Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE LONDON SPORTS TRUST 

Sports, Leadership and Lifeskills programmes for children and young peopleHealth and well being education for families Mentor programmeWorkshops for young people, parents and AOTTStudy support programme
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£833£742£91£6£759£3706732
31/03/22£735£659£76£0£569£2634.8718
31/03/21£642£457£185£4£493£2476.5716
31/03/20£435£387£48n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/19£449£475£-26n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/18£389£343£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£425£412£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£327£325£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£248£228£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£253£230£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£244£217£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£128£151£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£121£137£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£139£147£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£151£137£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£146£120£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£41£64£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£68£72£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£138£112£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£106£100£6£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 22.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 49%
Reserves/Spending: 6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 12.3
Asset Split ?
Established: 25 years

www.londonsportstrust.org

info@londonsportstrust.org

02087351589

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Services for young people
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 7 employees
  • 32 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Co-Op Foundation£98,880
John Lyon's Charity£72,800
Greater London Authority£32,834
BBC Children in Need£28,950
Westminster Foundation£16,185
National Lottery Community Fund£9,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to London Sports Trust
£4,000 31/01/2023
SAFE camps half terms
John Lyon's Charity - Recovery grant to London Sports Trust
£25,000 17/11/2022
London Sports Trust Narrowboat Project
Co-Op Foundation - Debate Move
£38,280 13/10/2022
The DebateMove project will support young people to deliver a combination of multi-sport sessions and debates. Peer Leaders engage in a fast track, comprehensive induction to build their skills and ....more
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to London Sports Trust
£4,000 15/06/2021
SAFE Think Active Camps
Co-Op Foundation - London Sports Trust #iwill School Transitions application
£60,600 19/11/2020
To deliver the ‘Debate Box Project’ in London, which combines non-contact boxing and debate to improve the wellbeing of young people through school transition
John Lyon's Charity - COVID-19 grant to London Sports Trust
£30,000 14/09/2020
12
COVID-19: LCR Wave 3 - Think Active project
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to London Sports Trust
£5,800 28/07/2020
12
SAFE Camps 2020 holiday programme
Westminster Foundation - Covid 19 response Fund
£16,185 08/05/2020
6
Online & digitised programmes as well as by delivering equipment & physical activity sessions to key worker pupils plus SEN, Referral Units & childrens care homes. (covid-19)
BBC Children in Need - Grant to London Sports Trust
£28,950 20/03/2020
36
This project will deliver safe sports activities for children and young people from low income families. By taking part in the sessions it will help to develop their social skills, increase their ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Grow Your Business
£9,500 03/10/2019
12
Grow Your Business
Greater London Authority - Time Out Together
£32,834 29/07/2019
Active Londoners
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to London Sports Trust
£4,000 17/06/2019
12
SAFE camps
Greater London Authority - Grant to London Sports Trust
£1,000 01/05/2019
National Park City Festival 2019 events
London Marathon Charitable Trust - LST Blades Kayaking in the Community
£9,928 26/04/2019
Towards the purchase of new kayaks and equipment that will allow London Sports Trust to reach more young people and adults who would not otherwise have the chance to take part in kayaking, including ....more
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - London Sports Trust
£4,990 31/01/2019
Think Active – Physical activity project which aims to improve mental health and wellbeing through sport and inclusive activities.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The London Sports Trust
£5,935 19/11/2018
We plan to provide free beginner and advanced English as a foreign language classes for adults.
Sport England - SAFE Camp
£9,688 25/09/2018
10
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled SAFE Camp. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
Sport England - Westminster Active Communities
£248,904 27/08/2015
36
Funding under Sport England's Community Sport Activation Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Westminster Active Communities'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sorted
£186,360 13/06/2012
36
This project provides training for disadvantaged young people to prepare them for independent living, raise awareness of what they can offer the community and provide supported placements with local ....more
Sport England - Safer Neighbourhood Scheme
£6,800 18/05/2012
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Safer Neighbourhood Scheme'. This project lists its main activity as Association Football.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/08/1999, number: 1077167
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Investing charity funds 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR17: 2 days late, AR14: 32 days late, AR13: 0 days late, AR11: 53 days late, AR10: 3 days late, AR09: 160 days late, AR08: 132 days late, AR07: 30 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 204 days late,
Main office

Phoenix High School
The Curve
LONDON
W12 0RQ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMMES, COACHING AND MENTORING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE RESIDING IN ALL LONDON BOROUGHS WHO ARE IN FULL TIME EDUCATION OR VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 4-25 YEARS AND IN FINANCIAL NEED TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE CAREERS IN SPORT, RECREATION OR SUCH OTHER CAREER.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGHS OF BRENT, EALING, HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM, KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

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