HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE INTO NEW LIVES

Providing services ranging from emergency shelters to supported housing, this London-based outfit aims to help young homeless people off the streets. Working with 1,577 people in 2006/7 it was able to ensure that 75 per cent of them went on to more appropriate accommodation, while getting 56 per cent into education, training or work. The annual report is a marked improvement on last year's, but we'd like to know if the charity has any financial targets.

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QUALITY OF REPORTING

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65%
How much info does the charity want to share? This score, taken from our search for 43 key points in the annual report, gives the answer. Top mark is 100%. Anything over 70% is a good effort.

SIZE OF CHARITY...

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Large
We only profile the largest charities in England & Wales, and our sizes are relative to the largest and smallest among them. So where we describe a charity as 'Small', it is still much larger than the national average.

HIGHEST SALARY

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£100k to £149k
Taken from the vague bandings given in annual reports; note that 'Under £60k' could be £9k or £59k. Nonetheless the number of bars should roughly correlate with the 'Size of charity' bars.

RESERVES WOULD LAST...

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3 months
If income dried up, how long could work continue? 3-12 months is normal. Less may be precarious. 12+ months may be over-cautious (or if very high, may represent the value of the charity's property).

ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY

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Unknown
We asked the charity if it has an ethical investment policy. If yes, it gets an angel. Those with no policy but which don't invest in tobacco/arms get a halo. Those without investments, or who didn't respond, appear neutral. Those with stakes in arms/tobacco get a fallen angel.

Reviewed: 2008-02-14     Accounts ending: 2007-03-31

IN SHORT

Who/what it helps

  • Homeless young people

Where

  • London
  • North East England

Providing

  • Housing
  • Policy work
  • Research
  • Influencing
  • Support to other organisations

VITAL STATISTICS

ANNUAL EXPENDITURE
£15,732,000
What is this?
Of all the charities we profile...
- Less than £1m is tiny
- £1m to £5m is small
- £6m to £10m is medium
- £11m to £50m is large
- Above that is very rare
SPENT ON CHARITABLE WORK
91%
The rest usually goes into raising more income. A little covers legal requirements.


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