Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 7
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

SILVERFIT LTD

To help & encourage mainly people over 50 to get active & fit (again) by providing exercise groups at various locations around London or referring via a website to exercise groups.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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
31/05/23£123£177£-54n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/22£182£183£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/21£133£133£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/20£197£174£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/19£182£177£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/18£156£134£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/17£137£107£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/16£61£55£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/15£46£42£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/14£18£17£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/13*£4£7£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/12*£5£11£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years
(15 years as a company)

www.silverfit.org.uk

info@silverfit.org.uk

07976547717

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
GiG Classification
  • Provides financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People

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
City Bridge Trust£149,570
Sport England£84,734
National Lottery Community Fund£19,160
DCMS£8,621
London Catalyst£3,500
Charles Hayward Foundation£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Silverfit Ltd
£149,570 02/11/2023
36
£149,570 over three years (£49,130, £49,850, £50,590) for 0.4 FTE Director/COO, Sessional Fitness Instructors, Venue Hire, Marketing, Data Analysis and Overheads to provide dual exercise and social activities catering for over 70?s across ....more
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Silver Fit Ltd
£3,000 31/08/2023
Silverfit in Kingston
National Lottery Community Fund - Fun with Silverfit at Crystal Palace
£9,510 20/01/2023
This project will continue to offer T’ai Chi Walking Football and Nordic walking sessions. The project aims to improve health and wellbeing through increased activity and reduced isolation.
London Catalyst - Silverfit - 4
£3,500 29/06/2022
Partners for Health - Silverfit Whitton
Sport England - Core Market Open Fund 1
£79,793 14/10/2021
Funding under Sport England's Core Market Open Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Core Market Open Fund 1. This project lists its main activity as Sport and Physical Activity.
National Lottery Community Fund - Be Silverfit in Camden
£9,650 13/08/2021
This project will be delivered in partnership with Age UK to provide socially based exercise sessions for local older people who are isolated and vulnerable. The free sessions will be instructor led and accessible to all. The sessions ensure that ....more
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£4,941 04/02/2021
3
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on older beneficiaries.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,621 03/07/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Silverfit Crystal Palace
£10,000 12/09/2019
12
The project, which aims to improve physical health whilst reducing the feeling of isolation, will use the funding to deliver a series of fitness sessions for older people.
United Saviours Charity - Silverfit Southwark
£28,612 12/07/2019
11
This continuation, one year grant, will sustain Silverfit’s dynamic and popular programe of sports and social activities for older people.  Weekly fitness and social sessions of Nordic Walking, Pilates, Yoga and Cheerleading will be held in ....more
United Saviours Charity - Silverfit Fun and Fitness
£27,968 02/08/2018
24
The grant will continue Silverfit’s exercise and keep fit programme for older people in venues across north Southwark.  It is supporting the provision of  additional exercise activities – including Nordic walking, walking basketball and yoga ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Silver Fridays Enfield
£9,019 18/05/2018
12
The funding will be used to run weekly exercise sessions for older people and recruit a wellbeing advisor to increase the outreach to the community. The project aims to improve health and fitness while reducing the feeling of isolation.
Sport England - Core Market Open Fund 1
£126,936 06/04/2018
44
Funding under Sport England's Core Market Open Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Core Market Open Fund 1. This project lists its main activity as Sport and Physical Activity
London Catalyst - Silverfit - 2
£3,000 15/06/2017
Silver Fun and Fitness Days
London Catalyst - Silverfit - 1
£2,728 10/05/2016
Older Peoples Health Programme
United Saviours Charity - Silverfit Fun and Fitness Sessions
£45,704 03/04/2016
23
The grant will extend Silverfit’s exercise and keep fit programme for older people to new venues across north Southwark.  It is supporting the provision of  additional exercise activities – including Nordic walking, walking basketball and yoga ....more
Sport England - Silverfit Fitness & Fun Sessions
£9,500 17/07/2013
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Silverfit Fitness & Fun Sessions'. This project is a Multi Sportsproject, with a focus on older beneficiaries.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 47-66
  • BRETT ALLISON BERGER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director
  • CATHERINE JANE SHELLEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • PAUL JAMES PERRY (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Lawyer
  • PERVIZ QURESHI Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Property Developer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/07/2011, number: 1143135
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/05/2009, number: 06908030
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR13: 24 days late, AR12: 25 days late,
Main office

c/o Navig8 Europe Ltd
6th Floor ZigZag Building
70 Victoria Street
LONDON
SW1E 6SQ

Objectives

1. The promotion of physical activity and the promotion and provision of physical exercise opportunities with the object of improving the health and wellbeing, in particular but not exclusively, for those over 45 and those whose health, ethnicity and socio-economic circumstances might mean they need more help and encouragement to take part in physical activity.2. Such charitable purposes for the public benefit as are exclusively charitable according to the laws of England and Wales as the directors may from time to time determine.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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