Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

ACTIVE WOMEN AND GIRLS FOUNDATION

Active Women and Girls Foundation is dedicated to improving and promoting opportunities for all women and girls to access sport and physical activities. We support individuals and organisations as well disadvantaged women and girls and their families to enable them to a access these activities locally, in the interest of their physical, mental and social well-being.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers including the Government recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Why is the Board completely female?

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
30/06/23£20£14£6n/a
30/06/22£7£5£1n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.activewomenandgirls.org.uk

sjanerobbie@aol.co.uk

07941334956

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
London Catalyst - Active Women and Girls Foundation - 1
£2,000 08/12/2022
Hounslow - Body and Mind : Exercise for Women and Girls
Sport England - Jubilee Fund -Pilates Connect - Hounslow
£3,270 15/09/2022
This project will deliver Pilates beginner/level 1 classes free of charge for 24 weeks for women from BAME communities in Hounslow at 2 different venues (2 hours per week). The classes will have 45 minutes of activity followed by 15 minutes to ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • FIONA MARY CAROLINE LAURENCE (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • FLORENCE LOCK Appointed: 2023
  • SUZANNE CLAIRE CAVE Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/01/2021, number: 1193290
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

Gibson Whitter
Larch House
Parklands Business Park
Forest Road
Denmead

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN HEALTHY RECREATION AND SPORTS CAPABLE OF PROMOTING PHYSICAL HEALTH AND FITNESS BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS, BODIES AND ORGANISATIONS BASED IN LONDON AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE, DESIGNED TO ASSIST WITH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ENABLE PARTICIPATION AND REMOVE BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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