Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 4
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

THE MARTIAL ACADEMY LTD

The Martial Academy is a registered charity based in the ward of Tilbury St. Chads in the Borough of Thurrock. The charity aims to empower local citizens to take personal responsibility for their health and well-being by providing a a health and wellbeing solution for local residents that can be accessed close to home.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£48£55£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£55£74£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£88£62£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£45£32£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£12£19£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£55£33£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£16£36£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£46£33£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£22£21£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

dean.turner.tma@gmail.com

07940921340

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Thurrock,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£8,780
The Clothworkers Foundation£7,000
Essex Community Foundation£5,850
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Trainer Retention
£5,850 05/04/2023
towards the cost of delivering free exercise classes to the community in Tilbury over nine months
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Martial Academy
£7,000 03/03/2021
The purchase of a vehicle for a charity providing sport activities for disadvantaged youths in Essex
National Lottery Community Fund - Childrens sensory empowerment
£8,780 22/04/2020
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The organisation will use the funding to provide new sensory play equipment for children with special educational needs. This will help to improve the facility and provide more sessions for children in the community with additional needs.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-59
  • ADAM DANIEL BACON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Engineer
  • DAVID AITON (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Training Provider
  • DANNY WYATT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Civil Engineer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/06/2014, number: 1157595
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/03/2014, number: 08953733
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR23: 126 days late, AR16: 71 days late,
Main office

8 Regent Close
RAYLEIGH
Essex
SS6 9BU

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“THE OBJECTS”) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:- THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR AND OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO JUDO, TAI KWANDO, SELF DEFENCE, MARTIAL ARTS AND OTHER FUNCTIONAL FITNESS CLASSES ASSOCIATED WITH PROMOTING GOOD HEALTH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THURROCK.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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