Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

FIGHT FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION LTD 

We provide Positive sporting activities within the most hard to reach communities to engage with young people in their own environments including:- Quality coaching in both boxing and fitness activitiesEducational support and personal development opportunities, Accredited training and coaching qualifications, Opportunities to volunteering and undertake work placements, pathways to competition.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 13 years
Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House

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£238£231£7n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/22£290£264£26n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/21*£237£147£90n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/20£61£124£-63n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/19£196£142£54n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/18£203£174£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£100£151£-50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£145£124£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£258£150£108£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£154£138£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£158£163£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£274£261£13£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
Who works here?
  • 8 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

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
Comic Relief£103,000
DCMS£53,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
London Borough of Southwark£17,550
National Lottery Community Fund£9,606
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 23/09/2022
Box Buddy
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Fight for Change
£17,550 31/03/2022
Public Health grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Health improvement
Comic Relief - BoxBuddy
£103,000 15/09/2020
This project will support 60 Londoners aged approx. 18-35 to overcome mental health challenges that are affecting their ability to socially integrate. Using a combination of boxing sessions with ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£53,000 09/09/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Changing Gears
£9,606 10/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to run sport activities and mentoring for young people at risk of offending and ex offenders. The project aims to improve and increase local prevention services.
Comic Relief - Box 4 Success
£86,620 28/01/2015
24
Young people from the most disadvantaged parts of London face many issues, including being NEET, alcohol/substance misuse and high crime levels. The grant will support a structured personal ....more
Sport England - Lambeth and Southwark Women's Boxing Programme
£6,820 05/09/2012
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Lambeth and Southwark Women's Boxing Programme'. This project lists its main activity as Boxing.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-59
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/08/2011, number: 1143318
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/09/2009, number: 07011227
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR12: 28 days late,
Main office


Objectives

3. THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:THE OBJECT AND PURPOSE OF THE COMPANY IS THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE SPORT OF BOXING AND RELATED HEALTHY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:(A) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PARTICIPATING IN BOXING AND THE PROVISION OF PATHWAYS TO BOXING CLUBS.(B) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(I) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(II) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.(III) PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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