Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

YOUTH SAILING AT FELIXSTOWE FERRY 

Sailing and watersports training for young people
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is completely 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

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
31/12/22£20£21£-1n/an/an/an/an/a36
31/12/21£13£10£3n/an/an/an/an/a39
31/12/20£2£7£-5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£16£12£4n/an/an/an/an/a36
31/12/18£15£11£3£0£0£0n/a035
31/12/17£14£23£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£8£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£9£10£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£11£12£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£16£26£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£27£22£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£32£29£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£43£47£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£17£15£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£21£19£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£21£16£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£27£16£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£20£30£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04*£29£22£7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 23 years

http://www.ffsc.co.uk/sailing/youth-sailing/

enquiries@ffsc.co.uk

01473659200

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 36 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-COVID-19 Return to Play
£20,000 03/02/2021
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund - Return to Play funding programme for a Capital project titled COVID-19 Return to Play. This project lists its main activity as Sailing & ....more
Sport England - Hooked on sailing!
£10,000 16/08/2011
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Hooked on sailing!'. This project lists its main activity as Sailing & Yachting.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/09/2001, number: 1088678
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR08: 1 days late, AR04: 149 days late,
Main office

Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club
The Ferry
FELIXSTOWE
IP11 9RZ

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF AND TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SAILING AND ALLIED ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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