Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 3

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 6

GATESHEAD FOOTBALL CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO

promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for the playing of football and other sports capable of improving health and provide and assist in providing facilities for sport, recreation or other leisure time occupation and in advancing people's education.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

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
01/11/23		£102,736	£103,933	£-1,197	7
01/11/22		£62,559	£66,950	£-4,391	2
01/11/21		£29,537	£25,229	£4,308	2
01/11/20		£17,864	£11,967	£5,897	0
01/11/19		£0	£0	£0	0
01/11/18	*	£0	£0	£0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

http://www.gfc-foundation.org.uk/

info@gfc-foundation.org.uk

07584674905

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Recreation

GiG Classification

Amusement and recreation services

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Sunderland,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
7 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£4,250	28/11/2023	towards the walking football activity costs over the next 12 months
Sport England - Free Pilate Sessions for Ladies
£6,000	11/04/2023	This project will deliver weekly Pilates sessions at Bensham Grove Community Centre specifically for women. Each session will last 1 hour. The project will last for a period of 48 weeks.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

TRACIE WILSON Appointed: 2019

- DEANNE DIXON Appointed: 2023

EMILY FAWCUS Appointed: 2019

IAN WILSON Appointed: 2019

NEIL PINKERTON Appointed: 2019

PETER CLENNELL Appointed: 2021

STEVEN THORNTON Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/11/2017, number: 1175544

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR18: 11 days late,

Main office

Bensham Grove Community Centre
Sidney Grove
GATESHEAD
Tyne And Wear
NE8 2XD

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR, THE INHABITANTS OF GATESGEAD AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND TO:(1) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH (FACILITIES IN THIS CLAUSE MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES); AND(2) TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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