Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 0
  • Spending declining: -1
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

THE YORK BRIDGE CLUB 

The charity's activities are focused on the (a) the advancement of amateur sport by promoting the game of bridge for the benefit of the residents of York and the surrounding area.(b) the provision of facilities for the learning, teaching and playing of bridge for the benefit of the residents of York and the surrounding area.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending is declining

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£83£29£54n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/22£64£32£32n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/21£141£12£129n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/20£66£64£2n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/19£46£42£4n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/18£48£39£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£43£39£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£43£28£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£36£27£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£34£29£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£30£43£-14£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 12 years

www.yorkbridgeclub.com

skay@theyorkbridgeclub.com

01904488357

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of York,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 50 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 47-79
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/03/2012, number: 1146300
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/01/2012, number: 07912972
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
  • 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
  • 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
Filing Record
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

York Bridge Club
The Green
Acomb
York
England
YO26 5FG

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT BY PROMOTING THE GAME OF BRIDGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF YORK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.(B) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE LEARNING, TEACHING AND PLAYING OF BRIDGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF YORK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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