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Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

SPORTSREACH

The object of the charity is to advance the Christian faith through the vehicle of sport in the UK and abroad.The charity raises income through gifts and donations from churches and individuals and from running children's soccer and netball schools, overseas tours and football and netball leagues.The charity's main expenditure during the year was staff salaries.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£277£283£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£199£193£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£150£130£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£169£116£52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£147£176£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£171£165£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£166£154£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£161£149£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£152£145£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£151£130£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£125£132£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£141£146£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£121£126£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£104£102£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£106£108£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£100£102£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£92£100£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06*£88£88£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£64£63£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04*£56£50£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 27 years

www.sportsreach.org.uk

office@sportsreach.org.uk

01524730000

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Austria, Cumbria, East Sussex, Ecuador, France, Germany, Kent, Kenya, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Malawi, North Yorkshire, Suffolk, Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to Sport Reach
£2,000 29/04/2022
Sports and bible teaching in partnership with local churches and schools.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DANIEL ROBERT ALDREN Appointed: 2019
  • ERIC RICHARD SLOMAN
  • GORDON WILLIAM ROGER MARSDEN Appointed: 2015
  • JAMES VERNON
  • JONATHAN MARK HALSEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • SUSAN FRANCES MARSDEN Appointed: 2015
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/11/1997, number: 1065723
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 13 days late, AR04: 13 days late,
Main office

57 LANCASTER ROAD
CARNFORTH
LANCASHIRE
LA5 9LE

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH PARTICULARLY (THOUGH NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF SPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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