Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

STREET LEAGUE

Street League uses sport and physical activity to tackle youth unemployment, working with young people who live in the most disadvantaged areas of the UK. The participants engage in structured sporting activities to complement educational and employability programmes which lead to work, mainstream education or training
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Fundraising costs are 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 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
31/03/24£6,613£6,331£282£465£4,062£3,4626.6117120
31/03/23£6,949£6,603£345£431£3,781£3,2395.9132120
31/03/22£7,075£6,073£1,002£382£3,435£2,9355.8125120
31/03/21£6,399£5,031£1,369£322£2,433£1,9064.5112230
31/03/20?£5,804£5,302£502£370£1,064£7431.7107300
31/03/18£6,032£5,970£61£389£844£49611380
31/03/17£5,667£5,650£17£259£783£2890.61240
31/03/16£5,497£5,281£216£258£766£3530.81110
31/03/15£4,603£4,593£9£470£550£1600.41010
31/03/14£3,420£3,413£8£289£541£1310.5800
31/03/13£2,666£2,695£-29£286£533£4572640
31/03/12£2,349£2,250£99£141£562£5062.7380
31/03/11£2,383£2,376£7£259£463£4092.1410
31/03/10*£2,172£1,963£209£455£456£2431.5310
31/03/09*£1,647£1,653£-6£325£247£1451.1300
31/03/08£1,337£1,284£53£161£253£800.8260
31/03/07£1,254£1,168£86£153£200£450.5260
31/03/06£707£900£-193n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£822£516£306n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £140,000-£150,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 6.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 15.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 21 years

