Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

BURNLEY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB 

Youth and Community activities for boys and girls, ages 5yrs to 21 years old. also senior citizens group,and people with disabilities,and special needs
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/12/22*£192£215£-24n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/12/21£186£135£51n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/20£158£113£44n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/12/19£74£79£-5n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/18£78£73£5£0£0£0n/a010
31/12/17£97£123£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£107£119£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£96£122£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14*£78£97£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£97£95£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12?£63£70£-6£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/11£42£66£-25£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/10£71£93£-21£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/09£105£128£-23£0£0£0n/a00
29/02/08£144£157£-13£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/07£139£148£-9£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/06£137£156£-19£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/05£143£145£-2£0£0£0n/a00
29/02/04£140£157£-17£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 51 years

www.bbgc.org.uk

info@bbgc.org.uk

01282424038

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 9 volunteers

Who's supporting 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
Garfield Weston Foundation£120,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£29,600
DCMS£10,000
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
CAF£4,261
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£2,717
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Grant to Burnley Boys & Girls Club
£2,717 10/11/2022
To provide support to parents to improve family relationships and promote positive wellbeing.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Burnley Boys & Girls Club (BBGC)
£1,735 22/10/2022
We would like to create a space for young people aged between 8-18 to support their mental health and wellbeing, and offer a safe place for them to develop and grow.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£40,000 16/09/2022
Weston Youth Grant
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Burnley Boys & Girls Club
£29,600 02/02/2022
Refurbishment and fitout for a charity supporting disadvantaged young people in Lancashire
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award - COVID19 response
£40,000 29/10/2021
Weston Youth Grant
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 29/07/2020
towards core costs over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 27/07/2020
"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
CAF - Grant to Burnley Boys and Girls Club
£4,261 18/06/2020
3
Grant to Burnley Boys and Girls Club to support the organisation through COVID19
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 01/05/2020
Captain Riley's Community Hub
Sport England - Sports Night!
£9,642 29/04/2019
12
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Capital project titled Sports Night! . This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - Celebrating 120 years !
£10,000 11/04/2019
12
The club will both celebrate a milestone in their history and also launch a new service which will see younger children being able to access and benefit from the club. The project aims to bring young ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Burnley Boys & Girls Club
£84,000 14/03/2013
36
towards three years' salary of a Club Leader/Community Hall Manager at a Youth Club and Community Hall in a disadvantaged area of Lancashire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Burnley Boys & Girls Club
£20,000 19/09/2011
the salary of the full time Club Leader
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/11/1972, number: 525035
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 27 days late, AR14: 2 days late,
Main office

BARDEN PLAYING FIELDS
BARDEN LANE
BURNLEY
BB10 1QJ

Objectives

TO HELP AND EDUCATE BOYS AND YOUNG MEN, GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN, THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE (BURNLEY)

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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