Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 14
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

LONDON BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION 

The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation by the provision of basketball and basketball related activities and the advancement of education for the public benefit in such ways as the trustees see fit.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/23£265£217£48n/an/an/an/an/a72
31/07/22£295£310£-15n/an/an/an/an/a54
31/07/21£201£208£-7n/an/an/an/an/a49
31/07/20£241£187£54n/an/an/an/an/a120
31/07/19£103£144£-41n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/07/18£171£111£60£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/17?£88£52£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£123£79£44£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

www.thelba.co.uk

info@thelba.co.uk

07985218998

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
National Lottery Community Fund£238,206
Greater London Authority£96,000
BBC Children in Need£50,463
The Fore£45,000
Sport England£20,965
Crowdfunder£13,642
DCMS£9,900
London Marathon Charitable Trust£8,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Fore - Grant to London Basketball Association
£30,000 01/12/2023
36
London Basketball Association improves the lives of young people living in some of the most deprived parts of London through basketball. Founded in 2012 by inspiring local community leader Tony ....more
Sport England - Westminster Community Basketball
£9,665 12/10/2023
11
This project will provide a 50-week basketball project consisting of free weekly basketball sessions for the benefit of disadvantaged and inactive BAME youth aged 14-25 in Westminster. This project ....more
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Community Basketball in Tower Hamlets
£8,500 06/02/2023
towards community basketball sessions for the benefit of marginalised, disengaged and inactive young people in Tower Hamlets
National Lottery Community Fund - BOOST (Basketball for Outstanding Opportunities Skills and Training)
£238,206 08/09/2022
This funding will enable London Basketball Association (LBA) to develop their organisational capacity and to continue to deliver BOOST their basketball youth programme which supports young people ....more
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£13,642 25/07/2022
Covid response
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Community Basketball at Lambeth
£7,200 22/04/2022
This project will fund a basketball project consisting of weekly basketball sessions, targeting disadvantaged and inactive youth aged 11-25. The project will specifically target marginalised young ....more
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to London Basketball Association
£4,000 01/05/2021
LBA Holiday Basketball Activities
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£4,100 18/01/2021
8
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 Basketball project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
The Fore - Grant to London Basketball Association
£15,000 01/12/2020
36
London Basketball Association (LBA) uses basketball as a vehicle to support vulnerable young people with their core skills, physical health, mental wellbeing, and personal development. It works ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,900 21/09/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to London Basketball Association
£50,463 09/09/2020
18
COVID19 - This grant will fund 1-1 mentoring, qualifications, volunteering and sports for children and young people living in deprived areas of London affected by Covid-19. They will have increased ....more
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to London Basketball Association
£4,000 12/03/2020
12
Basketball Holiday Activities in Brent and Westminster
Greater London Authority - The London Basketball Association
£96,000 01/01/2020
Positive activities for young people involved in crime or at risk of crime or exclusion
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/11/2015, number: 1164277
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

9 Bradiston Road
London
W9 3HN

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY THE PROVISION OF BASKETBALL AND BASKETBALL RELATED ACTIVITIES; ANDTHE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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