www.streetleague.co.uk

info@streetleague.co.uk

08003317600

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
Postcode Active Trust£1,700,000
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£316,825
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Street Sports
£11,950 15/11/2023
11
This project will expand the Street Sports project into new areas such as Aston (Birmingham), Kirkby (Liverpool), Higher Blackley (Manchester) and North Sheffield by providing unemployed and inactive young people aged 16-30 who live in areas of ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 06/11/2023
Sport and Employability programmes in Rotherham
Postcode Active Trust - Regular Grant 2023
£900,000 29/03/2023
Regular unrestricted award
Westminster Foundation - Cost of living grant - Street League - 25/01/2023
£4,903 25/01/2023
12
COL One Off Payment
Postcode Active Trust - Regular Grant 2022
£800,000 16/03/2022
Regular unrestricted award
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Street League
£316,825 03/03/2022
Our project will boost the skills, confidence, wellbeing and aspirations of Year 10 and 11 students at risk of disengaging from school or leaving without a positive next destination, ultimately supporting them to stay in school or move into ....more
Sport England - TGC CF - StrongHER
£8,040 16/06/2021
11
This project will support young women aged 16-30 in a programme of dance, fitness and boxercise.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 25/09/2020
Helping young people out of poverty and into work.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Street League
£20,000 04/02/2020
purchase of tablets and accessories for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people nationally
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£66,667 07/06/2019
Grant to contribute to staff costs for the outreach and after care activities supporting disadvantaged young people on the charity's academy programme, into employment.
DCMS - Street League Middlesbrough
£23,685 01/04/2019
Street League uses the power of sport to attract and engage unemployed young people from the most challenging backgrounds, with the ultimate aim of progressing them into employment, education or training. The awards support its work in Middlesbrough.
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Street League
£47,370 21/12/2018
12
Street League uses the power of football to attract and engage young people with the ultimate aim of progressing them into employment, education or training. The grant is to support its work in Middlesbrough.
DCMS - Street League Middlesbrough
£23,685 21/12/2018
Street League uses the power of sport to attract and engage unemployed young people from the most challenging backgrounds, with the ultimate aim of progressing them into employment, education or training. The awards support its work in Middlesbrough.
DCMS - Street League Middlesbrough
£15,790 21/12/2018
Street League uses the power of sport to attract and engage unemployed young people from the most challenging backgrounds, with the ultimate aim of progressing them into employment, education or training. The awards support its work in Middlesbrough.
Dulverton Trust - Football and Employability Academy, Manchester
£25,000 25/10/2018
Football and Employability Academy, Manchester
London Marathon Charitable Trust - MAKING HEADLINES, ACHIEVING IMPACT
£500,000 26/09/2018
A programme to get 5,000 young people aged 14-24 to be more active, targeting those living in areas of high deprivation in London and Surrey. The funding will enable young people to participate in team sports and nutrition programmes and to make a ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 25/09/2018
Street League Academy Middlesbrough
John Ellerman Foundation - data gathering and insight development work
£90,000 26/07/2018
36
Towards the costs of their Monitoring and Evaluation team to deepen their understanding of their work and better support the young people on their programmes
Comic Relief - Street League Rugby
£100,250 24/01/2018
24
Street League will increase the number of opportunities for young people, aged 16 to 24 from disadvantaged communities in London, to progress into sustainable employment, education and training using the power of rugby. It will launch a new rugby ....more
Spirit of 2012 - Dunbartonshire Dance-Fit
£25,000 23/10/2017
A sports and employment skills training academy with dance to increase the health, fitness and future prospects of unemployed young women in Dunbartonshire. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within agreed ....more
Comic Relief - Next Steps Into Work
£168,646 27/09/2017
24
The project will support unemployed young people aged 16 to 24 from disadvantaged communities in Lanarkshire to progress into sustainable employment, education and training through the power of sport and fitness. This will be done through a Fitness ....more
Comic Relief - British Airways voting initiative 2017 - Street League
£10,000 19/07/2017
12
1 in 5 young people on the UK are unemployed. The Street League Academy programmes use sports (primarily football and dance) as a hook to engage with those young people in Manchester furthest from employment, and support them to gain the vital ....more
Sport England - SfD - Supporting Young Females into Work Through Sport
£543,079 12/07/2017
38
Funding under Sport England's Sport for Development funding programme for a Revenue project titled SfD - Supporting Young Females into Work Through Sport. This project is a Movement & Dance project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Impetus PEF -
£77,920 01/07/2017
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Street League
£37,068 06/12/2016
12
Street League uses the power of football to attract and engage young people with the ultimate aim of progressing them into employment, education or training. The grant is to support its work in Middlesbrough.
Sport England - SfD - Supporting Young Females into Work Through Sport
£850,000 02/08/2016
36
Funding under Sport England's Sport for Development funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'SfD - Supporting Young Females into Work Through Sport'. This project is a Movement & Dance project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - SfD - Supporting Young Females into Work Through Sport
£306,921 02/08/2016
38
Funding under Sport England's Sport for Development funding programme for a Revenue project titled SfD - Supporting Young Females into Work Through Sport. This project is a Movement & Dance project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Street League
£30,000 23/06/2016
Street League changes the lives of disadvantaged, hard to reach young people through the power of football and street dance giving them a nationally recognised qualification and teaching them vital employability skills.
Comic Relief - Moving Young People Into Work Through Employer Engagement
£211,360 25/11/2015
24
1 in 5 young people on the UK are unemployed. Whilst unemployment rates in the UK have fallen, they’ve remained the same (as 2012) for young people unemployed for over 2 years. The Academy programmes use sports as a hook to engage unemployed young ....more
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Street League
£30,000 13/07/2015
Street League changes the lives of disadvantaged, hard to reach young people through the power of football and street dance giving them a nationally recognised qualification and teaching them vital employability skills.
Dulverton Trust - Street League Middlesbrough
£50,000 10/06/2015
Street League Middlesbrough
Walcot Foundation - Street League South London
£20,000 25/03/2015
12
Street League South London
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Street League
£30,000 01/07/2014
Street League changes the lives of disadvantaged, hard to reach young people through the power of football and street dance giving them a nationally recognised qualification and teaching them vital employability skills.
Dulverton Trust - the Street League Nottingham roll-out
£25,000 27/02/2013
the Street League Nottingham roll-out
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Street League
£30,000 01/07/2012
Street League changes the lives of disadvantaged, hard to reach young people through the power of football and street dance giving them a nationally recognised qualification and teaching them vital employability skills.
Sport England - Street League Academy Croydon
£9,896 29/11/2011
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Street League Academy Croydon'. This project lists its main activity as Association Football.
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Street League
£30,000 01/07/2011
Street League changes the lives of disadvantaged, hard to reach young people through the power of football and street dance giving them a nationally recognised qualification and teaching them vital employability skills.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Street League
£50,000 29/06/2011
the salary of the Progressions Co-ordinator
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Street League
£30,000 01/07/2010
Street League changes the lives of disadvantaged, hard to reach young people through the power of football and street dance giving them a nationally recognised qualification and teaching them vital employability skills.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 48-72
  • DEEPTI LEANNE TOWNSEND Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • HURBINDER MUDAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Banker
  • JACQUIE IRVINE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Business Consultant
  • JOHN COLEMAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
  • LESLEY GIDDINS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director
  • WILLIAM JONATHAN RENNIE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/12/2003, number: 1101313
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/11/2003, number: 04974643
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR10: 2 days late, AR09: 56 days late,
Main office

Unit 2.4
Waulk Mill
Bengal Street
MANCHESTER
M4 6LN

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN FINANCIAL OR OTHER NEED DUE TO UNEMPLOYMENT BY:1. ASSISTING UNEMPLOYED PERSONS TO MORE EASILY ENTER INTO EMPLOYMENT; AND2. ALLEVIATING THE POSITION OF THOSE WHO REMAIN UNEMPLOYED,IN EACH CASE BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION THROUGH: (I) THE MEDIUM OF FOOTBALL AND BY AN ASSOCIATED PROGRAMME OF SUPPORT, TRAINING, COURSES AND ACTIVITIES; AND (II) THE MEDIUM OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MORE GENERALLY AND BY AN ASSOCIATED PROGRAMME OF SUPPORT, TRAINING, COURSES AND ACTIVITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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