WAYOUT - WORLDWIDE ARTS YOUTH LIMITED

Registered charity 1123777 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WAYOUT

WAYout provides free access and training in music, film, poetry and the arts to street and disadvantaged youth in Sierra Leone. Supporting young people to have their own voice about issues that concern them. We work in the women's prison and run women's workshops in the provinces. we enable street youth into education and work and to be accepted back into their communities

Objects

THE AIMS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operates with no debt and holds no investments, relying heavily on cash due to banking limitations. While the organization claims it could maintain a 'skeleton ship' with minimal support, the trustees explicitly identify funding shortfalls as a primary concern. The financial overview notes that total spend in Sierra Leone was £56,084, covering staff, training, equipment, and project costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — WAYout (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Joe Strummer Foundation — “The Joe Strummer Foundation funded 4 of our music studios” (source page)
• Marian Fielding — “MARIAN FIELDING Marian has supported WAYout since we began” (source page)
• Last Night a DJ Saved My Life — “LNADJ Last Night a DJ Saved My Life” (source page)
• The Mercers’ Company — “THE MERCERS’ COMPANY” (source page)
• Prince Claus Foundation — “PRINCE CLAUS FOUNDATION” (source page)
• The Evan Cornish Foundation — “THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION” (source page)
• Community Foundation — “COMMUNITY FOUNDATION” (source page)
• Judith Samuel — “JUDITH SAMUEL. Judith has supported WAYout since we began” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/05/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• NICHOLAS MCINERNY BAchair
• ASHLEY ANTHONY MINTO
• HAZEL CHANDLER MBE MA
• Paul Anthony Pletts

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Sierra Leone

Income and spending

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