Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE SNOW SPORTS FOUNDATION

Our aim is to provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation, in particular snow sports, of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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
31/12/23£179£160£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£58£37£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£55£64£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£106£107£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£63£71£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18?£2£36£-34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£101£43£58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£165£31£134n/an/an/an/an/an/a

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

www.snowsportsfoundation.org.uk

naomi@snowsportsfoundation.org.uk

07980014134

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
John Lyon's Charity - Internship grant to Snow Sports Foundation
£24,700 16/06/2021
Two Snow Sports Scholarships
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Snow Sports Foundation
£30,000 14/06/2019
36
Snowsports with the Village School
John Lyon's Charity - Internship grant to Snow Sports Foundation
£18,800 14/06/2019
12
Two JLC Snow Sports Scholarships

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • BECCA HOLME Appointed: 2022
  • CHARLOTTE GORDON Appointed: 2023
  • IAN SALMON Appointed: 2021
  • NAOMI STUART (Chair) Appointed: 2014
  • STEPHEN ALLEN Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/10/2014, number: 1158955
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

14 Frost House
Chesham Road
BERKHAMSTED
Hertfordshire
HP4 3AY

Objectives

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, IN PARTICULAR SNOW SPORTS, OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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