Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 8
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

FOOTBALL JOURNEYS

Football Journeys (FJ) is a UK charity that brings young people from diverse communities together to share new experiences, find common ground and break down prejudices. FJ uses football and participatory video as tools to facilitate leadership, skills development and integration.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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£150£124£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£116£110£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£114£108£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£109£107£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£85£86£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£93£111£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£81£76£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£79£72£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£67£46£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£20£12£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.footballjourneys.org

info@londonfootballjourneys.org

07854673223

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young 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
John Lyon's Charity£77,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£40,000
Greater London Authority£38,500
Tudor Trust£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,842
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund£15,000
DCMS£14,160
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - Go! London Fund- Increasing Football Journeys' resilience and sustainability through income diversification
£38,500 21/03/2024
Core funding to invest in Football Journeys’ fundraising capacity and skills, in order to diversify our sources, so that we can generate the income needed to meet the growing demand for our services.
Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund - Core costs
£15,000 14/11/2023
Core costs
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to London Football Journeys
£2,500 05/12/2022
Cost-of-Living Uplift
National Lottery Community Fund - Football Journeys Community Exchanges 2023
£9,930 02/12/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a 16 week exchange project for younger people in the community. The project aims to support 60 young people to build skills confidence resilience and positive relationships.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£20,000 20/05/2022
36
From Surviving to Thriving
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£20,000 21/05/2021
36
From Surviving to Thriving
Tudor Trust - Grant to Football Journeys
£20,000 20/04/2021
over one year towards the core costs of a charity that uses football to engage young people and address issues of territorialism across London
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Football Journeys
£40,000 05/03/2021
48
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£14,160 05/08/2020
"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
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to London Football Journeys
£75,000 18/06/2020
36
London Football Journeys 2020-23
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£6,050 15/06/2020
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 Sport participation and capacity building
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to London Football Journeys
£5,000 17/04/2020
36
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to London Football Journeys, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
National Lottery Community Fund - London Football Journeys
£9,912 23/01/2020
4
The funding will be used to offer after school sessions using football as a vehicle, to young people who would ordinarily be at risk of exclusion from opportunities for social and personal development.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 29/11/2019
Changing the Narrative
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 28/11/2019
toward running costs in 2020/21
The Fore - Grant to London Football Journeys
£30,000 01/08/2017
24
London Football Journeys was established in 2013 to bring together young people aged 11-15 from different deprived areas around London through the common language of football and the medium of film-making. By making films and sharing experiences, ....more
Comic Relief - Young, Gifted & Female
£114,338 19/07/2017
24
London Football Journeys and Laces Community Club will deliver a new football-based inter-community leadership project. The project will enable girls (age 13-18) from deprived backgrounds in Lambeth, Tower Hamlets and Hackney to: reduce negative ....more
DCMS - Young, Gifted & Female
£57,169 19/07/2017
London Football Journeys and Laces Community Club will deliver a new football-based inter-community leadership project. The project will enable girls (age 13-18) from deprived backgrounds in Lambeth, Tower Hamlets and Hackney to: reduce negative ....more
DCMS - Young, Gifted & Female
£57,169 19/07/2017
London Football Journeys and Laces Community Club will deliver a new football-based inter-community leadership project. The project will enable girls (age 13-18) from deprived backgrounds in Lambeth, Tower Hamlets and Hackney to: reduce negative ....more
DCMS - Young, Gifted & Female
£57,169 19/07/2017
London Football Journeys and Laces Community Club will deliver a new football-based inter-community leadership project. The project will enable girls (age 13-18) from deprived backgrounds in Lambeth, Tower Hamlets and Hackney to: reduce negative ....more
DCMS - Young, Gifted & Female
£57,169 19/07/2017
London Football Journeys and Laces Community Club will deliver a new football-based inter-community leadership project. The project will enable girls (age 13-18) from deprived backgrounds in Lambeth, Tower Hamlets and Hackney to: reduce negative ....more
Trust for London - London Football Journeys
£2,500 22/02/2017
6
The funding is towards the core costs of the organisation as allocated by Maggie Baxter from the total of £5K gifted to her by the Trust to make grants to small charities working to tackle poverty and inequality in London. The Trust's ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to London Football Journeys
£100,000 25/01/2017
36
Towards unrestricted core costs to help expand the football exchange programme and provide greater opportunities for participants to become ambassadors and young leaders.
Tudor Trust - Grant to London Football Journeys
£12,500 02/06/2015
12
over one year as continuation funding towards the director's salary at an organisation which uses sport to engage young people and address issues of territorialism across London
National Lottery Community Fund - London Football Journeys
£114,488 11/09/2014
24
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 26-69
  • CHRISTOPHER PAUL HOLMES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Finance & Resources
  • EMMANUEL AKINMOLODUN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Youth Specialist And Entrepreneur
  • NICOLA POLLOCK Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Charity Director
  • PABLO BLACKWOOD DL Appointed: 2024
  • PROFESSOR IAN REEVES Appointed: 2024
  • RAFAEL ALLEYNE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Assistant Principal
  • YASMIN AMEVOR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Legal Adviser
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/06/2013, number: 1152450
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/03/2013, number: 08436638
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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

20 WENLOCK ROAD
LONDON
N1 7GU

Objectives

1)THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS; AND CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY THROUGH USING SPORT ACTIVITIES AND PARTICIPATORY MEDIA; AND 2) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE AT RISK OF BEING INVOLVED IN GANG CULTURE, ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND DRUG ABUSE AND HAVE LITTLE OPPORTUNITY FOR POSITIVE SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT THROUGH: (A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; (B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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