ELEVATE

Registered charity 1163004 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Elevate is a coaching and mentoring charity that works with young people to improve self-esteem, raise aspirations, build skills and reduce disengagement with education and society.

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 21 IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY LIVING IN THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: (A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION; (C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; (D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £60,398, which the trustees consider adequate for future working capital. The charity's total assets were £127,065 against liabilities of £9,072, resulting in a net asset position of £117,993. The trustees confirmed there were no outstanding guarantees or debts secured on assets at the year end.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• 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 profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• LYNDON RUSSELL WATKINSchair
• DAVID WILLIAMS
• MARK NICKERSON

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Bridgend · Bristol City · Caerphilly · Cardiff · Rhondda Cynon Taff · Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• AL Elevation income £2.3m
• THE ELEVATION CHURCH UK income £609k
• ELEVA FOUNDATION LTD income £6.7m
• THE RAISE UP FOUNDATION income £108k
• ASCENTIS income £6.5m
• RAISE YOUR HANDS income £962k

Side by side with its peers

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