Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 2
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

SOUTH LONDON SPECIAL LEAGUE

FOOTBALL, CRICKET, POWERCHAIR FOOTBALL, TAG RUGBY, SEATED VOLLEYBALL, NEW AGE KURLING, TABLE CRICKET AND TENNIS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND ASSOCIATED PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. WE ENABLE THESE INDIVIDUALS TO ACCESS COMPETITIVE SPORT AT A LEVEL APPROPRIATE TO THEIR ABILITY NOT DISABILITY.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • 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
31/08/23£40£71£-30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£94£82£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£25£46£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£65£56£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19*£71£70£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£94£93£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£66£150£-84n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£91£114£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£144£126£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£135£119£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£86£74£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£102£106£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£134£130£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10£131£111£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/09£96£108£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

www.sl-sl.co.uk

specialleague@aol.com

07980 736188

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Greenwich, Lewisham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

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
Sport England£17,538
Co-Operative Group£6,051
True Colours Trust£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Get Active, Make Friends & Have Fun.
£8,740 06/12/2023
11
This project will provide new multisport sessions for inactive/less active disabled young people and adults. Sessions will take place weekly for 2 hours for 44 weeks.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to South London Special League
£1,954 21/10/2023
Our project consists of 24 weeks of disability multi-sport coaching sessions in a 'sporting carousel' of six sports. Every session will be customised to the needs of our target group.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to South London Special League
£1,551 22/10/2022
South London Special League (SLSL) is a unique, award-winning registered charity providing opportunities for disabled people to improve their lives through sport participation.
True Colours Trust - Towards the purchase of a new powerchair
£3,000 09/11/2021
Towards the purchase of a new powerchair.
Sport England - Toyota Parasport Greenwich Powerchair Football Club
£5,000 20/07/2021
17
Funding under Sport England's Toyota Parasport Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Toyota Parasport Greenwich Powerchair Football Club. This project is a Association Football project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to South London Special League
£2,545 24/10/2020
Having fun with the SLSL makes a difference to players’ health and wellbeing by raising their aspirations through participation in football.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£3,798 05/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Association Football project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to South London Special League (SLSL)
£5,368 15/11/2019
We want to offer sports and recreation to previously marginalised people with disabilities, from seated volleyball to new age kurling.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to South London Special League
£5,467 19/11/2018
We want to buy a small van and sports equipment to coach disabled adults living in residential care and help them be active and have fun.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to South London Special League (SLSL)
£3,284 29/11/2017
We urgently need replacement Power Chairs to enable our disability football activities to continue, prosper and attract new users.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to South London Special League (SLSL)
£98,400 17/10/2017
36
This project will provide a Wheelchair Football club for disabled young people in Greenwich. It will improve confidence, reduce isolation and provide young people with new experiences and opportunities.
Sport England - Multi Sports for Young Adults
£8,530 16/06/2016
24
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Multi Sports for Young Adults. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Sport England - South East London - Inclusive Tennis
£9,138 15/10/2014
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'South East London - Inclusive Tennis'. This project is a Lawn Tennis project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Sport England - Girls Youth Football Development
£6,445 21/06/2013
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Girls Youth Football Development '. This project is a Association Football project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
National Lottery Community Fund - South London Special League (SLSL) - Sport in the Community
£142,774 17/10/2012
36
This is an expanding project by South London Special League (SLSL) that aims, though sporting and vocational activities, to improve the health, wellbeing of disabled people. The project will be delivered from the Waterford Leisure Centre, London ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to South London Special League
£26,500 29/06/2012
the salary of the part time Development Officer (Head of League)
Sport England - Powerchair Football - Adults Project
£9,565 14/03/2012
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Powerchair Football - Adults Project'. This project lists its main activity as Association Football.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-77
  • ALAN HILL Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Skilled Engineer
  • KIERAN GIBBONS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Student
  • LEN DUVAL (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Assembly Member For Gla
  • MICK NORTHWOOD Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Ceo Of Football Club
  • PAUL RUSSELL Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Architect
  • RAFF GALLO Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Finance Director
  • SANTHA PATEL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Teacher
  • STEVEN JAMES Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Ceo Of Charity For Disabled People
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/06/2008, number: 1124629
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/10/2007, number: 06393659
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR19: 99 days late,
Main office

Long Lane JFC
Kidbrooke Playing Fields
Dursley Road
LONDON
SE3 8PB

Objectives

TO ENABLE DISABLED PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PLAYING AND WATCHING OF THE GAME OF FOOTBALL BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO SUCH FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE GREENWICH AND LEWISHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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