Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

MANOR ROAD GYM SPORTS CLUB

SPORTS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, EAST BRIGHTON
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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
31/03/23*£41£45£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£38£45£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£24£22£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£35£39£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£30£35£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£33£31£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£33£31£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£28£16£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£29£21£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£18£19£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13*£18£18£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£22£19£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11*£25£14£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£39£3£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£6£4£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£3£1£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years
Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,
Who it helps
  • 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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to The Manor Gym charity
£750 22/02/2024
12
Funding was provided towards organised multi sports activities during the school holidays delivered by qualified coaches.
National Lottery Community Fund - ACE Jubilee Celebration
£9,800 14/04/2022
The funding will be used to organise a sports day to celebrate the Jubilee that will bring all ages and abilities together with a range of sports available. The project aims to build relationships between three main geographic areas and support ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Gentle Basic Yoga
£500 26/10/2021
Funding was provided for venue hire fees for yoga classes provided in partnership with social prescribing.
Sussex Community Foundation - Mindful Mondays Arts & Crafts
£500 30/07/2021
Funding was provided for room hire and materials.
Sussex Community Foundation - Boccia and Lunch Club
£500 01/07/2021
Funding was provided for room hire and lunch supplies.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Manor Road Gym Sports Club
£5,000 12/03/2021
1
Funding was provided to cover the cost of hiring the hall.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Manor Road Gym Sports Club
£500 26/02/2020
Funding was provided for football sessions for children aged between 7-18yrs in the Easter Holidays
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Manor Road Gym Sports Club
£500 11/10/2019
Funding was provided towards the project costs associated with running a Boccia Club for people with disabilities.
Sussex Community Foundation - Lunch Club and boccia Session
£500 17/07/2017
Manor Road Gym and sports club provide a social lunch and sports session for the local community. Funding was provided to support a 33 week course of Boccia, a Paralympic ball sport for wheelchair users.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Gender Split

  • LESLIE GRAHAM VICKERS Appointed: 2013
  • RICHARD PERRIN Appointed: 2023
  • SARAH CHRISTINA GRIFFITHS Appointed: 2022
  • TANYA LOUISE SAUNDERS
  • TIM HERBERT
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/03/2006, number: 1113245
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR23: 54 days late, AR18: 5 days late, AR16: 9 days late, AR15: 11 days late, AR13: 88 days late, AR11: 46 days late, AR10: 268 days late, AR07: 57 days late,
Main office

THE MANOR
MANOR ROAD
BRIGHTON
BN2 5EA

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING SPORTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE MANOR FARM, BRIGHTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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