Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 9

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Static board: -3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 9

PRIORITY YOUTH PROJECT

To advance in life children and young people through the provision of recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life. Providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male
The Board composition appears to be rather static

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: 9 years

www.priorityouth.co.uk

hello@priorityouth.co.uk

07799622764

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/06/22		£277	£239	£38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
30/06/21	*	£288	£245	£43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
30/06/20		£205	£201	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
30/06/19		£269	£270	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
30/06/18		£204	£225	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	4
30/06/17		£159	£109	£51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/16		£61	£61	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£193,790
Masonic Trust	£15,000
John Moores Foundation	£15,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside	£5,000
Co-Operative Group	£4,903

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Priority Youth Project
£1,452	21/10/2023	Funding will be used to provide young women with a personal training session once per week. PT sessions will increase young people's mental wellbeing and physical health.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000	15/09/2023	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Detached provision
£5,000	06/07/2023	To provide activities for 11-18 year olds on Tuesday to Friday including horse riding, cookery, cake decorating, sports, and therapeutic workshops. Additional activities will be offered on a more ....more To provide activities for 11-18 year olds on Tuesday to Friday including horse riding, cookery, cake decorating, sports, and therapeutic workshops. Additional activities will be offered on a more limited basis including water sports, summer holiday club, and a bus allowing easier access for children further afield.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Priority Youth Project
£1,529	22/10/2022	We would like to provide one-to-one counselling for children and young people aged 8–19 years who have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Priority Youth Project
£1,922	23/10/2021	Our plan is to provide relaxation and therapy services for young people aged 13-16 years.
National Lottery Community Fund - ELITE
£193,790	14/05/2021	Priority Youth Project (PYP) offer a range of informal recreational and educational activities for children and young people aged 8-19 in East Liverpool. Funding for the group will enable the ....more Priority Youth Project (PYP) offer a range of informal recreational and educational activities for children and young people aged 8-19 in East Liverpool. Funding for the group will enable the continuation of the project.
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Priority Youth Project
£15,000	07/07/2020	Towards the salary of the part-time sessional youth provision worker
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	18/06/2019	The Mobile Bus project
National Lottery Community Fund - The Bus Project
£44,571	19/06/2018 12	The group will use their mobile bus to run activities within local communities in Liverpool East. These will include an after school and mobile homework club, a library, educational workshops and ....more The group will use their mobile bus to run activities within local communities in Liverpool East. These will include an after school and mobile homework club, a library, educational workshops and counselling. The project aims to improve local participation and the educational chances of young people whilst strengthening the local community.
National Lottery Community Fund - E.L.I.T.E (East Liverpool Inspiring To Educate)
£357,324	31/05/2017 36	This project will address health and social inequalities of children and young people living in East Liverpool. The project will engage people in leisure activities and a personal development ....more This project will address health and social inequalities of children and young people living in East Liverpool. The project will engage people in leisure activities and a personal development programme. This aims to improve their life-chances and reduce high rates of anti-social behaviour that impacts on the wider community. The project will increase the involvement and participation of young people, giving them a voice at all levels including representation at the board of trustees.
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Priority Youth Project
£7,208	01/05/2017	Towards running costs of the youth provision
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Priority Youth Project
£79,600	09/03/2017 36	towards three years' running costs of a project providing support to disadvantaged young people in Merseyside

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 23-69

BEN ROBERT BROADHURST Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Student

BERNADETTE POWELL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Occupational Therapist

JAMES HARTWELL Appointed: 2015, Occupation: None

JOHN ANTHONY CAIN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired Headmaster

LEE FRANCIS WHEELER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Accountant

MARK POWELL (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Barber

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/03/2015, number: 1160734
Registered at Companies House on 15/05/2014, number: 09042564

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; AR21: 19 days late,

Main office

c/o St.Mary's Millenium Centre
Meadow Lane,
West Derby
Liverpool
Merseyside
L12 7HZ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(1) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(2) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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