Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

DISABILITY SPORTS COACH 

? maximise access and provision of disabled sports across the UK;? raise awareness of the sporting opportunities for people with disabilities;? raise awareness of the sporting possibilities for the disabled amongst the able bodied community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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: 11 years

www.disabilitysportscoach.co.uk

peter@disabilitysportscoach.co.uk

07971957898

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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£468£464£4n/an/an/an/an/a62
31/03/22£434£416£18n/an/an/an/an/a65
31/03/21£439£343£97n/an/an/an/an/a65
31/03/20£311£312£-2n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/19£303£293£10n/an/an/an/an/a54
31/03/18?*£235£224£11£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/17£252£253£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16£278£280£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£230£209£21£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/14£147£147£0£0£0£0n/a00

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 19%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 62 volunteers
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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
Sport England£213,414
City Bridge Trust£112,650
Henry Smith Charity£91,400
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Hackney Council£18,036
London Borough of Hounslow£9,461
CAF£7,600
Greater London Authority£4,925
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Hackney Council - Grant to Disability Sports Coach
£18,036 20/04/2023
We'll enhance lives by bringing disabled people together at our inclusive Community Club each week, improving physical and mental health.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Disability Sports Coach
£2,248 22/10/2022
We would like to reopen and deliver our community club, so disabled people can look forward to meeting friends and getting active each week.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£25,000 07/10/2022
Building back for all: Inclusive active communities for disabled people.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Disability Sports Coach
£91,400 26/05/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing three Community Clubs for people with learning disabilities and their families in the London Boroughs of Brent, Kensington & Chelsea and ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund
£77,056 15/03/2022
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Together Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£25,000 17/09/2021
Building back for all: Inclusive active communities for disabled people.
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£8,955 15/07/2021
11
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on ....more
Sport England - Toyota Parasport Club Barnet
£4,875 12/07/2021
17
Funding under Sport England's Toyota Parasport Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Toyota Parasport Club Barnet. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Disability Sports Coach
£2,500 01/06/2021
Summer holiday outdoor sport sessions for disabled young people and children
The Wimbledon Foundation - Outdoor Inclusive Activities Summer Club
£2,123 23/04/2021
We want to run outdoor inclusive sport sessions for disabled people in Wandsworth throughout the summer.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Disability Sports Coach
£101,000 15/04/2021
24
£101,000 over two further and final years (£50,000; £51,000) towards the Project Officer, sessional coaches, running costs and overheads for 5 Disability Sports Clubs across London
Sport England - COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund
£60,000 29/09/2020
5
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund. This project is a Sport participation and ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 Sector Partner Fund
£62,528 05/05/2020
2
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Sector Partner Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Sector Partner Fund. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building ....more
CAF - Grant to Disability Sports Coach
£7,600 30/04/2020
3
Grant to Disability Sports Coach to support the organisation through COVID19
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Disability Sports Coach
£11,650 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £11,650, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation's current grant.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Disability Sports Coach
£9,461 11/11/2019
12
Weekly accessible sport and physical activity session for disabled people
Greater London Authority - Sports club and Christmas event for disabled people in Southwark
£4,925 01/07/2019
We run 13 Community Clubs across 12 London Boroughs Club Southwark is one of most popular clubs. Each week, we bring disabled people together from different backgrounds to enjoy regular physical ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 26/09/2018
Core costs to support Disability Sports Coach
Wates Foundation - Disability Sports Coach
£9,290 13/09/2018
Funding to set up a new Community Sports/Activity Club in London.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Disability Sports Coach
£139,800 27/07/2017
36
£139,800 over 3 years (£46,100; £46,600; £47,100) for the Club Development Officer (18.75hpw), sessional Sport Coaches, Facility Hire and associated running costs of 5 Disability Sport Clubs ....more
Sport England - Inclusive Sport extension
£158,646 20/03/2017
1
Funding under Sport England's Inclusive Sport funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Inclusive Sport extension'. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
Sport England - Inclusive Sport extension
£158,646 20/03/2017
0
Funding under Sport England's Inclusive Sport funding programme for a Revenue project titled Inclusive Sport extension. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on beneficiaries ....more
Sport England - DSC Community Clubs
£508,530 21/05/2014
Funding under Sport England's Inclusive Sport funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'DSC Community Clubs'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-60
  • SAM VARDY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Trustee
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/12/2012, number: 1150294
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/04/2012, number: 08045641
Gift Aid
  • 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
10 returns made; AR18: 13 days late,
Main office

House of Sport
Marathon House
190 Great Dover Street
LONDON
SE1 4YB

Objectives

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD OR APPLY THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE CHARITY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND AMATEUR SPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF WHICH PROMOTE HEALTH BY INVOLVING PHYSICAL OR MENTAL SKILL OR EXERTION BY MEANS INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF:(A) SPORTS COACHING TO DISABLED PEOPLE FROM GRASS ROOTS TO INTERNATIONAL LEVEL;(B) TRAINING AND MENTORING TO SPORT LEADERS AND COACHES INCLUDING SUPPORTING DISABLED PEOPLE WHO WISH TO BECOME COACHES;(C) TRAINING IN ADAPTED SPORTS AND DISABILITY AWARENESS ACROSS ALL THE IMPAIRMENT GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE UK; AND(D) OFFICIALS AND ASSISTANCE TO THOSE RUNNING SPORTING EVENTS FOR THE DISABLED.(THE “OBJECTS”)

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND AND WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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