YOU MAKE IT

Charity Number: 1158572
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We run a 6-month long You Make It holistic programme empowering young, unemployed and underemployed women, with the confidence, networks, skills, knowledge and experiences needed to break out of poverty into financially independent lives with reflect greater integration with the social and cultural life of their city. Beneficiaries are largely from Hackney and Tower Hamlets.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £363,447
Total expenditure: £409,881

People

4 Trustee(s)

50 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£80k to £90k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout London

Governance

Registration history:
  • 15 September 2014: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • LWL (Working name)
  • LADIES WHO L-EARN (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Liana Rose Shamash Chair 15 December 2021
None on record
Jen Beardsley Trustee 22 April 2024
None on record
Fatou Jeng Trustee 15 December 2021
YOUTH SPORT TRUST
Received: On time
KATE O'CONNOR Trustee 22 May 2017
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £252.12k £371.61k £399.65k £402.44k £363.45k
Total expenditure £229.47k £288.34k £278.85k £365.12k £409.88k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 27 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 27 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 29 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 29 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 06 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 06 December 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 06 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 06 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 27 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 27 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 15 SEP 2014 AMENDED ON 29 JUL 2016 as amended on 01 Aug 2022

Charitable objects

(1) For the public benefit, to advance the professional and personal development of East London’s young unemployed and underemployed women – in particular those from non-privileged backgrounds – so that they may enter into and retain meaningful employment. This is done, in particular, but not exclusively, by delivering holistic three to six month programmes either in person or online, which provide participants with: (a) information though interactive workshops, which are focused on developing skills to increase the participant’s employability and wellbeing; (b) advice about learning and earning opportunities through a mentoring programme; and (c) access to work experience and other “hands-on” experience in order to develop job-readiness. (2) For the public benefit, in order to promote racial equality, to design and deliver a programme of interactive anti-racism workshops called You Change It (“YCI”). YCI will principally be delivered (both in person and online) to the employees of other charities, companies and organisations, as well as to individuals, from all backgrounds. Funds raised by YCI will, in part, go back into financially supporting the work described in (1) above. The YCI workshops (the exact number and contents of which may be changed from time to time (therefore this list is not exclusive)) are: (a) story telling by those with lived experiences of being victims of racism (“The Stories Write Themselves”); (b) the history and science of racism and its impact on those living in the UK today(“From Then to Now”); (c) an understanding of what having privilege means and what not having it means (“Check Your Privilege”); (d) developing the confidence to challenge racism at work (“What Would You Say If…?”); (e) support to develop actions which lead to racial equity at work (“Activate Your Allyship”).

Contact information

Address:
SHED WORKSPACE 1
8 Lee Street
LONDON
E8 4DY
Phone:
07494737706
Email:
administrator@you-make-it.org
Website:

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