Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 0

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -3
Large legacies income: +1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Mainly male board: -1

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 3

THE PRIMARY CLUB

The provision of sporting and recreational facilities for the blind and partially-sighted

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £461,898 available, equivalent to 32 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

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
31/03/23		£530	£175	£355	£11	£462	£462	31.6	0	3
31/03/22		£161	£156	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/21		£136	£52	£84	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/20		£136	£153	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/19		£168	£171	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/18		£159	£170	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£146	£176	£-30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£208	£189	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£166	£185	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£159	£221	£-62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£173	£221	£-48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£394	£266	£129	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£212	£209	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£198	£194	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£223	£227	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£178	£194	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£224	£255	£-31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£364	£264	£99	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£159	£166	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£223	£224	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 31.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 32 months
Quick Ratio: 149.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 42 years

www.primaryclub.org

secretary@primaryclub.org

01799586507

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Disability

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
3 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Gender Split

ADRIAN MICHAEL THOMAS

ANDREW WARWICK DIXON

CLIVE HAMILTON FIETH Appointed: 2022

JOHN ANDREW STERN

PAUL DOYLE Appointed: 2017

PETER ALASTAIR ST JOHN BAXTER

ROSS MIDGLEY

TIMOTHY MARK KELLEHER (Chair) Appointed: 2022

CHRISTOPHER LARLHAM, Other trusteeships: SAFFRON WALDEN CRICKET CLUB, THE ROWLAND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION,

EUAN JOHN MICHAEL CAMERON SPENCE Appointed: 2012, Other trusteeship: THE CHRIS SMITH MEMORIAL FUND,

MR MIKE BRACE CBE, Other trusteeships: THE DISABILITY SPORTS DEVELOPMENT TRUST, SIGHT ACTION (HAVERING),

NICOLE MARGARET AGNES POLLOCK Appointed: 2024, Other trusteeship: MR AND MRS POLLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/08/1982, number: 285285

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR04: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from NORWICH AND COLTISHALL WANDERERS YOUTH CRICKET CHARITABLE TRUST on 24/08/2022

Main office

APPLE COTTAGE
ANSO CORNER
HEMPSTEAD
SAFFRON WALDEN
CB10 2NU

Objectives

TO PROVIDE FOR THE SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL NEEDS OF THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CARE OF THE ROYAL LONDON SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources