Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -10

Support Score: 4

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Very static board: -5
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -11

AVERY FIELDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

The charity exists to promote community participation in healthy recreation by the provision of facilities and opportunities for the playing of amateur sport, in particular but not limited to rugby union football in the City of Birmingham and Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council areas.

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:

There are only 3 trustees
The Board is completely male
The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/12/22	£125	£63	£62	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21	£157	£344	£-188	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20	£74	£360	£-286	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19	£36	£297	£-261	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18	£890	£86	£804	£0	£1,162	£21	2.9	0
31/12/17	£407	£49	£359	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

www.averyfields.co.uk

dgc@averyfields.co.uk

01216631905

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Sports activities

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Birmingham City, Sandwell,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£27,130
Sport England	£9,750
National Lottery Heritage Fund	£7,800
DCMS	£7,750
Heart Of England Community Foundation	£5,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£3,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Avery Fields – Positive Activities to support Disadvantaged Youth
£9,930	06/05/2022	The funding will be used to support disadvantaged young people from BAME & female groups specifically with a range of positive physical activities and mentoring sessions weekly. Children will be ....more The funding will be used to support disadvantaged young people from BAME & female groups specifically with a range of positive physical activities and mentoring sessions weekly. Children will be identified through the groups previous free school meal initiative. The group will facilitate fun sports activities to build teamwork communication and leadership life skills provide two hot meals per week and tailored mentoring sessions. The project aims to improve wellbeing confidence personal development and future prospects.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Avery Fields Community Sports Trust
£7,800	24/06/2021	Bournville Rugby Club Heritage
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to Avery Fields community sports Trust
£5,000	11/02/2021	In order to provide hot meals, emotional support and signposting for local vulnerable people affected by the pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - Restarting the Bournville Walking Rugby Project
£8,600	05/02/2021 11	The funding will be used to safely restart the walking rugby drop ins and sessions for older men in the community. Participants will be provided with the opportunity to exercise and socialise with ....more The funding will be used to safely restart the walking rugby drop ins and sessions for older men in the community. Participants will be provided with the opportunity to exercise and socialise with the aim of reducing isolation and promoting positive mental health which has been affected throughout the pandemic.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£7,750	08/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£3,000	14/05/2020	Walking Rugby - Tackling Isolation in our Community
Sport England - Bournville Wheelchair Rugby
£9,750	11/03/2020 11	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Bournville Wheelchair Rugby. This project is a Wheelchair Rugby project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a ....more Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Bournville Wheelchair Rugby. This project is a Wheelchair Rugby project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bournville Walking Rugby Project
£8,600	11/07/2019 12	The funding will be used to run walking rugby sessions for older people. The project aims to improve physical fitness and mental wellbeing.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALISTAIR CAMPBELL BLACKLAWS BSC (Chair) Appointed: 2016

DARREN GRANT CLEGG BA Appointed: 2016

TIMOTHY MARK LANG LLB Appointed: 2016

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/05/2017, number: 1173146
Registered at Companies House on 07/12/2016, number: 10515820

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

Avery Fields Sports & Events
79 Sandon Road
BIRMINGHAM
B17 8DT

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF AMATEUR SPORT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL. THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDINGLY TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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