Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

PATCHWORK PROJECT 

Evening group work, centre-based and outdoor; children, young women and men's groups, mixed groups, Slovak and Czech groups and integration work. Detached work; Street based group work and information sharing. Duke of Edinburgh Award. Daily afternoon Drop-ins dealing with employability, debt, credit union, sexual health and 1-2-1 support. School Holiday program, daily activities and residentials.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 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: 10 years
Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
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
31/05/23£276£260£16n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/05/22*£363£268£95n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/05/21£230£226£5n/an/an/an/an/a21
31/05/20£216£229£-13n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/05/19£297£227£70n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/05/18£199£172£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/17£245£174£70£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/16£130£148£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/15£209£174£35£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 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
DCMS£100,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£57,837
The Ballinger Charitable Trust£55,547
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£42,000
The Greggs Foundation£25,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Power to Change£8,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Power to Change - LTW - Patchwork Project
£8,000 04/07/2023
360G-ptc-gr-17514LTW - Patchwork Project
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Patchwork Project
£2,000 03/03/2022
General charitable purposes
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Patchwork Project
£1,872 27/01/2022
Climbing sessions for young people from the West End of Newcastle
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Patchwork Project
£750 20/01/2022
Core costs to support marginalised young people in the West End of Newcastle
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Patchwork Project
£4,840 09/12/2021
A woman-only drop in and 1-2-1 work with older young women aged 18-25 yrs in Benwell, Newcastle
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Patchwork Project
£5,000 02/12/2021
The salary costs for a small group working with young women 13-17 yrs who need support to overcome fears and re-socialise following Covid restrictions
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£20,000 20/08/2021
Patchwork at work
The Greggs Foundation - North East Core Funding
£25,000 27/07/2021
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£25,000 over two years (£15,000, £10,000) to support staff salaries.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Patchwork Project
£1,375 15/07/2021
The organisation's 2021 summer holiday provision
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - The organisation’s work with young people at risk of social exclusion in West Newcastle affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
£25,000 27/05/2021
The organisation’s work with young people at risk of social exclusion in West Newcastle affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Patchwork Project
£25,000 27/05/2021
The organisation’s work with young people at risk of social exclusion in West Newcastle affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Patchwork Project
£8,000 20/05/2021
Salary costs of 4 part time sessional staff
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the salary of the Trainee Youth Worker to deliver and support activities for children and young people in the West End of Newcastle
£10,000 25/03/2021
the salary of the Trainee Youth Worker to deliver and support activities for children and young people in the West End of Newcastle
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - delivering on-going work to children and young people in the West End of Newcastle
£3,000 04/03/2021
delivering on-going work to children and young people in the West End of Newcastle
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - working with young people in the West End of Newcastle
£4,000 17/12/2020
working with young people in the West End of Newcastle
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£100,000 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid 19-Releiving Lockdown Stress and Trauma
£10,000 07/05/2020
12
The funding will be used to provide activity packs food online face to face support access to exercise and learning for disadvantaged local children/young people and families including those from ....more
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Patchwork Project (part of NYP)
£45,547 06/12/2019
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Neighbourhood Youth Project
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Work with young people in the West End of Newcastle
£5,000 16/09/2019
Work with young people in the West End of Newcastle
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - the costs of running a summer holiday playscheme for 8-12 year olds in Benwell
£4,000 17/06/2019
the costs of running a summer holiday playscheme for 8-12 year olds in Benwell
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Patchwork Project
£10,000 14/06/2019
12
Core costs - salary
National Lottery Community Fund - Patchy-2-drop-ins plus
£10,000 04/04/2019
12
The funding will be used to expand the activities of the community centre and café, such as tea and coffee mornings for families and activities for children aged 8-12 years old. The project aims to ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£10,000 01/04/2019
Our sessions will give young women the opportunity to create three 12 week cycles of planned shared activities together. They themselves will plan, organise and do activities together. They will be ....more
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Patchwork Project
£46,974 22/02/2019
12
Grant to Patchwork Project to support its work helping young people from the area to secure sustainable employment.
DCMS - Target 50
£46,974 22/02/2019
The Patchwork Project is a neighbourhood youth project based in Benwell in the West End of Newcastle. The award is to support its work helping young people from the area to secure sustainable ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Patchy girls and women
£10,000 06/12/2018
To support the patchy girls and women project.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - DD's ooot Nd aboot Sessions
£3,000 28/06/2018
DD's ooot Nd aboot Sessions
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 21/05/2018
Patchwork Project
County Durham Community Foundation - Emplyability project
£24,840 17/08/2017
To deliver group work sessions to improve employability, volunteering and training.
National Lottery Community Fund - Patchwork 2 cafe with access to play and support for the family
£10,000 16/08/2017
12
The project will provide a morning and afternoon café with access to play sessions, social activities and advice and information. This will provide pre-school and after school support for young ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Patchwork Project
£382,300 24/08/2016
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This project will develop activities for young people supporting Benwell, Scotswood and Elswick. The project will improve beneficiaries’ confidence and self-esteem, mental health and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-71
  • CAROL HUNTER Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Community Development Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/05/2014, number: 1157186
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/04/2013, number: 08510835
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
  • 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
9 returns made; AR22: 35 days late,
Main office

Patchwork Project
83 Adelaide Terrace
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE4 8BB

Objectives

TO HELP AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 5 AND 25 YEARS RESIDENT IN THE WEST END OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OR AT RISK OF BECOMING INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION, THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MIGHT GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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