Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

SONSHINE CLUB

PROVIDES HEALTH RELATED AND WELLBEING ACTIVITIES AND VITAL SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES INCLUDING CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

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
30/09/23£123£131£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/22£131£125£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/21£93£67£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/20£45£75£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/19£84£68£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/18£54£53£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/17£59£56£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/16£44£37£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/15£50£49£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/14*£36£35£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/13£49£32£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/12£24£26£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/11£29£22£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/10£14£16£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/09/09£20£12£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

www.sonshineclub.org.uk

activities@sonshineclub.org.uk

07393496967

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hackney, Haringey,
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Hackney Council£69,822
City Bridge Trust£39,531
People's Health Trust£10,074
Hackney CVS£10,061
National Lottery Community Fund£9,960
DCMS£9,336
The Clothworkers Foundation£5,600
Cheshire Community Foundation£4,991
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Hackney Council - Grant to SONshine Club
£19,999 19/04/2024
12
Fun, Fit and Healthy– Helping Charedi children improve physical wellbeing through Football, kangoo jumps and circuit training
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving and LBH Cost of Living
£5,061 09/11/2023
Providing 60 packages of dry/non-perishable food items to reduce the weekly food cost over the winter months.
Hackney Council - Grant to SONshine Club
£20,000 20/04/2023
Healthier Together - Helping kids with SEND, and their Mums, access exercise for improved wellbeing and relationships
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Sonshine Club
£39,531 05/01/2023
60
£39,530 over five years (£8,355; £7,007, £7,583; £8,150; £8,435) towards gardening project activities.
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving and LBH Cost of Living
£5,000 08/12/2022
to run an after-school children's healthy cooking club for disadvantaged children for 10 weeks.
National Lottery Community Fund - Art lessons - increasing community belonging and abilities
£9,960 17/06/2022
The funding will be used to run weekly art classes for 30 local disadvantaged children with disabilities (age 8-14) culminating in an art exhibition created by participants. The project aims to improve participants' mental health and wellbeing give ....more
Hackney Council - Grant to SONshine Club
£19,998 13/05/2022
The facilitation of peer support groups for parents/carers of children with disabilities, including workshops with relevant professionals
Cheshire Community Foundation - Peer support and training for parents of disabled children
£4,991 21/10/2021
Sonshine Club supports children with disabilities and their parents, through phenomenally successful after-school clubs, home kits and parental peer support groups. We are applying to enable us to run a six-month-long peer support and training group ....more
London Catalyst - Sonshine Club - 3
£500 07/09/2021
Gardening Community for Children with Disabilities
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Sonshine Club
£5,600 03/03/2021
The purchase of sensory equipment for a charity supporting disadvantaged children with disabilities in Hackney
People's Health Trust - Peer support and training for parents of disabled children
£10,074 03/02/2021
15
This 15-month project provides a peer-support group for parents who have children with disabilities who live in Hackney; there will be a focus on parents of children with autism. The monthly meetings are a chance for parents to hear from ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,336 09/10/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Hackney Council - Grant to SONshine Club
£4,825 26/05/2020
3
LCRF Wave 2: Home-gardening club
Hackney Council - Grant to SONshine Club
£5,000 10/12/2019
12
WHO DO YOU SEE is a 10-week pilot project to help 20 children with disabilities aged 8-13 and 10 young volunteers to explore visual arts as a tool for self-expression and social inclusion
National Lottery Community Fund - After school club for ASD children
£9,750 10/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to continue to deliver an after school club for children living with autism. The project aims to encourage personal development.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sonshine Club
£76,505 09/02/2017
36
The children and young people will improve their motor skills, their social skills, and their physical health and wellbeing as a result of physical therapy, activity and sport classes delivered by appropriately qualified therapists and coaches.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Sonshine Club
£33,700 25/09/2014
36
£33,700 over three years (£9,900; £12,900; £10,900) towards the running costs of the Grow to Eat – Eat to Grow project for young people aged 8-13.
National Lottery Community Fund - Motor skills project for children with motor (movement difficulties)
£10,000 06/08/2014
12
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The SONshine Club
£15,600 24/02/2012
the Grow to Eat - Eat to Grow Healthy Project - the salaries of the Project Manager, 4 Team Leaders and gardener, planting materials and seeds, marketing, publicity, telephone, stationery and travel costs
National Lottery Community Fund - 'Bespoke Motor Skills Group' for children with gross development delay
£10,000 21/07/2011
12
This is a project by a charity in Hackney. The group will use funding to run weekly motor skills sessions for Orthodox Jewish children with gross motor skills delay. This will enable beneficiaries to improve their balance and co-ordination skills ....more
Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

  • MOSES M LEWIS MAOD Appointed: 2008
  • RACHEL GRUBER
  • SALO HEIMANN
  • SARAH BARD
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/07/2008, number: 1124803
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
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR14: 32 days late,
Main office

Office 3
4 Amhurst Parade
Amhurst Park
London
N16 5AA

Objectives

1) TO EDUCATE AND HELP CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN HACKNEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THEIR RECREATION DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more

Giving is Great