Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 5

THE GOLF TRUST

Focusing on the social, physical and mental aspects of life The Golf Trust aims to bring people together from all areas of life to play. With our outreach programmes of the golf trust can reach people who would never play golf and give them the opportunity to progress as players and people by integrating people with disabilities and able bodied together.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/23		£83	£74	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/22		£75	£28	£47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/21		£21	£12	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/20		£47	£37	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/19	*	£63	£34	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/18		£26	£27	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years
(12 years as a company)

www.thegolftrust.com

cae@thegolftrust.com

02084471649

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Recreation

GiG Classification

Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Ghana, Grenada, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sport England - Rising up to Play
£15,000	23/06/2023	10 qualified golf coaches will deliver a 10 week structured golf programme to 37 disabled individuals in 3 locations. Each participant will receive 10 weeks of coaching starting with outreach in the community to engage and build trust in the ....more 10 qualified golf coaches will deliver a 10 week structured golf programme to 37 disabled individuals in 3 locations. Each participant will receive 10 weeks of coaching starting with outreach in the community to engage and build trust in the activity. The
Greater London Authority - Putting wellbeing into care
£4,250	01/08/2019	Active Londoners
Sport England - Chipping away inactivity
£10,000	17/04/2019 9	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Chipping away inactivity. This project is a Golf project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
London Borough of Barnet - Grant to The Golf Trust
£2,500	04/12/2018 12	Golf coaching and golf-related training for disabled young people and adults and older people
London Borough of Barnet - Grant to The Golf Trust
£2,500	11/07/2018 12	Outreach golf-related training for young people and disabled and older adults

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

FLOYD JOHNSON Appointed: 2017

JUSTIN LEVENE Appointed: 2017

KIM ROSELLO Appointed: 2021

LEE JOHN COX Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Golf Professional

MARGARET ANNE MENAI-DAVIS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/03/2017, number: 1172134
Registered at Companies House on 09/08/2012, number: 08173494

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR19: 22 days late,

Main office

The Golf Trust
St. Albans Road
BARNET
Hertfordshire
EN5 4RE

Objectives

4. THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY THROUGH, ALTHOUGH NOT IN ANY WAY LIMITED TO, GOLF.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY);(2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS THROUGH, ALTHOUGH NOT IN ANY WAY LIMITED TO, GOLF;(3) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF GOLF.

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