Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
    • Overall weighted support: +5
    Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

    TRAINING SHIP BROADSWORD SEA TRAINING CORPS

    The Corps is a voluntary youth organisation for Boys and Girls. It aims to develop qualities of self-discipline and leadership and provides a service to the community. We believe this is an important function in todays multicultural and multifaith society and that we are helping to develop good citizens for the future. Our organization is run on Naval routines and traditions.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

    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
    31/03/24£57£54£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/23£66£65£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    ?31/03/22£56£54£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/21£43£35£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    ?31/03/20?£73£72£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/18£91£88£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/17£253£203£50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/16£103£85£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/15£125£108£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/14£138£106£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/13£96£80£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/12£93£84£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/11£73£61£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/10£77£70£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/09£58£73£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/08£79£68£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/07£48£51£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/06£35£55£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/05£35£55£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/04£51£50£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 38 years

    www.seacadet.org

    geraldandjean@seacadet.org

    02082006286

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Amateur Sport
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Other facilities management and maintenance
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides human resources
    Where it operates
    • Barnet, Brent, Hertfordshire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People With Disabilities

    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£32,300
    The Clothworkers Foundation£10,000
    DCMS£9,550
    Garfield Weston Foundation£5,000
    The Foyle Foundation£5,000
    Sport England£4,500
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Sport England - Fitness classes for the over 60's
    £4,500 10/08/2023
    A project to provide weekly exercise and fitness classes for up to 30 over 60 people for 45 weeks at the Cool Oak Lane. It will include coach fees and expenses for an existing professional fitness instructor with partner funded Facility Hire costs. ....more
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Training Ship Broadsword
    £10,000 07/06/2023
    0
    Refurbishment of centre for a charity which works with disadvantaged young and old people in Brent and Barnet
    National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Our Elderly Community
    £10,000 25/11/2022
    The funding will be used to continue the group's monthly lunch club fitness and social activities for older members of the community. The project aims to reduce social isolation and bring people together.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £5,000 04/02/2022
    Contribution towards our core costs
    National Lottery Community Fund - Fitness and Fun for the over 60's
    £9,800 19/11/2021
    The funding will be used to start socially distanced fitness sessions for over 60s and introduce a new weekly coffee morning. The project aims to help people re-connect with friends welcome new members improve physical/mental health and wellbeing ....more
    The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
    £5,000 16/09/2021
    towards core costs of running the HQ over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
    National Lottery Community Fund - Lunching To Connect
    £2,500 25/08/2021
    The funding is for the restart of the organisation's lunch club for older people. The project aims to help people feel more connected re-establish friendships and reduce the participants feelings of isolation and loneliness.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Heating For Success
    £10,000 28/01/2021
    11
    The funding will be used to install a new heating system. The project aims to improve the group's building so existing community activities including those for isolated older people can continue and be expanded.
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £9,550 07/08/2020
    "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
    National Lottery Community Fund - Staging and lighting for community arts project
    £10,000 11/07/2019
    12
    The project will use the funding to install a stage, sound and light systems that will enable local groups to provide community events and meet ups.
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Training Ship Broadsword
    £10,000 30/01/2018
    refurbishment of room for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in London
    National Lottery Community Fund - Lunch and cinema club for older disabled people
    £10,000 24/01/2018
    12
    This project will run a weekly film and lunch club for older people, providing an opportunity for them to come together.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £2,500 24/07/2017
    Car Park Re-surfacing
    National Lottery Community Fund - Car park resurfacing project.
    £10,000 27/04/2016
    12
    The group will use the funding to develop their existing car park facilities for the benefit of elderly and disabled community members. This will improve the facilities by making them safe and useable by people to access a range of activities, ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - A Bigger Better Broadsword
    £336,908 20/04/2016
    36
    A project to promote health, fitness and training for disadvantaged people. The scheme will include lunch clubs, coffee mornings, outdoor bowling, nutrition classes, IT workshops, advice surgeries, and English Language training for isolated and hard ....more
    Sport England - Bowling green maintenance equipment
    £10,000 21/05/2015
    12
    Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Bowling green maintenance equipment'. This project lists its main activity as Bowls.
    London Marathon Charitable Trust - To reinstall the bowling green and clubhouse and re-establish the club
    £45,000 10/12/2014
    Towards reinstatement of bowling green and club house (on site now occupied by Training Ship Broadsword) for the benefit of the community.
    London Marathon Charitable Trust - Wet room and changing for the disabled at Training Ship Broadsword
    £10,000 08/04/2014
    Wet room and changing for the disabled at Training Ship Broadsword
    National Lottery Community Fund - Provide toilets and wet room for disabled members and elderly helpers
    £10,000 12/12/2013
    1
    The Barnet group will use the funding to provide a wet room and toilet facilities on the ground floor of their building for disabled users. This will make their building more accessible for children and young people with special needs and ....more
    Sport England - Water sports safety project
    £10,000 07/01/2013
    Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Water sports safety project'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Disabled access to our upper levels via a lift
    £10,000 27/10/2011
    12
    This is a project by a charity in Brent, serving beneficiaries in Brent and Barnet. The group will use funding install a lift and improved disabled access to their two story training centre. This will improve the accessibility of this community ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)

    • ALAN MASON
    • CDR MBE BED GERALD FRANCIS BECK MBE BED
    • JEAN ALISON BECK
    • LT. PAUL TURTON
    • MARK JACOBS Appointed: 2023
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/07/1986, number: 294517
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • 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
    20 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    3 Glenwood Avenue
    Kingsbury
    LONDON
    NW9 7PL

    Objectives

    TO ENCOURAGE THE MENTAL, PHYSICAL AN SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ORDER THAT THEY MIGHT DEVELOP INTO RESPONSIBLE ADULT MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF NAUTICAL AND OTHER STUDIES.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    LONDON BOROUGHS OF BARNET AND BRENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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