Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

BRIGHTON YOGA FOUNDATION

All year round community yoga outreach projects to take yoga to those who need it most across the city and surrounding areas; an annual yoga festival in the city; educational events spreading the word about the physical & mental benefits of yoga; and giving grants to yoga-related projects in the city.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • 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
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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
31/03/24£25£38£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£48£42£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£35£48£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£57£40£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£57£40£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18*£29£23£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£21£20£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

https://www.brightonyogafoundation.org

davyyogafoundation@gmail.com

07932616843

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,
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£22,496
Sport England£21,933
Sussex Community Foundation£6,492
Allen Lane Foundation£4,020
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Inclusive community yoga
£2,448 10/08/2023
This project will provide a 16 week yoga programme for people with different mental and physical conditions and needs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Therapeutic community yoga
£4,301 09/12/2022
The funding will be used to run both online and in-person yoga sessions for the community focusing on ensuring housebound people are able to stay active. The project will offer therapeutic and trauma informed yoga for people who have experienced ....more
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Brighton Yoga Foundation
£4,020 04/11/2022
£4,020 single grant towards running a 12-month yoga programme with in-patients at a mental health hospital in Brighton
National Lottery Community Fund - Yoga outreach for women and girls
£8,225 03/12/2021
This project will build upon a pilot that delivered yoga outreach classes for vulnerable women and girls. The sessions will provide mindfulness tools to help women deal with mental health challenges such as emotional regulation anxiety and ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton Yoga Foundation
£4,082 17/11/2021
5
Funding was provided towards the extension of their virtual yoga classes and increased community outreach.
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£6,790 19/05/2021
4
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project lists its main activity as Yoga
Sport England - TGC CF Yoga for Women Recovering from Abuse and Trauma
£9,360 21/12/2020
11
This project is to provide studio yoga and online classes to inactive women and girls 16+.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£3,335 09/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Yoga
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton Yoga Foundation
£2,410 04/05/2020
Brighton Yoga Foundation exists to bring the physical and mental benefits of yoga and run community yoga outreach programmes for mental health, women affected by ill health, trauma and abuse, in schools, with the NHS, and for teenagers and other ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Yoga for Mental Health
£9,970 26/02/2020
11
This organisation will use the funding to run yoga sessions for residents at a local mental health hospital and people attending a recovery college. The project aims to improve the well-being of people experiencing mental health challenges.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton Yoga Foundation
£3,900 05/07/2019
11
Funding was provided for project costs associated with running yoga classes.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALINA KOVALCSUK Appointed: 2022
  • CARMEN APPICH Appointed: 2023
  • DAVID JONES (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • EMMA GREAVES Appointed: 2024
  • INDERPAL KAUR FOOLHEEA Appointed: 2022
  • JOSEPHINE DUGGAN Appointed: 2023
  • SAMANTHA HART Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/05/2016, number: 1166982
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
Filing Record
7 returns made; AR18: 22 days late,
Main office

48 PRINCES ROAD
BRIGHTON
BN2 3RH

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE OF YOGA, BY PROVIDING YEAR-ROUND, ACCESSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPERIENCE THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL BENEFITS OF YOGA FOR THE PEOPLE IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE AND SURROUNDING AREAS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER PERSONALLY ENCOUNTERED IT OR WHO MAY FEEL EXCLUDED FROM IT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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