2020 Levels

Registered charity 1198285 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEVELS ENTERPRISES

2020 Levels empowers Black and other racially underrepresented young people through opportunities to maximise their potential

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE FROM A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF: A) MENTORING, TRAINING AND EDUCATION COURSES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, BUSINESS, AND THE SEEKING AND RETENTION OF EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER LIFE SKILLS;B) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT OR SUCH OTHER ITEMS AS SHALL IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES BE OF ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE THE YOUNG PERSON TO PURSUE AND DEVELOP THEIR IDEA AS A BUSINESS VENTURE OR FURTHER DEVELOP THEIR COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS SKILLS;C) ASSISTANCE TO FIND AND RETAIN EMPLOYMENT THROUGH PLACEMENT PROGRAMMES, AND SUCH OTHER WAYS AS MAY IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES BE THOUGHT FIT OR OF ASSISTANCE TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE; ANDD) EDUCATION AND THE RAISING OF AWARENESS WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY AND AMONGST POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS OF THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUND.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity ended the year with a net surplus of £36,877, improving its total funds position from a deficit of £8,815 to a surplus of £28,062. However, unrestricted free reserves remained negative at £4,038, which is below the trustees' policy target of holding approximately three months' operating expenditure. The trustees state they have a reasonable expectation that the charity will continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least twelve months.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — 2020 Levels (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Muvirimi Kuparachair
• Andy Crysell
• Anton Ruddock
• Caroline Vincent
• Hannah Siaw
• Mary Gibson
• Sithembile Dzingai

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEVEL TRUST.

• LEVEL TRUST income £381k
• TEAMS LIFE CENTRE income £178k
• REACH LEARNING DISABILITY income £3.9m
• YOUTH LEADS UK income £472k
• MS FOUNDATION LIMITED income £46k
• SHARED LIVES PLUS LIMITED income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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