Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 10

Future income +5
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
All male board: -3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 11

SMILE THROUGH SPORT

North East England based charity providing sport, physical activity and leisure activities to individuals of all ages, disabilities and backgrounds. Our charity offers one off events and competitions, weekly drop in sessions and training courses. Our ultimate aim is to improve the lives of disabled people within their communities through better health and social interaction.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 4 trustees?
Why is the Board completely 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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
30/11/23	£140	£88	£53	n/a
30/11/22	£96	£93	£3	n/a
30/11/21	£134	£133	£1	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.smilethroughsport.com

rachel@smilethroughsport.com

01670457757

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Community sports activities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

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

The Greggs Foundation	£60,000
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust	£24,090
Sport England	£9,760
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,130

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sport England - Get Moving
£9,760	15/11/2023 11	This project will work with individuals with a range of disabilities and SEND. The Get Moving project is designed to get inactive people to try a range of ways to move and travel through physical activity. This will introduce active travel through ....more This project will work with individuals with a range of disabilities and SEND. The Get Moving project is designed to get inactive people to try a range of ways to move and travel through physical activity. This will introduce active travel through walking groups, cycling and frame running as well as multi-sport sessions.
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Project Funding
£24,090	01/11/2023	Funding paid for 178 hours of sport sessions for children and adults with complex disabilities, and adults with dementia, who are isolated from provision.
The Greggs Foundation - North East Core Funding
£60,000	31/10/2023 36	£60,000 over three years towards core staffing costs to support further grant-seeking and development of new activities
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - SEND Diversionary
£9,130	04/08/2023	The funding will be used to deliver a range of sport and physical activities to young people aged 11-18 and up to 25 for young people with special educational needs and disabilities. The project will engage them in additional positive activities ....more The funding will be used to deliver a range of sport and physical activities to young people aged 11-18 and up to 25 for young people with special educational needs and disabilities. The project will engage them in additional positive activities during the summer holidays with the aim of reducing anti-social behaviour and improving wellbeing.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

MICHAEL JONATHAN TODD COSTELLO Appointed: 2022

PAUL ROBERT MCGETTIGAN Appointed: 2022

STEPHEN JAMES MILLER MBE (Chair) Appointed: 2020

TARA KATE TORDOFF Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/09/2020, number: 1191534

Gift Aid

NOT 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
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

Smile Through Sport Plc
Unit 16c
Moorland Way
Nelson Park
CRAMLINGTON
NE23 1WE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF DISABLED PEOPLE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY CREATING OR ASSISTING IN CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN AMATEUR SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

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