Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: -10
Support Score: 3
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Submission defaults: -10
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -17 ?

BLAENAU GWENT OTTERS SWIMMING CLUB FOR THE DISABLED 

The Blaenau Gwent Otters is affiliated to the Halliwick Association of swimming therapy. We teach disabled people to swim using the reknown Hallick method. All our volunteers are qualified in teaching disabled people and encouraged to take part in courses held all over Wales.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There have been multiple defaults for filing returns
  • There are only 2 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/05/21*£1£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/20£6£7£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/05/19£14£17£-2n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/05/18*£8£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/17£9£7£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/16£4£7£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/15*£5£5£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/14£6£8£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/13£10£6£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/12£5£6£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/11£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/10£6£7£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/09£3£6£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/08£11£7£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/07£3£5£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/06£5£6£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/05£4£6£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/04£7£6£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 28 years

blaenaugwentotters.org.uk

derrick155.brown@sky.com

01495724905

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Blaenau Gwent,
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 08/12/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/08/1996, number: 1057653
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR18: 112 days late, AR15: 47 days late,
Main office

8 ABERFFRWD
TREDEGAR
NP22 3NS

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF DISABLED PERSONS LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF THERAPUTIC SWIMMING FACILITIES

Defined Area of Benefit:

BLAENAU GWENT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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