To ensure the future growth and sustainability of the WYPC, the club will hire a Charity Manager with proven management and fundraising skills. The Charity Manager will oversee two areas: !) Growth: ....more To ensure the future growth and sustainability of the WYPC, the club will hire a Charity Manager with proven management and fundraising skills. The Charity Manager will oversee two areas: !) Growth: managing and facilitating the club's development into the area of Daytime Youth Work for young people out of work, training and education (NEET), and; 2) Sustainability: reducing our annual deficit by setting and achieving fundraising targets. The 'Step Change' grant will give the Charity Manager the time to establish themselves and initiate growth at the WYPC before undertaking to fundraise their ongoing salary.
National Lottery Community Fund - Jubilee Summer Scheme
£10,000	08/04/2022	The funding will be used to run a summer scheme for young people that will deliver activities that will celebrate the Queen's Jubilee by partnering with a local church and inviting older residents ....more The funding will be used to run a summer scheme for young people that will deliver activities that will celebrate the Queen's Jubilee by partnering with a local church and inviting older residents for a tea-party. Older residents will then be invited to fundraise and volunteer for the youth club over the summer so the entire community will be an integral part of the summer scheme for young people which will involve evening trips a summer fair and arts and crafts wellbeing walks friendly café sports and games and dance and music workshops. The project aims to improve intergenerational relationships and provide young people with activities to improve their mental and physical health.
National Lottery Community Fund - North Oxford Youth Work Sessions
£9,600	03/12/2021	The funding will be used to fully-fund twenty separate three-hour open-access drop-in youth work sessions facilitated by trained youth-workers. The project aims to provide a supportive and welcoming ....more The funding will be used to fully-fund twenty separate three-hour open-access drop-in youth work sessions facilitated by trained youth-workers. The project aims to provide a supportive and welcoming environment to combat the rising prevalence of mental health problems in teens such as social media use and the impacts that the pandemic exacerbating has had in this area.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Creatively Clever
£2,350	28/01/2021	Providing a virtual youth space for young people aged. 9 - 18 delivering positive and interactive online “live” sessions
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,360	28/09/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Oxford City Council - Grant to Wolvercote Young Peoples Club
£6,000	01/04/2019	Funding awarded to contribute to school holiday activities
Oxford City Council - Grant to Wolvercote Young Peoples Club
£13,000	25/03/2018	Funding awarded to run activities during Easter, Summer and Christmas school holidays at Cutteslowe
Oxford City Council - Grant to Wolvercote Young Peoples Club
£6,968	25/03/2018	Funding awarded for detached youth work in Cutteslowe and at Summertown shops
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - WYPC Young Men's Group
£4,750	28/02/2018 35	work closely where possible with families and with the Locality and Community Support Service and will pull together Early Help Assessments for individual young men if needed.
National Lottery Community Fund - WYPC Activities and Accreditation Programme
£10,000	10/08/2016 12	The organisation will use the funding to deliver an Accredited Activities Programme aimed young people aged 7-19 years old and will include workshops in areas such as food hygiene, first aid and ....more The organisation will use the funding to deliver an Accredited Activities Programme aimed young people aged 7-19 years old and will include workshops in areas such as food hygiene, first aid and leadership. This will provide an opportunity for beneficiaries to access accreditations raising their aspirations and encouraging them to take part in further learning and training opportunities.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 58-85

ANDREW WILLIAM FENTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Nhs Transformation Director

DAVID JAMES DUTHIE Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Director

DR VALERIE ELIZABETH TATE (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/09/2012, number: 1149132
Registered at Companies House on 02/07/2012, number: 08125791

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR21: 29 days late, AR20: 33 days late, AR13: 7 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from WOLVERCOTE YOUNG PEOPLE'S CLUB CHARITABLE TRUST on 23/04/2020

Main office

Astral Accountancy Services Ltd
Astral House
Granville Way
BICESTER
Oxfordshire
OX26 4JT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN WOLVERCOTE AND CUTTESLOWE BY PROVIDING A SAFE PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GROW, LEARN AND FLOURISH UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF QUALIFIED YOUTH WORKERS AND TRAINED VOLUNTEERS, SUCH THAT THEY MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND WIDER SOCIETY.

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