DAMILOLA TAYLOR TRUST
The current activities of the charity are two fold: in its wider sense it is to campaign to create a community resilience to youth violent crime. More specifically the Charity works to mentor families and young people on how to make a significant transition in thinking and knowledge so that they can lead healthy lives; stay in school; grow up to become productive adults in society.
Objects
(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND TO PROVIDE FOR THEM FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION. (B) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND DISABILITY CAUSED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH EPILEPSY PARTICULARLY AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN WEST AFRICA. (C) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES AT THEIR DISCRETION SHALL DECIDE.
Policies the charity declares
- 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
- 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
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025
- Volunteers: 4
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024
- Volunteers: 7
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023
- Volunteers: 8
- Government income: £22,867 — grants £22,867 (1); 50% of the £45,337 total gross income on the same return
Trustees
- BABATUNDE TAYLORchair
- Dr Leroy Logan
- EULALEE MAY CLARKE
- OLUGBENGA COKER
- Piumi Aloka Mitchel
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/05/2025 | £19k | £77k |
| 31/05/2024 | £41k | £55k |
| 31/05/2023 | £45k | £141k |
| 31/05/2022 | £127k | £90k |
| 31/05/2021 | £298k | £186k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 26/03/2026 | £186k | From Legacy to Leadership: Youth Empowerment Through Strategic Delivery |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 23/07/2025 | £20k | Celebrate the legacy of Damilola Taylor |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 17/09/2021 | £10k | Youth Filming Project: Celebrating Hope |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 24/01/2020 | £10k | Year of Hope 2020 Youth Filming Project |
| Greater London Authority | 01/01/2020 | £150k | Damilola Taylor Trust |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 15/03/2019 | £20k | Enhancing Greater and visible involvement and consultation in DTT (Dev Grant) |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 21/09/2018 | £10k | Damilola Taylor Memorial Lectures |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 26/08/2015 | £10k | Intergenerational Dialogue |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 06/02/2014 | £10k | Youth Film Making and Creative Writing Project |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 23/08/2012 | £10k | Youth Film Making and Creative Writing Project |
| UK government | — | £20k | Knife Crime Community Fund 17-18 |