Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

FITMUMS AND FRIENDS 

THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION FOR ATHLETICS, IN PARTICULAR RUNNING AND FITNESS WALKING.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
  • There are only 4 trustees

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/12/22£183,488£171,715£11,773170
31/12/21£98,512£91,388£7,124200
31/12/20£83,132£68,030£15,102150
31/12/19£66,138£47,051£19,087150
31/12/18*£0£0£00
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.fitmums.org.uk

admin@fitmums.org.uk

07870654586

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of York, Doncaster, East Riding Of Yorkshire, Kingston Upon Hull City, North East Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 170 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
Sport England£65,142
Two Ridings Community Foundation£12,510
National Lottery Community Fund£5,224
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Nordic Walking Expansion
£2,370 26/04/2022
This project will fund walking poles and a portable defibrillator.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - East Riding Development
£10,000 20/04/2022
Funding would be used to employ a Project Development Officer for 20 hours a week for a year. The member of staff will be focused on supporting communities acrss the East Riding to deliver programmes ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Forest School Bereavement Support Follow Up
£5,224 04/03/2022
The funding will be used to run forest school follow up sessions for bereaved children. The project aims to provide them with emotional support practical life skills and coping strategies.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Harrogate Fitmums and Friends
£2,510 22/07/2021
Funding for venue hire, training and marketing costs to enable the group to continue running sessions that provide fun and life changing exercise to local people in the Harrogate area.
Sport England - Fitmums & Friends Expansion
£62,772 29/10/2019
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Funding under Sport England's Tackling Inactivity and Economic Disadvantage funding programme for a Revenue project titled Fitmums & Friends Expansion. This project lists its main activity as ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 31/01/2019
Core Costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/07/2017, number: 1173919
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR18: 119 days late,
Main office

11 THE PADDOCK
COTTINGHAM
HU16 4RA

Objectives

(1) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION FOR ATHLETICS, IN PARTICULAR RUNNING.(2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF 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
CharityBase
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