Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -18
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • 1 Trustee: -5
  • Very static board: -5
  • Latest return overdue -5
  • Multiple returns filed late: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -13 ?

YORK CITY KNIGHTS FOUNDATION

Promote the health, education and community participation of people in the community including teachers. Provide and assist with sports facilities for persons who have need for such facilities by reason of youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty and social welfare
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is there only 1 trustee?
  • Why is the Board composition very static?
  • and returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years

Financial issues to consider:

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

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
30/11/22*£184£176£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/21*£121£138£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/20*£111£104£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/19£82£91£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/18?£82£86£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/17?*£57£69£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£100£96£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£77£134£-56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£158£114£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£161£149£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£63£67£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£68£92£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£84£93£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£87£158£-71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£73£46£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£150£65£85n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£29£21£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

www.yorkrlfc.com

info@yorkrlfc.com

01904 670880

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust£4,976
Cheshire Community Foundation£3,810
Two Ridings Community Foundation£1,920
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Knights Memories
£1,920 19/07/2022
Funding to run reminiscence cafes on matchdays, in partnership with Dementia Forward. These sessions will enable people to shaare their memories and engage with former players.
Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust - ‘World Cup Ready’ – Bringing free of charge multi-sport activities to various targeted sites within the city as identified as areas of facing significant challenges
£4,976 10/05/2022
Free of charge multi-sport activities within various targeted sites within the city, which have been identified as areas facing significant challenges. This will include holiday activities for children and young people age 5-14
Cheshire Community Foundation - York City Knights Foundation 'FitKnight’- Extend
£3,810 05/06/2021
The York City Knights Foundation would like to extend our successful FitKnight programme which has a record of successfully delivering sessions for people aged 18- 50 to deliver a new 'FitKnight’ Extend project targeting people over the age of 60. ....more
Sport England - York City Knights- All Girls
£9,861 02/11/2018
20
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled York City Knights- All Girls. This project is a Rugby League project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - All Knights
£9,977 07/02/2018
12
The group will deliver a series of reminiscence and physical activities for older people with the aim of reducing isolation.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to York City Knights Foundation
£71,100 16/09/2014
York and Proud Rugby League Heritage Project
Sport England - 'Ruggercise' Targeting Women
£8,060 18/01/2011
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled ''Ruggercise' Targeting Women '. This project lists its main activity as Rugby League.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (1)

  • JOHN WILLIAM STEARMAN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/12/2005, number: 1112571
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/06/2005, number: 05493713
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR22: 114 days late, AR21: 349 days late, AR20: 69 days late, AR17: 34 days late,
Main office

York RLFC
York Community Stadium
Kathryn Avenue
Huntington
YORK
YO32 9AF

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND, IN PARTICULAR THE INHABITANTS OF YORK AND NORTH YORKSHIRE AND THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS:A. TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF RUGBY LEAGUE AND OTHER HEALTHY SPORTS (FACILITIES IN THIS CLAUSE MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES).B. TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF THE IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; ANDC. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY.D. PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THE HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN SUCH CHARITABLE WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.E. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS WHO ORGANISE AND SUPERVISE PLAYING OR COACHING RUGBY LEAGUE AND OTHER SUCH GAMES OR SPORTS BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF COURSES, LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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