Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Overall weighted support: +5
    Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

    BRITISH OLYMPIC FOUNDATION

    The main activities of the British Olympic Foundation include the promotion and advancement of all aspects of the Olympic Movement through public education in sport, sporting activity and other forms of physical education and recreation.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
    • 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
    31/12/23£1,932£1,905£27£0£798£5613.500
    31/12/22£972£928£44£0£770£7039.100
    31/12/21£1,510£1,372£137£0£726£689600
    31/12/20£1,592£1,704£-113£0£589£5413.800
    31/12/19£2,523£2,433£90£0£701£6283.100
    31/12/18£1,205£1,095£110£0£611£6116.700
    31/12/17£833£745£88£0£501£5018.100
    31/12/16£1,845£1,788£57£0£413£4132.800
    31/12/15£1,983£1,946£37£7£356£3562.200
    31/12/14£1,740£1,810£-70£1,810£318£3182.100
    31/12/13£2,163£2,444£-282£5£389£3891.900
    31/12/12£901£1,086£-184£1,086£670£6707.400
    31/12/11£79£492£-413n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/10£249£532£-282n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/09£503£457£46£28£1,435£1,43537.700
    31/12/08£514£381£133£34£1,389£1,38943.800

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 13%
    Liabilities/Income: 6%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 70%
    Reserves/Spending: 3.5 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
    Quick Ratio: 4.2
    Asset Split ?
    Balance Sheet History
    Established: 17 years

    http://www.getset.co.uk/home

    boa@teamgb.com

    02078425700

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Amateur Sport
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Education/Training
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    GiG Classification
    • Community sports activities
    How it operates
    • Makes grants to organisations
    • Provides services
    • Sponsors or undertakes research
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England And Wales,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • 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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Spirit of 2012 - Path to Paris
    £180,458 12/10/2022
    Continuation of the Get Set model for Paris 2024
    Sport England - Travel to Tokyo 2019
    £150,000 11/10/2021
    Funding under Sport England's Families Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Travel to Tokyo 2019. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
    Sport England - Travel to Tokyo 2019
    £249,463 01/02/2021
    41
    Funding under Sport England's Families Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Travel to Tokyo 2019. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
    Spirit of 2012 - Travel to Tokyo
    £193,780 20/01/2020
    Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within agreed tolerance.
    Sport England - Travel to Tokyo 2019
    £2,668,702 23/08/2019
    41
    Funding under Sport England's Families Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Travel to Tokyo 2019. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
    Sport England - Road to Tokyo
    £429,190 14/08/2018
    5
    Funding under Sport England's Families Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Road to Tokyo. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
    Sport England - Think Active Project
    £150,000 21/03/2018
    0
    Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Think Active Project. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
    DCMS - ALB-Think Active Project
    £150,000 21/03/2018
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    National Lottery Community Fund - Get Set for Community Action
    £2,094,334 30/07/2015
    16
    Get Set for Community Action
    Spirit of 2012 - Get Set's Road to Rio
    £600,000 30/10/2013
    An extension of London 2012's education programme to inspire young people to get active and live the Olympic and Paralympic values through a mobile app. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within agreed tolerance.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Get Set to Make a Change
    £2,499,955 28/02/2013
    24
    This initiative aims to use the legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games to motivate young people from across the UK aged 14 - 19 to become Change Makers to work in partnership within their communities to deliver projects which support the Olympic and ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees: 31-64
    • ALISTAIR BROWNLEE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director
    • BORN BARIKOR Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Ceo
    • DAVID ROSS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
    • KATE FERRY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Cfo
    • LAUREN STEADMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Professional Athlete
    • SAM SHAVE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Businessman
    • SHAHAB UDDIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Lawyer
    • VICTORIA KAREN GRIFFITHS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Businesswoman
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/12/2007, number: 1122080
    • Registered at Companies House on 07/06/2007, number: 06272889
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Social media policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    Filing Record
    16 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    The British Olympic Foundation
    101 New Cavendish Street
    LONDON
    W1W 6XH

    Objectives

    1 THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN SPORT (WHICH ENCOMPASSES ALL ASPECTS OF SPORTING ACTIVITY AND OTHER FORMS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:(A) THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPORT;(B) THE HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE OF LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SPORTING AUTHORITIES;(C) THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTS MEDICINE;(D) THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF SPORT2 THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC (ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE), IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION (AND ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION) OF FACILITIES SPORTS COACHING AND NUTRITIONAL AND OTHER LIFESTYLE ADVICE;3 THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES, TREATMENT, AVOIDANCE AND PREVENTION OF ANY INJURY, AILMENT, COMPLAINT OR DISABILITY WHICH ARISES OR MAY ARISE FROM PARTICIPATION IN TRAINING FOR ANY SPORT, SPORTING ACTIVITY OR OTHER FORM OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION OR RECREATION ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND THE PROVISION OF RELIEF AND/OR TREATMENT FOR ANYONE SUFFERING FROM SUCH INJURY, AILMENT, COMPLAINT OR DISABILITY;4 THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAYING SPORT, PHYSICAL RECREATION OR OTHER SIMILAR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE WHO HAVE A NEED OF SUCH BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES;5 THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL SENSORY OR MENTAL DISABILITIES BY ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN SPORTING ACTIVITIES AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THIS PURPOSE; AND6 SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE;AND IN FURTHERING THE OBJECTS THE TRUSTEES SHALL OBSERVE THE PRINCIPLES OF OLYMPISM SO FAR AS THESE ARE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THEIR DUTIES AS CHARITY TRUSTEES.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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