Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

BRISTOL RUGBY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

FOREVER SPORT 38 wk Primary school PE & school sportBRIGHT SPARKS 38 wk secondary education programme for 12-16 yr oldsCAMPS Extra curricular rugby training for 8-16 yr oldsSUPER SUNDAY Extra curricular club development prog for 8-16 yr olds EAGLE PROJECT 12 wk rugby activity Yr 9 girlsSPECTRUM 38 wk prog for SEN childrenAREA OF DELIVERY: SW of England
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

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
31/08/23£654£599£54£7£296£2745.51811
31/08/22£599£503£95£3£241£2125.11610
31/08/21£405£396£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£488£470£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£483£471£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£556£553£3£16£107£1002.2170
31/08/17£500£477£24£17£104£1042.6160
31/08/16*£422£383£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£510£497£13£13£42£130.360
31/08/14£334£321£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£253£261£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12*£214£222£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£166£134£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 5.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 4.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 14 years

https://www.bristolbearsrugby.com/community

ccapel@bristolbearsrugby.com

01179581651

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bristol City, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Bristol Rugby Community Foundation
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Bristol Rugby Community Foundation
£95,130 23/10/2018
36
This project will provide wheelchair rugby and basketball sessions to disabled young people. It will increase self-belief, increase friendships between peers and raise aspirations.
Quartet Community Foundation - Golden Memories
£2,500 11/09/2018
12
Toward the Golden Memories project, a set of social interaction sessions aimed at older people affected by social isolation, loneliness, depression and those living with dementia, that combines reminiscence activities with light physical activity.
Sport England - Bristol Wheelchair Rugby Club
£10,000 09/02/2017
12
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Bristol Wheelchair Rugby Club'. This project is a Wheelchair Rugby project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Sport England - Bristol Wheelchair Rugby Club
£10,000 09/02/2017
11
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Bristol Wheelchair Rugby Club. This project is a Wheelchair Rugby project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 35-67
  • CHARLES PATRICK RUSSELL-SMITH (Chair) Appointed: 2010, Occupation: None
  • KEVIN JONES Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Partner - Solicitor
  • MIKE LEA Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • NICHOLAS SEAN FENTON-WELLS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant
  • THOMAS DARREN TAINTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer
  • VICKI LONG Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Head Of Treasury Accounting And Reporting
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/08/2010, number: 1137395
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/06/2010, number: 07273748
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR16: 5 days late, AR12: 18 days late,
Main office

Ashton Gate Stadium
Ashton
BRISTOL
BS3 2EJ

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND, WALES AND SURROUNDING AREAS.TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BY FACILITATING THE PLAYING OF RUGBY UNION AND OTHER PHYSICAL AND/OR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT AND PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.TO ADVANCE AND ASSIST THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER PURPOSE CURRENTLY RECOGNISED AS 'CHARITABLE' AND ANY NEW CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE SIMILAR TO ANOTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE WEST OF ENGLAND, WALES AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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