Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

STOKE GABRIEL BOATING ASSOCIATION 

The SGBA promotes community participation in healthy recreation in the area of the estuary of the River Dart, in particular by the provision of facilities, boats and instruction in the sports of sailing, kayaking, canoeing and rowing.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board is predominantly male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£74£59£15n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/12/21£57£42£15n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/12/20£45£28£17n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/12/19£44£27£17n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/12/18£42£27£15£0£0£0n/a045
31/12/17£38£23£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£80£17£63£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£76£19£57£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£100£24£77£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.sgba.org.uk

admin@sgba.org.uk

01803 782964

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Devon,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 60 volunteers

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 - Replacement facilities at waterfront site on the River Dart.
£67,500 15/10/2014
Funding under Sport England's Inspired Facilities funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Replacement facilities at waterfront site on the River Dart.'. This project lists its main activity ....more
Sport England - Senior Sailing
£8,570 15/08/2011
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Senior Sailing'. This project lists its main activity as Sailing & Yachting.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/11/2013, number: 1154479
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

SGBA CLUBHOUSE
MILL POINT
STOKE GABRIEL
TOTNES
TQ9 6FX

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SPORTS OF SAILING, KAYAKING, CANOEING AND ROWING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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