Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

BATH CITY FC FOUNDATION

To develop coaching schemes to improve the fitness and footballing skills of people in the local community.To provide opportunities for those with learning or physical disabilities to participate and enjoy team sports.To provide opportunities that will increase the number of people of all abilities playing football and doing exercise.To reduce anti-social behaviour in the local community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/03/23£180£167£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£133£134£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£104£55£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£62£57£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19?£32£10£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/18£31£21£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/17£36£42£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/16£46£61£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/15£37£44£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/14£33£36£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/13£50£19£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/12*£12£10£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

www.bathcityfoundation.org

info@bathcityfoundation.org

01225 683299

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£28,901
Quartet Community Foundation£20,278
The Funding Network£11,128
Sport England£7,200
The Clothworkers Foundation£3,900
Co-Operative Group£3,162
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - 1-1 Mentoring in schools
£1,500 07/12/2023
4
For one-to-one mentoring support for pupils that are either excluded, close to exclusion or not attending school on a regular basis.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bath City Football Club Foundation
£1,350 21/10/2023
We are looking to provide additional sessions to encourage more young people and females to take part in our football sessions. We would like to be able to support them and offer help and advice.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bath City Football Club Foundation
£2,850 27/07/2023
Awareness raising workshops on knife crime and serious violence in 4 secondary schools across Bath
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bath City Football Club Foundation
£4,435 20/06/2023
For 6 months' funding for the Communications Coordinator to increase the group's community engagement.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Bath City FC Foundation
£3,900 08/12/2022
Refurbishment of room for a charity which works with people with physical and mental health needs in Somerset
National Lottery Community Fund - Reconnecting Twerton
£9,690 02/12/2022
The funding will be used to continue running a community project for the older people in the community. The project aims to support and reconnect people together and integrate them with their local ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bath City FC Foundation
£1,812 22/10/2022
We will provide Football sessions, supported by Bath Mind, for male and female adults who may be suffering with mental health issues and social isolation, to help improve confidence and self-esteem.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bath City Football Club Foundation
£1,000 23/08/2022
Photography project with older people
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bath City Football Club Foundation
£1,000 19/08/2022
Photography project with older people
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bath City Football Club Foundation
£9,493 17/03/2022
6
Dedicated staff time on business planning and supporting the monitoring and evaluation of the organisation’s various projects that will result in an impact report.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reconnecting Twerton Two
£9,483 22/10/2021
The funding will be used to deliver a range of activities for isolated older people to help reintegrate them back into community life. This project aims to improve confidence relieve isolation and ....more
The EQ Foundation - Grant to Bath City FC Foundation
£1,700 15/03/2021
Via The Funding Network
The Funding Network - reconnecting twerton
£11,128 26/01/2021
To continue our pilot project to "reintegrate" over 60 older residents of Twerton and relieve their loneliness using a range of digital tools and face to face activities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reconnecting Twerton
£9,728 29/10/2020
6
The funding will be used to deliver a mix of safe activities to over 60’s who have become isolated due to the restrictions relating to COVID-19. The project aims to improve the physical and mental ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£7,200 17/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Association Football
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-66
  • ANDREW MARK ILES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Independent Domestic Abuse Advocate
  • DAVID MARCUS CAVALIERO Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired Solicitor
  • JANE JONES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Bath Festivals
  • KATE LOWRI ABBEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Literature Programming
  • LEE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chartiy Ceo
  • MATTHEW RUSLING Appointed: 2021, Occupation: University Head Of Department
  • ROBERT ALAN LINDSAY MULLEN (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Train Services Director
  • STEVEN TOOGOOD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Guards Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/08/2011, number: 1143224
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/07/2011, number: 07710189
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR12: 128 days late,
Main office

Twerton Park
Twerton
Bath
BA2 1DB

Objectives

1. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE FROM DEPRIVED AREAS BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: (A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN FROM SCHOOLS WITHIN DEPRIVED AREAS IN VERBAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION THROUGH CONTACT WITH BATH CITY FOOTBALL CLUB AND ITS COMMUNITY TEAM AND PLAYERS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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