Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 9

Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteer base +5
Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 21

THE PANATHLON FOUNDATION LIMITED

Overview

The Panathlon Foundation provides sporting opportunities for disabled and special educational needs young people across primary and secondary schools in the UK. The pandemic allowed them to grow their offering and they now provide a hybrid programme of in person and virtual at-home challenges, enabling children to keep active and healthy.

Participation numbers have continued to grow each year and the events participants compete in have not only expanded multi-sport event opportunities across the country but given schools reason to consider additional sports provisions for the disabled.

Source: Giving is Great

Mission:

Providing sporting and leadership opportunities for young people with disabilities and special educational needs

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/08/23		£875	£880	£-5	£44	£348	£278	3.8	4	7,359
31/08/22		£907	£889	£18	£48	£353	£273	3.7	5	5,013
31/08/21		£718	£659	£58	£51	£335	£226	4.1	6	2,140
31/08/20		£719	£731	£-12	£50	£277	£186	3.1	7	2,030
31/08/19		£833	£789	£45	£46	£289	£128	1.9	6	4,611
31/08/18		£671	£669	£2	£49	£244	£45	0.8	7	0
31/08/17		£693	£647	£46	£39	£242	£45	0.8	6	0
31/08/16		£521	£498	£23	£39	£196	£44	1.1	5	0
31/08/15	*	£500	£477	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/14		£444	£452	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/13		£355	£313	£42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/12		£341	£310	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/11		£318	£273	£45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/10	*	£303	£271	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/09		£217	£229	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/08		£81	£103	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/07		£89	£82	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/06	*	£290	£317	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/05		£321	£320	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/04		£417	£419	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 80%
Reserves/Spending: 3.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 5.1

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Balance Sheet History

Comment: Income is almost exclusively from major trusts, foundations and individual donors

Source: Giving is Great

Established: 26 years

www.panathlon.com

enquiries@panathlon.com

01279 680980

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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What it does

The Panathlon Foundation promote the physical and personal development of young disabled people, through organising school sports competitions and by the provision of resources including coaching, training, equipment and sports leadership opportunities.

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Disability
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities
Sports and activity based therapy

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young 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

The EQ Foundation	£75,640
Garfield Weston Foundation	£50,000
Sir George Martin Trust	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000	06/04/2023 24	Methu aros i chwarae (Can’t wait to Play)
The EQ Foundation - Grant to Panathlon
£25,000	16/12/2022	Unrestricted
The EQ Foundation - Grant to Panathlon
£25,000	15/11/2021	Unrestricted
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Panathlon Foundation
£2,000	15/10/2021	Core costs for Disability Support & Activities
The EQ Foundation - Grant to Panathlon
£25,000	15/11/2020	Unrestricted
The EQ Foundation - Grant to THE PANATHLON FOUNDATION LIMITED
£640	15/12/2019	Big Give Christmas Challenge 2019
Vision Foundation - Sports for Visually Impaired Children
£6,000	25/09/2019 18	To run sports sessions for blind and partially sighted children in London
The EQ Foundation - Grant to THE PANATHLON FOUNDATION LIMITED
£15,000	15/04/2019	Unrestricted
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000	27/11/2018 24	Dream Big- Disability Isn't Inability
The EQ Foundation - Grant to THE PANATHLON FOUNDATION LIMITED
£20,000	15/04/2018	Unrestricted
The EQ Foundation - Grant to THE PANATHLON FOUNDATION LIMITED
£20,000	15/04/2017	Unrestricted
The EQ Foundation - Grant to THE PANATHLON FOUNDATION LIMITED
£20,000	15/04/2016	Unrestricted
Greater London Authority - Grant to Panathlon Foundation Ltd
£54,450	15/02/2016	For 2016-18 Panathlon Challenge Primary School sports programme
The Fore - Grant to The Panathalon Foundation
£26,000	30/09/2014 36	Grant funded the development of the Primary Panathalon and the Impairment-Swimming Programme by funding the full-time role of the Events Co-ordinator. The response to the initial piloting of these programmes in 2013 in a small number of primary ....more Grant funded the development of the Primary Panathalon and the Impairment-Swimming Programme by funding the full-time role of the Events Co-ordinator. The response to the initial piloting of these programmes in 2013 in a small number of primary schools showed excellent results and proved to the Foundation that the earlier sport can be introduced into the curriculum for children with disabilities, the greater the positive impact it can have on their personal and social development.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Panathlon Foundation
£66,300	16/07/2014 36	£66,300 over three years (£21,100; £22,600; £22,600) towards the expansion of Panathlon’s work with deaf, visually impaired and power-chair children.

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How do they operate?

Panathlon Challenge Sports Inclusion Programme

Objectives: To promote the physical and personal development of children with disabilities and special educational needs

Intervention period: Events run across the year from local school based activity through to regional and national finals

Beneficiaries: Primary and secondary school children

Location: UK

Description: The Panathlon Foundation provides a blend of in-school and virtual sporting activities. Hundreds of face-to-face competitions go on every year at external venues across the country. These are aimed specifically at children who have previously lacked the opportunity to participate in sport and represent their school, and allows them to engage in activities benefiting them physically and socially

How effective are they?

	Outputs	Outcomes
Y/E	Schools participating	Pupils participating	Young Leaders who contributed on average 5 hours each week
31/08/2023	3,012	62,981	7,359
31/08/2022	2,078	52,476	5,013
31/08/2021	583	45,845	2,140
Y/E
31/08/2021

Notes: Since 2021 participant numbers have included those taking part virtually

Commentary: Recent research studies have highlighted that the physical activity of programme competitors is having a significantly positive effect on academic attainment. It also showed that non-competitors who are peers of those on programmes are more well informed to the needs of disabled children post-programme completion

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Who works here?

ASHLEY ICETON
Founder and CEO
Appointed: September 1996

TONY WAYMOUTH
Chief Operating Officer

TRACEY SMEDLEY
Operations Manager

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-74

ANDREW SUTCH Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Director

ADIL HASSAN GHANI Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Director

COLIN CHAYTORS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Director

DANIEL JAMES THOMPSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director

ELIZABETH ANNE RODRIGUES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

GRACE LAVELLE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Investment Director

JAYNE ELIZABETH FIELDHOUSE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Marketing And Communications Executive

MOHAMMED FAYSAL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/11/1998, number: 1072638
Registered at Companies House on 22/09/1997, number: 03437923

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR15: 7 days late, AR10: 28 days late, AR06: 25 days late,

Main office

Thaxted Room
c/o Novotel London Stansted Airport
Round Coppice Road
Stansted
Essex
CM24 1SP

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG DISABLED PEOPLE, THROUGH ORGANISING SCHOOL SPORTS COMPETITIONS AND BY THE PROVISION OF RESOURCES INCLUDING COACHING, TRAINING, EQUIPMENT AND SPORTS LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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