Overall GiG Score: -1 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 1
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +1

1610 LIMITED 

1. The advancement and support of education, cultural services and other related provision.2. The delivery/ management of leisure and recreation facilities- provision for hard to reach groups and key target groups that have barriers to participation3. The promotion and delivery of heath and wellbeing programmes4. PE and sport5. Other appropriate charitable proposes that have public benefit
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • The Board is completely male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 15 years

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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£3,280£4,183£-903£92£925£9232.61612
31/03/22£4,383£4,188£195£55£1,261£1,1283.22030
31/03/21£3,503£3,731£-228£17£920£7732.52740
31/03/20?£2,836£2,727£108£50£1,484£1,3095.84210
30/09/19£6,370£6,508£-138£99£1,001£8091.54280
30/09/18?£11,763£10,010£1,753£194£1,468£1,1951.44660
31/03/17£7,514£7,525£-11£129£-914£-958-1.54870
31/03/16£7,967£7,980£-13£135£649£5990.95440
31/03/15£8,181£7,953£227£183£661£65611520
31/03/14£7,474£7,410£64£170£1,072£1,0631.71570
31/03/13£6,271£5,975£296£95£913£8611.71460
31/03/12£4,731£4,865£-134£105£525£4701.21130
31/03/11£4,356£3,930£427£127£1,076£9012.8800
31/03/10*£3,089£2,869£219£79£301£1510.6860

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £250,000-£300,000
Liabilities/Assets: 28%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 2.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 161 employees
  • 2 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon, Dorset, Somerset,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - COVID-19 CLRF
£42,382 15/07/2021
5
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Leisure Recovery Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CLRF. This project lists its main activity as Sport and Physical Activity
Sport England - COVID-19 CLRF
£48,938 15/07/2021
5
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Leisure Recovery Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CLRF. This project lists its main activity as Sport and Physical Activity
Sport England - Proficiency Gymnastics Centres for Somerset
£8,500 21/01/2011
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Proficiency Gymnastics Centres for Somerset '. This project lists its main activity as Gymnastics.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 26-80
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/06/2009, number: 1130010
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/10/2008, number: 06727055
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR10: 12 days late,
Main office

Trinity Sports and Leisure
Chilton Street
BRIDGWATER
Somerset
TA6 3JA

Objectives

2.1. THE ADVANCEMENT AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE, ARTS, HERITAGE AND HISTORY INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, LEARNING AND INFORMATION CENTRES, ARCHIVES AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES;2.2. THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE SUCH FACILITIES BEING PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE SAVE THAT SPECIAL FACILITIES MAY BE PROVIDED TO PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES MAY HAVE NEED OF SPECIAL FACILITIES OR SERVICES;2.3. THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION, INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;2.4. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT;2.5. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOMERSET AND THE WIDER SOUTH WEST REGION

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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