Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

MAYFIELD & EASTHOUSES YOUTH 2000 PROJECT 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 23 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Total income £212,242 £252,919 £248,945 £234,904 £212,604 £231,766
Total spending £222,447 £209,599 £234,310 £214,617 £260,894 £259,748
Surplus/deficit -£10,205 £43,320 £14,635 £20,287 -£48,290 -£27,982
Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health
  • The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended','any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Where it operates
  • Midlothian
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children or young people

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
BBC Children in Need£96,664
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
National Lottery Community Fund£26,229
Foundation Scotland£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Thriving Through Transitions
£9,779 16/06/2023
This group will support up to 100 children aged between 11 and 13 years old in their transition from primary to secondary schools.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£20,000 30/09/2022
Weston Youth Grant
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Mayfield & Easthouses Youth 2000 Project
£94,002 03/02/2022
One to one and group support for young people affected by issues such as caring responsibilities, poor mental health and challenging home environments. They will make positive choices, increase life ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£20,000 05/11/2021
Weston Youth Grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Involve Us
£8,150 20/04/2021
This group will use the funding to provide support to young people at risk of offending and anti-social behaviour.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Mayfield & Easthouses Youth 2000 Project
£1,000 16/09/2020
To enable Y2K staff to move to home-based working in order to adapt services in response to the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic by requesting funds to pay for subscription to the remote-access ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Mayfield & Easthouses Youth 2000 Project
£2,662 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund additional equipment and activity resources to enable different ways to support young people isolated at home due to Covid-19. They will maintain positive and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - 180
£8,300 25/03/2020
6
This project will provide a team of youth workers and volunteers to offer an outreach service for marginalised young people.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Mayfield and Easthouses Youth 2000 Project (Y2K)
£42,800 29/01/2019
Mayfield Explorers
National Lottery Community Fund - The Y2K Big Birthday
£8,881 13/12/2018
12
This group will use the funding to celebrate the organisation's 18th birthday through a series of creative workshops and events for their young people, volunteers and supporters.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Mayfield & Easthouses Youth 2000 Project
£112,956 23/10/2018
36
This project gives one to one and group support to young people who are at risk of low achievement. They will be able to address the issues affecting them, develop their skills, be more confident, ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Mayfield and Easthouses Youth 2000 Project
£3,800 21/06/2018
refurbishment of a kitchen for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in Scotland
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Mayfield and Easthouses Youth 2000 Project (Y2K)
£9,700 21/06/2018
YOYP Helfy Guid to Go
Robertson Trust - The Kitchen Refurbishment
£3,500 01/06/2018
The Kitchen Refurbishment
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 24/01/2018
InvolveU/180
Women's Fund for Scotland - Y2K's Young Women's Project
£30,000 06/12/2016
36
to contribute towards running the Y2K's young women's support service.
Robertson Trust - The Healthy Lifestyles Project
£24,000 30/06/2016
The Healthy Lifestyles Project
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Mayfield & Easthouses Youth 2000 Project
£86,307 01/11/2015
This project works with young people who are at risk of low achievement. They will be able to address the issues affecting them take part in youth awards and community projects develop skills be more ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Feasibility Study
£10,000 27/04/2011
12
This group based in Midlothian will commission a feasibility study into developing one of their projects (Green Banana) into a separate trading arm. The profits from this would benefit its drop-in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - There is no project name available for this record
£10,000 26/02/2010
12
The project will run a pilot scheme to ascertain demand for a social enterprise garden maintenance service. The group will bring together people from different generations who are experiencing key ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (5)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 51-66
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 22/12/2000, number: SC030823
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/12/2000, number: SC214081
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

2b Bogwood Road, Mayfield, Dalkeith, Midlothian, EH22 5DY

Objectives

(1) To provide facilities for young people within Midlothian East ('the Operating Area') which promote their social welfare, provide educational and recreational opportunities and in general improve their quality and conditions of life. (2) To relieve unemployment through offering young people resident in the Operating Area, alternative and informal opportunities to gain transferrable skills, accredited qualifications and volunteering experience. (3) To relieve ill-health and promote good health and wellbeing among young people resident in the Operating Area, helping them develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacity so they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society. (4) To promote, operate, support and/or co-ordinate other schemes and projects of a charitable nature for the benefit of the community within the Operating Area.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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