Overall GiG Score: 21 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

AFC WIMBLEDON FOUNDATION 

The Foundation's activities focus on four main pillars which are: social inclusion; Sports participation; Education; and Health. In our first year we have emphasised sporting activities for young people, mainly in the Borough of Merton. However, activities were expanding to include older people (walking football), opportunities for female involvement and children with learning difficulties.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Established: 10 years

http://www.afcwimbledonfoundation.com

enquiries@afcwimbledonfoundation.org.uk

02089745712

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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
30/06/22£994£851£144£66£479£3324.729600
30/06/21£847£630£217£1£336£2304.420800
30/06/20£367£338£29n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/06/19*£282£238£44n/an/an/an/an/a6
30/06/18*£207£178£29£0£0£0n/a020
30/06/17£207£195£13£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16?£194£192£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15?*£157£155£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 69%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 29 employees
  • 600 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kingston Upon Thames, Merton, Wandsworth,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Wimbledon Foundation£49,500
The London Community Foundation£15,000
DCMS£9,000
Cheshire Community Foundation£4,180
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cheshire Community Foundation - Live Well
£4,180 18/10/2021
AFC Wimbledon Foundation aims to provide services that improve our community’s skills, resilience, well-being and confidence. This project will deliver a weekly social and exercise activity ....more
The Wimbledon Foundation - Active Womble Summer Activity Programme
£19,500 10/06/2021
Summer schemes targeted at disadvantaged young people on Wandsworth estates, with a focus on providing sports, drama, arts and educational activities to support physical, personal and social ....more
The Wimbledon Foundation - Winter essentials
£10,000 09/11/2020
Support for food parcels, Christmas presents, laptops and other other essentials for disadvantaged families across Merton and Wandsworth.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to AFC Wimbledon Foundation
£10,000 13/10/2020
The funding is for delivering an extension of our current summer scheme's at targeted venues in socially deprived estates in Merton and Wandsworth that combine sports, drama, dance and arts ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,000 07/07/2020
"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 ....more
The Wimbledon Foundation - Active Womble Summer Activity Programme
£20,000 03/06/2020
Summer schemes targeted at disadvantaged young people on Merton and Wandsworth estates, with a focus on providing sports, drama, arts and educational activities to support physical, personal and ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to AFC Wimbledon Foundation
£5,000 01/05/2020
AFC Wimbledon Foundation is working in partnership with a recently formed fans mutual aid organisation the Dons Local Action Group, who are a collective of volunteers who have established food ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-69
  • CLAIRE BARCLAY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Public Health Manager
  • KAREN PECK Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Policy Analyst
  • MATT GUEST Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Managing Director
  • PETER AVES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Financial Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/10/2013, number: 1154198
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/07/2013, number: 08632521
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR19: 7 days late, AR18: 66 days late, AR15: 1 days late, AR14: 43 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from MORDEN PARK PLAYING FIELDS COMMUNITY TRUST on 20/12/2023
Main office

The Cherry Red Records Stadium
Plough Lane
Wimbledon
London
SW17 0NR

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY, BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS AND, IN PARTICULAR THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES, THE LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS:3.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH (FACILITIES IN THIS ARTICLE 3 MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);3.2 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY (SOCIALLY EXCLUDED IN THIS ARTICLE 3 MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY);3.3 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH SPORT, EDUCATION AND SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT;3.4 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND OTHER PERSONS (INCLUDING ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, TECHNICAL SKILLS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION) THROUGH SPORT AND SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT; AND3.5 FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN EACH CASE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS AND, IN PARTICULAR THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES, THE LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

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