Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

THE SIR STANLEY MATTHEWS FOUNDATION 

The Sir Stanley Matthews Foundation provides young people with the opportunity to achieve through sport by providing financial aid or assistance.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile 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
31/05/23£40£40£0n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/05/22£30£42£-12n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/05/21£60£63£-4n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/05/20£81£62£19n/an/an/an/an/a27
31/05/19£72£70£2n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/05/18£26£65£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/17£116£96£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/16£28£39£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/15£75£56£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/14£22£29£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/13£19£23£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/12£32£34£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/11£33£40£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/10£38£41£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/09£49£53£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/08£29£33£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/07£29£33£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/06£228£35£194£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/05£16£1£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/04*£9£1£8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 22 years
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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Ghana, India, Northern Ireland, Throughout England, Uganda,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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
City Bridge Trust£44,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Woodward Charitable Trust£3,000
True Colours Trust£1,100
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
True Colours Trust - Towards the costs of sporting equipment
£1,100 02/05/2023
Towards the costs of sporting equipment to support the rehabilitation of children with acquired brain injury.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Sir Stanley Matthews Foundation
£44,000 20/04/2023
£44,000 over 5 years (£6,500 then 4 x £9,375) towards the running costs of football and other activities for children and young people with Down’s Syndrome.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£3,000 11/11/2021
Core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Coach the Coach Programme
£10,000 15/12/2020
10
The Sir Stanley Matthews Foundation is using a £10000 grant to train 20-25 young people from across the Carrickfergus and Newtownabbey areas in a community leadership programme. The young people ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 47-88
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/07/2002, number: 1092803
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/01/2001, number: 04137553
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 60 days late,
Main office

TINSDILLS SOLICITORS
HAYS HOUSE
25 ALBION STREET
STOKE-ON-TRENT
ST1 1QF

Objectives

TO EDUCATE AND ASSIST YOUNG PERSONS IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT AND ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES (AND, IN PARTICULAR, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE GAME OF FOOTBALL) SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED USING IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF THE INSPIRATION AND EXAMPLE OF SIR STANLEY MATTHEWS (AND IN MEMORIAM OF HIM) TOGETHER WITH THE PRIDE OF THE CITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT IN ITS ASSOCIATION WITH HIM AS INTER ALIA HIS BIRTHPLACE AND HOME OF STOKE CITY FOOTBALL CLUB IN ITS ASSOCIATION WITH HIM AS INTER ALIA ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL FOOTBALL CLUBS FOR WHICH HE PLAYED

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT AND ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES DECIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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