Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

SPORTED FOUNDATION 

Sported delivers professional services, free of charge, to a membership network of over 2,500 grassroots groups in the UK. Focusing on deprived/disadvantaged areas we support the incredible group leaders who care passionately about their community and have earnt their trust. Mentoring from Sported allows these groups to survive and thrive, achieving positive social outcomes for all.
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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 16 years

www.sported.org.uk

info@sported.org.uk

02038484670

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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
31/03/23£4,557£4,105£452£145£1,334£5351.648226
31/03/22£2,381£2,482£-100£177£882£4722.342273
31/03/21£3,262£2,308£954£171£983£6853.637345
31/03/20£1,973£1,860£113£178£28£-127-0.834313
31/03/19?£2,447£2,362£85£203£-84£-199-135279
31/12/17£1,492£1,960£-468£217£-169£-340-2.1320
31/12/16£1,178£2,213£-1,036£165£299£130.1320
31/12/15*£1,549£1,846£-298£180£1,334£5213.400
31/12/14£730£2,438£-1,708£66£1,632£1,1355.6250
31/12/13*£746£3,270£-2,524£128£3,341£2,93310.8240
31/12/12£231£2,803£-2,572£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11?£58£1,085£-1,027£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£2,555£317£2,238£3£10,059£10,059380.850
31/03/09*£8,040£219£7,821£8£7,821£7,821429.250

