Overall GiG Score: 5 ?
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +2

BELVOIR CRICKET & COUNTRYSIDE TRUST 

Inspiring children to lead healthy, active lives through sport and countryside education. AIMSTo promote the love of sport, develop appreciation for the British countryside and learn the value of community so that children and adults make healthy, informed life choices.Championing equity, diversity, and inclusion so that all have access to a wide range of sports and countryside learning
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 15 years

www.bcctrust.org.uk

darren@bcctrust.org.uk

01476848111

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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
30/09/22£128£120£8n/an/an/an/an/a49
30/09/21£113£113£0n/an/an/an/an/a40
30/09/20£138£110£28n/an/an/an/an/a25
30/09/19£258£166£91n/an/an/an/an/a61
30/09/18£194£179£15£0£0£0n/a050
30/09/17£121£115£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£120£138£-18£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£184£153£31£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£106£90£16£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£86£85£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£101£84£17£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£94£94£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10£76£48£29£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 49 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leicester City, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire, Rutland,

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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Belvoir Cricket & Countryside Trust
£1,028 21/10/2023
We would like to run an early intervention basketball project with five Grantham primary schools to give 250 children, many from low income households, access to out-of-school sports coaching.
True Colours Trust - Towards delivering its Special Needs Schools Programme
£3,788 21/03/2023
Towards delivering its Special Needs Schools Programme
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Belvoir Cricket & Countryside Trust
£1,331 22/10/2022
We aim to help children put the experience of Covid-19 behind them by hosting 27 days of exceptional outdoor learning on the Belvoir Estate. Up to 2,000 children from around 35 schools will benefit.
True Colours Trust - Towards its Kwik & Table Cricket programme for children with special needs
£4,126 18/03/2020
Towards its Kwik & Table Cricket programme for children with special needs
True Colours Trust - Kwik and Table Cricket programme
£6,953 26/03/2018
Kwik and Table Cricket programme
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 07/03/2018
St Leonard's Redevelopment 2017
Sport England - BELVOIR BEES - cricket in rural communities
£7,476 17/04/2012
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'BELVOIR BEES - cricket in rural communities'. This project lists its main activity as Cricket.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 43-79
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/09/2009, number: 1131442
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/01/2009, number: 06798047
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

BELVOIR CASTLE CRICKET TRUST
C/O BELVOIR CASTLE
GRANTHAM
NG32 1PE

Objectives

PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE IN THE BELVOIR AREA AND ITS SURROUNDS1 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME OF CRICKET AND OTHER GAMES OR SPORTS ON A RECREATIONAL BASIS FOR THE LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE DIRECTORS THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY3 TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE

Defined Area of Benefit:

BELVOIR

Data Sources

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