Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

ALIVE AND KICKING U.K. 

Alive and Kicking exist to create happier, healthier, more empowered communities. As the world's only not-for-profit sports ball manufacturer, we positively impact the lives and livelihoods of people facing disadvantage by producing a sports ball like no other - creating better access to ethical jobs, play and vital health education.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 20 years

www.aliveandkicking.org

info@aliveandkicking.org

02076869852

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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
31/12/22*£460£450£10n/an/an/an/an/a226
31/12/21£304£335£-31n/an/an/an/an/a220
31/12/20£301£258£43n/an/an/an/an/a27
31/12/19£252£274£-22n/an/an/an/an/a36
31/12/18£370£374£-5£0£0£0n/a04
31/12/17£196£251£-55£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£196£236£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£463£323£140£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£187£241£-54£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£263£309£-46£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£277£351£-73£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£269£241£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£270£269£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09?£342£251£91£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/08£356£280£76£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/07£191£157£34£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/06*£171£180£-9£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/05*£62£66£-3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 226 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Ghana, Kenya, Throughout England, Zambia,

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
Sport England£46,149
The Joffe Trust£40,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
City Bridge Trust£10,308
National Lottery Community Fund£6,800
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 29/07/2022
Make.Play.Live UK
Sport England - COVID-19 Innovative Solution
£39,649 21/10/2020
6
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Innovative Solutions funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Innovative Solution. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Alive and Kicking
£10,308 11/06/2020
£10,308 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£6,500 20/04/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity ....more
The Joffe Trust - Alive and Kicking UK
£40,000 24/01/2020
24
Invest in regular giving programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental Health Education Programme
£6,800 07/06/2019
12
The project aims to better enable people to identify signs of poor mental health and reduce stigma and the funding will be used to deliver a mental health awareness programme.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000 03/09/2018
Alive and Kicking
Tudor Trust - Grant to Alive and Kicking UK
£25,000 25/04/2017
12
over one year as an emergency grant towards a charity that supports social enterprises and uses sport to deliver health education in Africa
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Alive & Kicking Ghana
£30,000 13/03/2013
To support the establishment of the Alice & Kicking programme in Ghana
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 41-84
  • CLARE KENNY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Founder And Ceo Of Marketing Consultancy
  • DANIEL COOPER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director Of Innovation
  • JOE COGAN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Film Producer
  • JOEL KEANE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Marketing Director
  • SUSI OWUSU Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/08/2004, number: 1105583
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/04/2004, number: 05106378
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR22: 37 days late, AR06: 230 days late, AR05: 120 days late,
Main office

Alive & Kicking
147 Hoxton Street
LONDON
N1 6QG

Objectives

The Charity's Objects are, for the public benefit:I. The relief of unemployment in communities facing disadvantage, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa, in such ways as the trustees think fit, including through the production of sports balls.II. The advancement of physical education across communities facing disadvantage, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa, through the provision of ethically made sports balls and sport participation programmes.III. The promotion of health across communities facing disadvantage, primarily in the UK and sub-Saharan Africa, through the delivery of health education programmes.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EAST AFRICA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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