Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Good reserves management: +3
Strong growth: +2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 17

SPORTING EQUALS

Sporting Equals is a national charity who promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in sport and physical activity. Our mission is to create healthier, stronger and fairer communities through sport and physical activity. We increase participation of under-represented race and faith communities in all levels of sport, and use sport to build more integrated communities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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Income & Spending ?

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Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/03/23		£1,281	£1,053	£228	£0	£896	£591	6.7	15
31/03/22		£984	£723	£261	£0	£430	£386	6.4	11
31/03/21		£701	£627	£75	£0	£408	£351	6.7	10
31/03/20		£678	£687	£-9	£0	£333	£296	5.2	8
31/03/19		£624	£566	£58	£0	£342	£284	6	6
31/03/18	*	£652	£553	£99	£0	£285	£272	5.9	5
31/03/17		£638	£644	£-6	£0	£186	£165	3.1	9
31/03/16		£579	£577	£2	£0	£192	£186	3.9	9
31/03/15		£605	£597	£8	£5	£190	£177	3.6	9
31/03/14		£534	£535	£0	£6	£182	£164	3.7	9
31/03/13		£498	£479	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/12	*	£612	£617	£-5	£7	£163	£155	3	8
31/03/11		£576	£568	£8	£4	£168	£156	3.3	9
31/03/10		£539	£522	£18	£4	£160	£157	3.6	7
31/03/09		£502	£704	£-202	£5	£142	£142	2.4	7
31/03/08		£1,413	£1,402	£11	£3	£345	£133	1.1	11

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 21%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 66%
Reserves/Spending: 6.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7

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Established: 17 years

www.sportingequals.org.uk

info@sportingequals.org.uk

0121 777 1375

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for those discriminated by race or gender

