Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +4

YORK NEIGHBOURS 

York Neighbours has a team of volunteers who offer support to people over the age of 65 living within the City of York in the following 3 ways:1) help with small practical one-off tasks2) making a regular phone call for a chat 3) occasional individual and group trips out
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

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.yorkneighbours.org.uk

info@yorkneighbours.org.uk

01904891627

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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
30/09/22£55£50£4n/an/an/an/an/a100
30/09/21£56£60£-4n/an/an/an/an/a93
30/09/20£79£55£24n/an/an/an/an/a98
30/09/19£57£44£13n/an/an/an/an/a90
30/09/18£52£45£7£0£0£0n/a060
30/09/17£39£29£10£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£45£24£21£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 100 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of York,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Two Ridings Community Foundation - York Neighbours
£5,000 27/04/2022
Funding to support core running costs (including volunteer training) and staff costs. Enabling York Cares to better manage the increase in demand on their services.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - York Neighbours
£5,000 25/04/2022
Currently understaffed and are hoping to recruit a third assistant co-ordinator and this funding would go towards core running costs
CAF - Grant to York Neighbours
£5,741 26/05/2020
3
Grant to York Neighbours to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - York Neighbours
£135,000 22/11/2018
36
York Neighbours
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Reaching out to older people in York
£5,000 17/05/2018
To fund core delivery costs to enable the organisation to provide support services across the city to isolated older people
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Grant to York Neighbours
£5,000 12/12/2017
Funding will be used to increase staff capacity which in turn will enable the group to recruit more volunteers to work out in the community and support their local neighbors.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/09/2015, number: 1163768
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

York Neighbours, Office G2
The Raylor Centre
James Street
YORK
YO10 3DW

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO REDUCE SOCIAL ISOLATION FOR PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 65 YEARS LIVING WITHIN THE CITY OF YORK AND TO SUPPORT THEM TO RETAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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