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 28%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 40%
Reserves/Spending: 1.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 48 employees
  • 226 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Sport England£2,858,476
National Lottery Community Fund£785,160
City Bridge Trust£275,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000
London Marathon Charitable Trust£50,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Participatory Grant Making Pilot
£50,000 02/12/2022
towards a Participatory Grant Making Pilot for Black-led grassroots groups
Sport England - COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund
£325,000 17/03/2022
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund. This project lists its main activity as Multi ....more
Dulverton Trust - Core Funding
£30,000 28/10/2021
Core Funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000 01/10/2021
Sported Northern Ireland
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Sported
£5,000 14/09/2021
As directed by the donor towards the work of Sported, a UK-wide charity organisation hat supports children and young people through community sport clubs and youth groups across the UK that deliver ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sported Foundation
£24,861 27/07/2021
Celebrating the Impact of Sport on our Community
National Lottery Community Fund - Sported - Equality Wellbeing and Community.
£714,260 20/07/2021
36
The funding will be used by the group over three years to support their network of sport for good groups. The group's vision is to support every young person to have the same opportunity to fulfil ....more
Sport England - Building Capacity and contribution to the LSEG target
£360,000 08/04/2021
31
Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Building Capacity and contribution to the LSEG target. This project lists its main activity as Multi ....more
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - SKILLED - Upskilling volunteers working at local level across the 3rd sector
£16,847 09/03/2021
Towards the 'Skilled' programme, which will provide volunteer training within sports organisations.
Sport England - Delivery of free professional services to community groups
£35,088 26/11/2020
6
Funding under Sport England's Commercial work funding programme for a Revenue project titled Delivery of free professional services to community groups. This project lists its main activity as Multi ....more
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Restart: adjusting to the new normal
£4,000 27/07/2020
Covid - To provide support to voluntary led sporting clubs through webinars and online support
National Lottery Community Fund - Sported - COVID 19 response
£70,900 23/07/2020
6
The funding will be used to support young people to become resilient; offering free professional mentoring training and access to a range of organisational services and benefits that meet their most ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund
£250,000 01/07/2020
5
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund. This project lists its main activity as Multi ....more
Sport England - Building Capacity and contribution to the LSEG target
£944,000 09/06/2020
19
Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Building Capacity and contribution to the LSEG target. This project lists its main activity as Multi ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£50,000 03/04/2020
Sported Wales
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Sported Foundation
£275,000 10/03/2020
36
£275,000 over three years (£94,000, £85,000, £96,000) toward the salaries of the Project Manager, Regional Manager, and Member Engagement Manager (with no more than 50% of the annual grant going ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Sported Foundation
£15,200 04/02/2020
purchase of laptops and conferencing equipment for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people nationally
Sport England - Building Capacity and contribution to the LSEG target
£944,388 08/08/2019
19
Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Building Capacity and contribution to the LSEG target. This project lists its main activity as Multi ....more
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - So What? (Understanding Impact)
£9,760 11/06/2019
So What? (Understanding Impact)
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Closing the Gender Gap: Building a Network of Gender-Balanced Community Groups Delivering Sport & Activity
£256,000 26/09/2018
A two year programme to get more women and girls into physical activity. Sported will work with 380 clubs and groups across the UK to reduce barriers to participation for women and girls and also ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Sported Foundation - Include
£7,943 09/08/2018
12
The Belfast-based group are using the £7,943 grant to deliver training to volunteers in grassroots community groups to help them develop more inclusive programmes for visually-impaired young people.
Sport England - TIaED - Workshop support (Exch)
£37,383 28/09/2017
7
Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'TIaED - Workshop support (Exch)'. This project lists its main activity as ....more
Sport England - TIaED - Workshop support (Exch)
£37,383 28/09/2017
6
Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage funding programme for a Revenue project titled TIaED - Workshop support (Exch). This project lists its main activity as ....more
DCMS - ALB-TIaED - Workshop support (Exch)
£37,383 28/09/2017
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Comic Relief - Project 51
£189,956 19/07/2017
30
Project 51 is a partnership between Sported, a sport for change membership organisation and Women in Sport. The grant will support a programme of research, training and capacity building support for ....more
Sport England - SfSD - LSEG Support
£50,000 19/07/2017
12
Funding under Sport England's Sport for Development funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'SfSD - LSEG Support'. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity ....more
Sport England - SfSD - LSEG Support
£50,000 19/07/2017
12
Funding under Sport England's Sport for Development funding programme for a Revenue project titled SfSD - LSEG Support. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity ....more
Comic Relief - Increasing support to strengthen the community sport system- a proactive volunteer focused approach
£120,019 08/05/2017
24
Sported supports over 3000 community youth, sports and sport for change organisations across the UK. Most are run by club leaders or volunteers who act as brilliant role models, skilled coaches and ....more
Sport England - GoodSport Campaign
£36,000 16/03/2017
1
Funding under Sport England's Core GIA funding programme for a Revenue project titled GoodSport Campaign. This project lists its main activity as Sports Development
National Lottery Community Fund - TSS: Strengthening the Sport for Development Sector in Wales
£300,228 11/01/2017
24
TSS: Strengthening the Sport for Development Sector in Wales
Sport England - Boxing Sustainability Pilot
£230,200 01/02/2016
21
Funding under Sport England's NGB Funding 2013-17 funding programme for a Revenue project titled Boxing Sustainability Pilot. This project lists its main activity as Boxing
Sport England - Sport For Development
£307,534 16/09/2015
24
Funding under Sport England's Sport for Development funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Sport For Development'. This project lists its main activity as Sports Development.
Comic Relief - A sustainable sport for change sector: scaling up a high quality approach
£245,790 18/03/2015
24
Small community based organisations face a range of challenges in terms of governance, funding and evaluating their work. These challenges often seem to be more problematic for sports organisations ....more
Sport England - Boxing Sustainability Pilot
£249,800 18/03/2015
12
Funding under Sport England's NGB Funding 2013-17 funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Boxing Sustainability Pilot'. This project lists its main activity as Boxing.
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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-76
  • LOUISE DIER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/03/2008, number: 1123313
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/03/2008, number: 06541137
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • 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
14 returns made; AR15: 1 days late, AR13: 21 days late, AR10: 12 days late, AR09: 27 days late,
Main office

4TH FLOOR
House of Sport
Marathon House
190 Great Dover Street
LONDON
SE1 4YB

Objectives

3. OBJECTS THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:3.1 TO ADVANCE THE OPPORTUNITIES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN SPORT TO HELP ENABLE THEM DEVELOP THEIR FULL CAPACITIES;3.2 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, ETHNICITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES (IN PARTICULAR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE) OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;3.3 TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC (ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE) IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SPORTS FACILITIES AND SPORTS COACHING;3.4 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH;3.5 SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE.(THE OBJECTS).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE: THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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