Overall GiG Score: 9 ?
Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +3

MIDDLESBROUGH FOOTBALL CLUB FOUNDATION 

The charity aims to encourage and advance the education of children and adults within the community with the purpose of promoting a healthy lifestyle and improving their condition of life and to promote community involvement in healthy recreation by providing facilities capable of improving physical health and to encourage and advance the education of such persons.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static
Established: 27 years

www.mfcfoundation.co.uk

enquiries@mfcfoundation.co.uk

01642757674

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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
31/08/22£5,102£2,365£2,737£111£4,493£9564.98010
31/08/21£2,098£1,829£269£77£1,755£8365.55810
31/08/20*£2,081£1,685£395£56£1,486£7295.26410
31/08/19£2,394£1,853£541£91£1,091£6494.26215
31/08/18£1,931£1,808£123£57£550£5443.66220
31/08/17£1,874£1,748£126£84£427£4212.9560
31/08/16£1,305£1,353£-48£48£301£2952.6410
31/08/15£1,142£1,065£77£72£350£3473.9320
31/08/14?£1,214£1,029£185£74£272£2573260
31/07/13£705£725£-20£38£87£781.3170
31/07/12£700£822£-122£13£103£-192-2.8220
31/07/11*£1,756£1,725£31£47£225£-62-0.4740
31/07/10*£2,491£2,498£-7£98£195£-198-0.9850
31/07/09*£2,448£2,204£244£127£202£-174-0.9940
31/07/08£2,515£2,311£204£117£-41£-196-11020
31/07/07£1,804£1,863£-59£85£-245£-245-1.6860
31/07/06£1,746£1,799£-53£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05*£1,163£1,262£-99£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04*£1,036£1,080£-45£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 21%
Reserves/Spending: 4.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 22 months
Quick Ratio: 12.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 80 employees
  • 10 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Darlington, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, Redcar And Cleveland, Stockton-on-tees,

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Warm Welcome
£10,000 02/12/2022
The funding will be used to provide support for residents over the winter months. This will include access to warm spaces with Wi-Fi and hot refreshments clothing and food electrical safety financial ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Darlington Mayor's Employability Initiative
£10,000 22/12/2020
Darlington Mayor's Employability Initiative
County Durham Community Foundation - RiverSideBySide
£49,500 10/10/2018
To use the iconic image and status of Middlesbrough Football Club and the Riverside Stadium as a vehicle to promote community cohesion and counteract extremist ideologies.
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation
£150,000 17/08/2017
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The #iwill Take Action award will enable them to support young people through a three stage social action programme with a focus on health and well-being. Young people will be recruited as ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Kicks
£7,060 30/05/2017
To support the Kicks program to deliver 3 hours of activities per week.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation
£18,200 27/09/2013
MFCF operates across the Borough of Middlesbrough delivering a range of sporting activities to disadvantaged young people with an aim of reducing levels of anti social behaviours
Sport England - Staying Streets Ahead
£9,500 11/09/2013
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Staying Streets Ahead'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - Premier League 4 Sport
£2,625 06/12/2012
Funding under Sport England's Sportsmatch funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Premier League 4 Sport'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
Sport England - Premier League 4 Sport
£5,250 04/11/2011
Funding under Sport England's Sportsmatch funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Premier League 4 Sport'. This project lists its main activity as Hockey.
Sport England - Premier League 4 Sport
£7,000 01/07/2011
Funding under Sport England's Sportsmatch funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Premier League 4 Sport'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-77
  • JOHN BAKER (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/11/1996, number: 1059418
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/12/1995, number: 03142447
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; AR20: 9 days late, AR11: 64 days late, AR10: 280 days late, AR09: 11 days late, AR05: 30 days late, AR04: 119 days late,
Main office

THE GIBSON O'NEILL COMPANY LIMITED
BRIGNELL ROAD
MIDDLESBROUGH
CLEVELAND
TS2 1PS

Objectives

5.1 To encourage and advance the education of children and adults within the community with the purpose of promoting a healthy lifestyle and improving their condition of life;5.2 To promote community involvement in healthy recreation by providing facilities for the playing of football and other sports capable of improving physical health to such persons who have need for such facilities and to encourage and advance the education of such persons in order to allow them to develop to the best of their abilities, both physical and otherwise;5.3 Such other charitable purposes as may be determined by the Trustees from time to time.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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