Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

BOXING FUTURES LTD 

Provision of support and mentoring through physical activity (specifically Boxercise) with young people at risk of offending or having been convicted.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 9 years

https://boxing-futures.org.uk/

info@boxing-futures.org.uk

03001024452

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£651£396£255£75£449£33410.192
31/03/22£299£320£-22n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/21£357£228£129n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/20£305£318£-14n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/19£278£254£24n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/18£231£186£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£22£129£-107£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£192£101£91£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 18.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 74%
Reserves/Spending: 10.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 19.7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 9 employees
  • 2 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Co-Op Foundation£47,354
National Lottery Community Fund£8,190
Masonic Trust£4,821
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Op Foundation - Chatterbox
£47,354 28/04/2022
Funding is for Chatterbox project - a targeted intervention for participants of Sisters Through Boxing and Brothers through Boxing programmes.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sisters Through Boxing
£8,190 12/11/2021
The funding will be used to deliver empowerment and boxing sessions for women and girls in the Peterborough area. The project aims to develop confidence communication skills and provide pathways to ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£4,821 10/02/2020
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Youth strand
£38,694 01/04/2019
This social connection programme will support 40 young women from disadvantaged communities to use Boxercise as a tool to explore emotions and develop peer mentoring skills.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Boxing Futures LTD
£28,587 15/03/2019
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This project will provide Boxercise sessions for children and young people living with a range of disadvantages. Involvement will improve emotional wellbeing, increase health and fitness levels and ....more
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Youth strand
£38,694 01/01/2019
This social connection programme will support 40 young women from disadvantaged communities to use Boxercise as a tool to explore emotions and develop peer mentoring skills.
Co-Op Foundation - Boxing Futures - Building Connections Youth Strand Project
£77,388 06/12/2018
This social connection programme will support 40 young women from disadvantaged communities to use Boxercise as a tool to explore emotions and develop peer mentoring skills.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-69
  • ASHLEY SHANER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Vp Strategy And Operations
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/06/2015, number: 1162086
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/11/2013, number: 08790750
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

12 Crusader Court
Harrier Way
Eagle Business Park
Yaxley
PETERBOROUGH
PE7 3PU

Objectives

TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, AGED BETWEEN 16 AND 25 WHO HAVE EITHER BEEN IN CUSTODY OR ARE AT RISK OF GOING INTO CUSTODY, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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