Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 6

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 6

NORRIS GREEN YOUTH CENTRE LIMITED

Provides activities for young people aged 11 - 19 in the Norris Green area of Liverpool. Activities include: Music Workshops, Arts/Crafts, Sports, Cooking, Gardening, Accredited Projects, Bike Maintenance & Residentials.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 38 years

norrisgreenyouth@aol.com

01512262925

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
31/03/23		£114	£150	£-36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/22		£165	£142	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/21		£141	£141	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/20		£108	£118	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/19		£116	£123	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/18		£175	£162	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£251	£205	£46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£226	£227	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£251	£261	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£257	£247	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£266	£266	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£264	£264	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£240	£247	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£280	£283	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£246	£238	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/07	*	£271	£274	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£203	£186	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£171	£141	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£121	£81	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Liverpool City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
4 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	£20,000
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside	£9,500
DCMS	£9,300

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - The alternative to violence programme
£5,000	26/09/2023	To provide practical education and ongoing support to at risk young people from turbulent families.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Art to recovery Project
£10,000	11/08/2023	The funding will be used to create a ‘snug’ in a youth centre which will work as a safe space and art recovery room. The room will be used as a place where they can speak about any issues they ....more The funding will be used to create a ‘snug’ in a youth centre which will work as a safe space and art recovery room. The room will be used as a place where they can speak about any issues they are facing with mental health workers who will be funded through the grant.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Alternatives to Violence
£2,500	04/01/2023	The group are requesting funding to educate young people on the dangers of gang involvement, knife and gun crime, domestic violence and the consequences of negative behaviour.
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Fangtastic Week Of Fun
£2,000	10/10/2022	To provide activities over October Half Term including sports, music, cooking, arts, bike maintenance, and halloween themed games and quizzes.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,300	24/06/2020	"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."
National Lottery Community Fund - The Connect Project
£10,000	27/06/2019 12	The organisation will use the funding to provide more activities to people in the community, particularly to those in poverty.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	05/12/2018	Changing Lives' - Core Costs
John Moores Foundation - Grant to Norris Green Youth Centre Ltd
£14,000	01/02/2018	Towards running costs
National Lottery Community Fund - The Arts of Noise
£10,000	08/02/2017 12	The funding will be used to hold creative art sessions for young people who are experiencing mental health issues, showing signs of self-harm, emotional instability and violence towards others. The ....more The funding will be used to hold creative art sessions for young people who are experiencing mental health issues, showing signs of self-harm, emotional instability and violence towards others. The creative art sessions will be used as a tool to help increase their confidence and give them the communication tools to express themselves. Additionally the young people will gain accreditations which aims to further motivate them to take part in other skills building workshops.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Project aimed at young females to help reduce anti-social behaviour
£1,000	04/11/2016	Towards a project aimed at young females who are at risk of being influenced by gang culture in Liverpool.
National Lottery Community Fund - Creating Change
£492,206	05/08/2013 48	This is the continuation and expansion of a project based in Liverpool and delivered by Norris Green Youth Centre Limited (NGYC) which aims to provide activities, skills and accredited courses to ....more This is the continuation and expansion of a project based in Liverpool and delivered by Norris Green Youth Centre Limited (NGYC) which aims to provide activities, skills and accredited courses to young people, including those who are NEET, to help tackle issues of gang culture, drug and alcohol abuse, crime and youth unemployment._x000B_

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 25-58

CALLUM SPENCER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Shopworker

DANIEL WOODS Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Musician, Other trusteeship: CREATIVE MINDS,

DANIEL RYDER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Creative Projects Officer

EMMA MCKAY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: N/A

GEORGE SHAW Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Project Manager

IAN JOHNSON (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Shop Manager

KEVIN MCKAY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Milkman

THOMAS MCCORMACK Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Schoolteacher

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/07/1986, number: 517823
Registered at Companies House on 21/04/1986, number: 02012466

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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

20 returns made; AR07: 58 days late, AR04: 34 days late,

Main office

TOWNSEND AVENUE
NORRIS GREEN
LIVERPOOL
L11 5AF

Objectives

(I) TO HELP AND EDUCATE PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS THROUGH THEIR LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR SPIRITUAL MENTAL AND PHYSICAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED. (II) TO PROVIDE A CENTRE FOR USE FOR THE PURPOSES OF A YOUTH CENTRE CONDUCTED IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTS OF THE MERSEYSIDE YOUTH ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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