Overall GiG Score: 6 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 5
    • No volunteer policy: -2
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +5

    ACTIVE FUSION 

    Active Fusions' Mission is: To help every child develop a love for being active by unlocking potential and creating positive habits for life.The charity will achieve its' mission through; Improving physical well-being; Increasing the employability of young people and improving the quality of teaching and learning in Physical Education.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
    • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
    • Over half the Board have joined recently
    Established: 6 years

    www.activefusion.org.uk

    info@activefusion.org.uk

    01302637276

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    UN SDGs
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    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
    31/08/22£741£702£39£0£476£4327.42080
    31/08/21£602£562£39£10£437£4369.31738
    31/08/20£339£324£15n/an/an/an/an/a10
    31/08/19£554£570£-16£0£383£3838.12013
    31/08/18*£614£215£399£0£399£39922.31410
    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
    Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 17%
    Liabilities/Income: 13%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
    Reserves/Spending: 7.4 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
    Quick Ratio: 4.2
    Asset Split ?
    What it does
    • Amateur Sport
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    Who works here?
    • 20 employees
    • 80 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England,

    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
    BBC Children in Need£139,050
    Garfield Weston Foundation£28,500
    Sport England£15,338
    National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
    DCMS£8,750
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Active Fusion
    £30,476 31/01/2022
    Fusion Streets will tackle issues around youth violence and child exploitation by delivering diversionary sport and physical education activities. It will aim to empower young people to respond to ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £2,000 30/10/2020
    Weston Charity Award Bonus
    Sport England - Girls Get Active
    £9,000 28/09/2020
    11
    Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Girls Get Active. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 11/09/2020
    Raising the Game
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £8,750 25/06/2020
    "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
    Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
    £6,338 20/05/2020
    4
    Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Active Fusion
    £108,574 24/04/2020
    36
    This project will deliver a sports and leadership project to young people across Doncaster and Rotherham who have additional learning needs. Young people will have improved confidence and wellbeing ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - We Can- We Will
    £10,000 20/06/2019
    12
    The funding will be used to deliver youth provision including arts and crafts along with physical activities. The project aims to encourage social interaction and improve health and wellbeing.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £6,500 31/05/2019
    WCA Winner 2019 - 2020 cohort
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/10/2017, number: 1175220
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; AR18: 71 days late,
    Main office

    The Hub
    Chappell Drive
    Doncaster
    DN1 2RF

    Objectives

    THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.(2) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF DONCASTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING A RANGE OF SPORTS AND SPORTING ACTIVITIES.(3) TO ADVANCE CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND EDUCATING AND TRAINING TEACHERS AND EDUCATIONAL STAFF TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEAD ACTIVE AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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