Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

ST ALBANS CITY YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB

To organise or provide or assist in the organisation or provision of facilities which will enable boys and girls up to 18 years of age resident in St. Albans and the surrounding area to play football, ensuring that due attention is given to the physical, personal and educational development of such boys and girls and to the development and occupation of their minds.
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 strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/23*£480£491£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/22£456£462£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/21*£316£275£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20£284£248£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/19£262£273£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/18*£172£178£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£271£243£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/16£214£167£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/15£174£166£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/14£160£153£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/13£146£136£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/12£217£120£98n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/11£158£133£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/10£104£90£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/09*£104£96£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/08£100£76£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/07*£64£63£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/06£62£58£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/05*£40£48£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/04*£54£40£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.cityyouthfc.com

sam.mardle@cityyouthfc.com

07749640439

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

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
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - City Youth Train at Home Syllabus
£5,000 01/06/2020
Grant to St Albans City Youth Football Club
National Lottery Community Fund - St Albans Social Sports Project - run by and for people with disabilities
£10,000 27/06/2013
12
This is a project by a registered charity in St Albans, Hertfordshire. The organisation will use the funding to train young disabled people to become Community Sports Coaches and run a series of Disability Sports Coaching Sessions in sports centres ....more
Sport England - St Albans District Goalpost Programme
£10,000 29/11/2011
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'St Albans District Goalpost Programme'. This project lists its main activity as Association Football.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

  • ANTONY DAVID CHILDS Appointed: 2024
  • DEBORAH RYAN Appointed: 2024
  • DILEEP NARAYAN PISHARODY Appointed: 2023
  • GEOFF WATTS Appointed: 2014
  • HESTER HEARN Appointed: 2023
  • IAN WOODS
  • KELLY HANCOCK Appointed: 2014
  • LAWRENCE LEVY Appointed: 2013
  • NEIL ANTHONY ROBINSON Appointed: 2023
  • ROBERT BAKER Appointed: 2018
  • SAM MARDLE (Chair) Appointed: 2014
  • SARAH KROPMAN Appointed: 2016
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/11/2001, number: 1089343
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves 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 expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 1 days late, AR21: 47 days late, AR18: 14 days late, AR09: 87 days late, AR07: 45 days late, AR05: 59 days late, AR04: 31 days late,
Main office

19 Panxworth Road
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
Hertfordshire
HP3 9HQ

Objectives

1. TO ORGANISE OR PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE ORGANISATION OR PROVISION OF FACILITIES WHICH WILL ENABLE BOYS AND GIRLS UP TO 18 YEARS OF AGE RESIDENT IN ST. ALBANS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA TO PLAY FOOTBALL ENSURING THAT DUE ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE PHYSICAL, PERSONAL AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR MINDS; 2. TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ST. ALBANS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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