Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 2

Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

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

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 16

BRISTOL CITY ROBINS FOUNDATION

The charity's activities are assisting in the education of children within the Bristol area through the use of the game of football and other sports.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Established: 22 years

www.bcfc.co.uk/bristol-city-community-trust/

dan.white@bcfc.co.uk

01179630636

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/05/23	£2,074	£1,925	£149	£65	£938	£769	4.8	39	64
31/05/22	£1,697	£1,567	£130	£66	£790	£771	5.9	38	61
31/05/21	£1,270	£1,032	£239	£43	£660	£649	7.6	27	45
31/05/20	£1,180	£967	£213	£42	£421	£404	5	39	25
31/05/19	£960	£870	£90	£45	£208	£161	2.2	32	26
31/05/18	£836	£793	£44	£61	£118	£102	1.5	21	0
31/05/17	£763	£836	£-73	£87	£75	£62	0.9	34	0
31/05/16	£738	£790	£-52	£88	£145	£120	1.8	36	0
31/05/15	£770	£741	£29	£4	£189	£183	3	25	0
31/05/14	£516	£457	£58	£3	£160	£153	4	18	0
31/05/13	£387	£327	£60	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/12	£341	£316	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/11	£128	£147	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/10	£110	£133	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/09	£99	£110	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/08	£111	£116	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/07	£122	£138	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/06	£165	£141	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/05	£124	£108	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/04	£163	£127	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 82%
Reserves/Spending: 4.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 5

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Bristol City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

39 employees
64 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Bristol City Community Trust
£30,000	08/08/2019 36	This project will deliver a weekly pan-disability football and a multi-skills club for disabled children. It will provide more opportunities for them to make new friends, have better physical health ....more This project will deliver a weekly pan-disability football and a multi-skills club for disabled children. It will provide more opportunities for them to make new friends, have better physical health and greater emotional resilience.
Sport England - Bristol City Table Tennis Sessions
£9,370	21/06/2013	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Bristol City Table Tennis Sessions'. This project is a Table Tennis project, with a focus on younger ....more Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Bristol City Table Tennis Sessions'. This project is a Table Tennis project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - Bristol City Community Schools Project
£10,000	11/08/2011	Funding under Sport England's Sportsmatch funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Bristol City Community Schools Project'. This project lists its main activity as Association Football.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-62

MARK COOKE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

RICHARD THOMAS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Financial Director

CHERRY KRAUS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Development Manager

DAVID ANDREW BAKER (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Chief Executive Officer, The Olympus Academy Trust

LISA KNIGHTS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Communications Director

SARA SAINSBURY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Self Employed

JON LANSDOWN Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: THE BRISTOL SPORT FOUNDATION,

KELVIN JOHN BLAKE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Non Exec Director, Other trusteeship: SS GREAT BRITAIN TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/07/2002, number: 1093059
Registered at Companies House on 22/01/2002, number: 04357727

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
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; all on time

Main office

ASHTON GATE STADIUM
ASHTON ROAD
BRISTOL
BS3 2EJ

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY, IN EACH CASE ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, AND INCLUDE:THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GREATER BRISTOL AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS INCLUDING, IN PARTICULAR, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL;THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE IN GREATER BRISTOL AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING THE DELIVERY OF SPORTS CENTRED EDUCATION, TRAINING AND WORK EXPERIENCE; ANDTHE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS OBJECTS CLAUSE, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL OR DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING BACK INTO SOCIETY).

Defined Area of Benefit:

CHILDREN ATTENDING SCHOOLS WITHIN THE COUNTY OF AVON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA AND TO PROVIDE IN BRISTOL AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA FACILITIES AT (INTER ALIA) THE ASTON GATE STADIUM

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