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

15 employees

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

Sport England	£2,874,875
DCMS	£799,375
Comic Relief	£440,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sport England - System Partner Investment 2022-27
£600,000	27/04/2023	Partner investment focus on the broader systems that create opportunities for all people to take part in sport and physical activity and tackle the inequalities that affect participation, making ....more Partner investment focus on the broader systems that create opportunities for all people to take part in sport and physical activity and tackle the inequalities that affect participation, making sport and activity more inclusive.
Sport England - Sporting Equals Awards and Campaign 2023-2025
£300,000	08/12/2022 36	The project will support the award programme over three years.
Sport England - COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund
£305,500	28/04/2022	Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund. This project is a Sport participation and ....more Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
Sport England - BAME Development 2019-20 (Sector Partner Rollover)
£400,000	08/04/2021 35	Funding under Sport England's Sector Partner Rollover funding programme for a Revenue project titled BAME Development 2019-20 (Sector Partner Rollover). This project is a Sport and Physical Activity ....more Funding under Sport England's Sector Partner Rollover funding programme for a Revenue project titled BAME Development 2019-20 (Sector Partner Rollover). This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
Sport England - COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund
£235,000	07/04/2021 20	Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund. This project is a Sport participation and ....more Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
Sport England - COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund
£235,000	30/07/2020 3	Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund. This project is a Sport participation and ....more Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
Comic Relief - BAME Intermediary Partner
£440,000	23/06/2020 12	COVID19 - Sporting Equals-vision is an equal, ethnically diverse sport, health and physical activity sector, and we are the only organisation in the UK that exists for this purpose. Originally formed ....more COVID19 - Sporting Equals-vision is an equal, ethnically diverse sport, health and physical activity sector, and we are the only organisation in the UK that exists for this purpose. Originally formed in 1998 through a partnership between Sport England and the Commission for Racial Equality, we incorporated as an independent entity in 2006 and have set about fighting inequality and challenging attitudes ever since. Their 5000 strong membership spans across England, Wales and Scotland and Christine Ohuruogu MBE, and Kriss Akabusi MBE are some of their ambassadors.- Sporting Equals will distribute Comic Relief funding to BAME led and serving community organisations delivering sport for change.
Sport England - BAME Development 2019-20
£400,000	03/04/2020 23	Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled BAME Development 2019-20. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on ....more Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled BAME Development 2019-20. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-BAME Development 2019-20
£400,000	03/04/2020	Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled BAME Development 2019-20. This project lists its main activity as Sport and Physical Activity
Sport England - BAME Development 2019-20
£399,375	04/06/2019 23	Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled BAME Development 2019-20. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on ....more Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled BAME Development 2019-20. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-BAME Development 2019-20
£399,375	04/06/2019	Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'BAME Development 2019-20'. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on ....more Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'BAME Development 2019-20'. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Sporting Equals- Untitled Project
£327,000	26/04/2019	Towards inspiring 1,500 BAME children and young people to become more active and playing new sports by engaging 10 faith centres in selected Asian, African and Caribbean communities in London, ....more Towards inspiring 1,500 BAME children and young people to become more active and playing new sports by engaging 10 faith centres in selected Asian, African and Caribbean communities in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Slough
Sport England - Revenue Funding 2017-19
£399,445	30/06/2018 23	Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Revenue Funding 2017-19. This project is a Sports Development project, with a focus on beneficiaries from ....more Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Revenue Funding 2017-19. This project is a Sports Development project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Revenue Funding 2017-19
£399,445	30/06/2018	Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Revenue Funding 2017-19'. This project is a Sports Development project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Revenue Funding 2017-19'. This project is a Sports Development project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
Sport England - Revenue Funding 2017-19
£414,962	01/02/2018 23	Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Revenue Funding 2017-19. This project is a Sports Development project, with a focus on beneficiaries from ....more Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Revenue Funding 2017-19. This project is a Sports Development project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
DCMS - ALB-Revenue Funding 2017-19
£465,062	01/02/2018	[Placeholder]
Sport England - Public Relations Support Yr 3
£9,000	21/09/2017 3	Funding under Sport England's National Programme funding programme for a Revenue project titled Public Relations Support Yr 3. This project is a Sports development project, with a focus on ....more Funding under Sport England's National Programme funding programme for a Revenue project titled Public Relations Support Yr 3. This project is a Sports development project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
Sport England - Transition Funding 2016-17 (Business Development Strategy)
£50,000	31/01/2017 2	Funding under Sport England's National Programme funding programme for a Revenue project titled Transition Funding 2016-17 (Business Development Strategy). This project is a Sport participation and ....more Funding under Sport England's National Programme funding programme for a Revenue project titled Transition Funding 2016-17 (Business Development Strategy). This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
Sport England - PR Support Work
£15,000	07/06/2016 2	Funding under Sport England's National Programme funding programme for a Revenue project titled PR Support Work. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity building
Sport England - Revenue Funding 2013-17
£505,040	14/04/2016 59	Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Revenue Funding 2013-17. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus ....more Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Revenue Funding 2013-17. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
National Lottery Community Fund - Making Equals (Bradford)
£10,000	04/12/2013 12	The project will use its funding to deliver a series of workshops and sports activities for young people in a deprived area. This will improve their confidence, teamwork and cultural awareness ....more The project will use its funding to deliver a series of workshops and sports activities for young people in a deprived area. This will improve their confidence, teamwork and cultural awareness leading to better community cohesion.
National Lottery Community Fund - Making Equals
£10,000	18/05/2011 12	This is a project to bring young people from different ethnic backgrounds together through sport training workshops and produce a DVD to promote the project. This will improve relations between ....more This is a project to bring young people from different ethnic backgrounds together through sport training workshops and produce a DVD to promote the project. This will improve relations between ethnic groups in an area with high levels of racial tension and violence. The award includes funding for marketing, sessional workers, DVD and workshops training.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 42-65

YUN HUI TEOH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

NAZ DEEN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

URVASI NAIDOO Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor

BARBARA THOMPSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

CRAIG EDMONDSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Deputy Chief Executive

DENSIGN WHITE (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: THE TESSA SANDERSON FOUNDATION AND ACADEMY,

LORRAINE DESCHAMPS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Training Director

VANESSA WALLACE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

BEVERLEY MASON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Consultant, Other trusteeship: AWARDS FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/05/2007, number: 1119365
Registered at Companies House on 21/06/2006, number: 05853520

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
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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR12: 22 days late,

Main office

Coventry University Technology Park
Puma Way
Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 2TT

Objectives

TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN SPORT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BYA) WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE;B) PROMOTING THE PARTICIPATION AND INTEGRATION OF MEMBERS OF ETHNIC MINORITY MIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES IN SPORT;C) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;D) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC; ANDE) PROMOTING ETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW IN RELATION TO RACE RELATIONS AND RACIAL EQUALITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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