Overall GiG Score: 21 ?
Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

SOLIDARITY SPORTS 

We support children's healing through sports, arts and crafts, healthy eating, mentoring, days out and holidays within the UK and abroad. The glue that binds our programmes together is a commitment to creating a safe, inclusive, and loving environment where happy memories can flourish. We believe every child deserves happiness.
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
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 16 years

www.solidaritysports.org

info@solidaritysports.org

07828 949 650

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookInstagramX
UN SDGs
?

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£583£516£67£0£370£3568.36419
31/03/22£374£351£23n/an/an/an/an/a206
31/03/21£477£294£183n/an/an/an/an/a123
31/03/20£271£287£-16n/an/an/an/an/a186
31/03/19£251£240£11n/an/an/an/an/a107
31/03/18£151£109£42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£82£94£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£73£66£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£97£52£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£69£46£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£51£39£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£32£30£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£30£34£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£34£33£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£23£14£9£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 8.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 14.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 6 employees
  • 419 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of Westminster, Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea, Wandsworth,

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
BBC Children in Need£70,329
DCMS£57,412
St Paul's Schools Foundation£50,000
The Childhood Trust£33,750
National Lottery Community Fund£9,585
Hammersmith United Charities£6,800
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£5,940
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Essential equipment to enable delivery of projects for vulnerable children.
£9,585 26/05/2023
The funding will be used to replace their IT equipment and purchase new laptops. This funding will improve the facilities of the charity and enable them to continue to provide specialist tailored ....more
The Childhood Trust - C-59195
£6,250 28/06/2022
120 disadvantaged children in West London will benefit from 6 weeks of fun and healthy activities. School holidays are a difficult time of year for many families: abuse increase, safeguarding ....more
The Childhood Trust - Give Children A Happy And Healthy Summer Holidays!
£5,000 22/06/2021
We will run 6 weeks of fun and healthy activities for over 70 disadvantaged children during the Summer School Holidays. Young children, who are recovering from trauma and facing additional ....more
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Covid-19 Rapid Response Fund Grant
£5,940 03/03/2021
12
To support the organisation so that it is able to better cater to the mental health and wellbeing requirements of 40 of its most severely affected volunteers.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Solidarity Sports
£2,000 20/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
The Childhood Trust - Give children a healthy and happy Easter holiday
£5,000 08/12/2020
Help us give 120 local children two weeks of fun, healthy and stimulating activities over the Easter holiday break. Young children, who are recovering from trauma and facing additional challenges ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£33,969 22/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Solidarity Sports
£70,329 09/09/2020
18
COVID19 - This grant will fund a programme of trips to local parks, museums, sports, arts and crafts and cooking clubs for young people affected by domestic abuse and further isolated by Covid-19, ....more
The Childhood Trust - Coronavirus Response Campaign
£6,250 03/07/2020
Young children recovering from trauma and their families will be cared for during and post-coronavirus. Families who face huge economic and social barriers will be supported by consistent emotional ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£23,443 26/06/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Hammersmith United Charities - To enable adaption of operating model to support vulnerable young people during COVID-19 crisis
£6,800 01/05/2020
Towards staff costs and PPE.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Solidarity Sports (COVID19 Grant)
£2,000 27/04/2020
as emergency funding to support work with vulnerable young people and their families in West London during the Coronavirus crisis
The Childhood Trust - School Holiday One-Week Projects
£6,250 10/12/2019
During the 3 half-terms in the school year - February, May and October - and for 1 week during the Christmas holidays, over 70 vulnerable children suffering from severe trauma and facing huge social ....more
The Childhood Trust - Summer Give 2019
£5,000 17/06/2019
Our Summer Project aims to ensure that children recovering from trauma have a safe, fun place to be during the long summer holidays. It gives our children the opportunity to spend their summer ....more
St Paul's Schools Foundation - Grant to Solidarity Sports
£50,000 04/04/2019
24
New volunteer management programme for existing and new volunteers allowing the charity to reach even more vulnerable children
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 07/03/2019
Core funding for our programme of work with vulnerable children and families
National Lottery Community Fund - Easter Holiday Project
£9,000 27/02/2019
12
The project will deliver a programme of holiday time activities and excursions for children who are experiencing the effects of trauma or economic disadvantage. The aim is to improve levels of ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Solidarity Sports
£9,500 19/07/2018
purchase of equipment and refurbishment of offices for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in West London
Tudor Trust - Grant to Solidarity Sports
£75,000 18/04/2018
36
over three years towards core consultancy, staff and support costs at an organisation working with young people and families in West London
Tudor Trust - Grant to Solidarity Sports
£14,000 26/07/2017
12
towards the cost of extending summer holiday activities to support additional children referred to Solidarity Sports as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire
The Childhood Trust - Summer Olympians 2016
£3,685 18/05/2016
To give very vulnerable children living in central London the opportunity to access sports, arts and healthy eating activities through our Summer project. We aim to improve the confidence of every ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Solidarity Sports
£2,500 07/07/2015
towards a four-night activity trip to the Isle of Wight for a group of disadvantaged children from inner London
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Solidarity Sports
£2,500 27/06/2014
towards a four-night activity trip to the Isle of Wight for a group of disadvantaged children from London
Tudor Trust - Grant to Solidarity Sports
£45,000 10/01/2014
36
over three years towards the director's salary at a charity using sports, inspiring activities and the arts to prioritise healthy lifestyles among marginalised and hard-to-reach young people in West ....more
Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/04/2008, number: 1123589
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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
15 returns made; AR14: 1 days late, AR12: 0 days late,
Main office

253 North End Road
LONDON
W14 9NS

Objectives

TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO A FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more

Giving is Great