Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

HERTS DISABILITY SPORTS FOUNDATION

Providing opportunities through involvement in sport and physical activity for all ages, whether it be through participation, volunteering, coaching or education opportunities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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£322£171£151n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£144£147£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£215£169£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£103£120£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/19£121£100£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/18£77£119£-42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/17£109£82£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/16*£228£183£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
05/04/15*£94£6£88n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

HDSF.co.uk

office@hdsf.co.uk

01462 600193

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • 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£290,468
Hertfordshire Community Foundation£76,016
DCMS£58,450
Sport England£29,800
Postcode Places Trust£25,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
The Fore£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Bikes Without Barriers
£270,715 13/04/2023
Funding will be used to develop and deliver cycling programmes for people with disabilities or otherwise facing disadvantage. Three programmes will help people of all ages and abilities participate in sport and leisure improving their physical and ....more
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Bikes Without Barriers - Watford
£5,000 10/10/2022
9
Grant to Herts Disability Sports Foundation
Postcode Places Trust - Staff Salary
£25,000 27/07/2022
Funding supported physical activities for disabled adults & children to enable them to get active, have fun & make friends.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Re-engage
£10,000 21/07/2022
11
Grant to Herts Disability Sports Foundation
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 22/04/2022
Core costs
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Bike without Barriers
£27,200 02/03/2022
Grant to Herts Disability Sports Foundation
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Bikes without barriers
£4,606 23/09/2021
Grant to Herts Disability Sports Foundation
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500 11/08/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - Bikes without barriers
£10,000 29/07/2021
The group will use the funding to provide cycling activities for people who are living with disabilities. This will lead to improved physical health and wellbeing.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Bikes Without Barriers
£9,210 24/06/2021
Grant to Herts Disability Sports Foundation
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£9,900 15/01/2021
7
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 beneficiaries with a disability.
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£9,900 21/12/2020
1
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Keeping disabled Herts residents active and connected
£10,000 28/08/2020
Grant to Herts Disability Sports Foundation
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£58,450 26/08/2020
"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
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Herts Disability Sports Foundation
£5,000 25/06/2020
36
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Herts Disability Sports Foundation, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£10,000 10/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Keep Active during Corona Virus Crisis
£5,000 30/03/2020
Grant to Herts Disability Sports Foundation
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Learn to Ride for Children with SEND
£5,000 27/02/2020
Grant to Herts Disability Sports Foundation
National Lottery Community Fund - Everyone can Cycle!
£9,753 04/02/2020
11
The charity will use funding to acquire bikes and trikes designed to enable children with special education needs or disabilities to learn to ride in a supportive environment. The project aims to support more children to take part in activities, ....more
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Everyone Can Cycle!
£10,000 21/02/2019
8
To develop the independence and social engagement of physically and/or learning disabled people through a supported cycling programme at Stanborough Park, using the social prescribing model.
Sport England - Herts Boccia Development
£9,989 29/07/2015
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Herts Boccia Development'. This project is a Boccia project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • AIHAB AL KOUBAISI Appointed: 2023
  • ALEX GOURNAY Appointed: 2023
  • MARIA ANASTASE Appointed: 2017
  • NICOLA TURNBULL Appointed: 2019
  • PATRICK MCGEOUGH (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • SARAH BALDWIN Appointed: 2017
  • TOM HOREY Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/03/2014, number: 1156034
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR15: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from WOODFIELD AFTER SCHOOL CLUB on 27/04/2023
Main office

Knights Templar School
Park Street
BALDOCK
Herts
SG7 6DZ

Objectives

TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING (A) PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE, (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION (INCLUDING EDUCATION, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA OF LEADERSHIP), (C) PROMOTING VOLUNTEERING (WHERE TO DO SO FURTHERS A CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES), (D) PROMOTING THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF THOSE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY WHO ARE IN NEED AND (E) PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY OR OF RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONSTHE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC (CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW)

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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