Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +7
    Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

    SAINTS FOUNDATION (SFC) 

    The Saints Foundation is established for the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of children in full time education and disadvantaged adults residing in the county of Hampshire and other neighbouring areas by the provision of facilities and opportunities for the playing of and learning from football.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • Over half the Board have joined recently

    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
    30/06/23£2,470£2,419£51£216£1,165£1,0915.48814
    30/06/22£2,435£2,214£221£280£1,000£1,0005.4699
    30/06/21£2,316£2,389£-73£183£779£7793.9690
    30/06/20£2,741£2,565£177£150£852£8524710
    30/06/19£3,074£3,060£14£164£676£6762.6780
    30/06/18£2,751£2,563£188£170£661£6613.1680
    30/06/17£2,256£2,200£56£180£473£4732.6560
    30/06/16£2,397£1,908£489£137£417£4052.5500
    30/06/15£1,684£1,703£-20£153£-72£-86-0.6390
    30/06/14£1,345£1,396£-51£106£-52£-105-0.9300
    30/06/13£1,000£1,033£-34£247£-1£-1-0150
    30/06/12£1,009£1,052£-43£6£33£330.4120
    30/06/11£1,002£779£223£96£76£761.2220
    30/06/10£725£664£61£6£-147£-205-3.7130
    30/06/09£727£680£47£3£-207£-214-3.8210
    30/06/08£697£714£-17£4£-259£-393-6.6130
    30/06/07£627£655£-28£3£-242£-321-5.9110
    30/06/06?*£686£690£-4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/05/05*£678£672£7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/05/04*£702£771£-68£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 10.2%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.9%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
    Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 32%
    Liabilities/Income: 22%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
    Reserves/Spending: 5.4 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
    Quick Ratio: 2.7
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 22 years

    www.saintsfoundation.co.uk

    foundation@saintsfc.co.uk

    02380711994

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Amateur Sport
    • Disability
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Recreation
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Sports activities
    How it operates
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Dorset, Guernsey, Hampshire, Isle Of Wight, Southampton City, Wiltshire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • 88 employees
    • 14 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
    National Lottery Community Fund£590,407
    DCMS£56,853
    BBC Children in Need£35,929
    Sport England£4,917
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Saints Ability
    £10,000 10/02/2023
    The funding will be used to run football based sport sessions for those living with additional needs and disabilities. This project aims to improve physical and mental health reduce isolation and ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Saints-Care
    £499,609 01/02/2023
    This funding will support Saints Foundation and Communicare to provide support services to older adults living in Southampton through group activities and one-to-one support sessions. The project ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Senior Saints
    £70,798 15/12/2021
    The funding will be used to help older people (50+) in the City of Southampton to stay healthy active and connected. SF is a charitable company and although a separate legal entity which operates as ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - SaintsAbility
    £10,000 08/10/2021
    The funding will be used to provide adults with disabilities the opportunity to play football. The project aims to improve physical and mental wellbeing and increase their sense of connection with ....more
    Sport England - Toyota Parasport Fund - Saints Ability
    £4,917 07/09/2020
    14
    Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Toyota Parasport Fund - Saints Ability . This project is a Adapted Sport project, with a focus on ....more
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £56,853 19/08/2020
    "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 ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Saints Foundation
    £35,929 31/07/2020
    Covid19 - This project will provide an employability skills development programme for young people who are not in education, employment or training, impacted negatively by Covid-19. Young people ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - The Saints Foundation: Sporting Chance
    £10,000 04/07/2013
    12
    This is a project by an incorporated charity in Southampton. The organisation will use the funding to deliver a series of vocal, photography and videography workshops for young people in the area. ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (10)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split
    Based on 9/10 persons

    Age Range of Trustees: 36-66
    • JAMES FEW Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
    • ROD JACKSON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: President & Chief Executive Officer
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/03/2002, number: 1090916
    • Registered at Companies House on 29/10/2001, number: 04312794
    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
    • 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; AR06: 141 days late, AR05: 11 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
    Main office

    Southampton Football Club Ltd
    St. Marys Stadium
    Britannia Road
    SOUTHAMPTON
    SO14 5FP

    Objectives

    THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN IN FULL TIME EDUCATION AND DISADVANTAGED ADULTS RESIDING IN THE COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE AND THE NEIGHBOURING AREA IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF AND LEARNING FROM FOOTBALL.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    HAMPSHIRE

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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