Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -9
Support Score: 6
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

YORKSHIRE HEALTH AND SPORT LIMITED

1) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING PHYSICAL HEALTH AND FITNESS. 2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely male?
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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
31/12/23£365£416£-50n/a
?31/12/22£300£290£11n/a
31/12/21£265£255£11n/a
?31/12/20*£301£298£4n/a
31/12/19*£249£248£1n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years
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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnsley, City Of Wakefield, Leeds City, North Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£79,676
The Clothworkers Foundation£25,000
Sport England£20,000
Leeds Community Foundation£13,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Yorkshire Health and Sport
£25,000 18/10/2023
Purchase of a minibus for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in West Yorkshire
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Yorkshire Health and Sport (trading as A1 Football Factory)
£4,000 30/11/2020
13
Grant to Yorkshire Health and Sport (trading as A1 Football Factory)
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£79,676 29/07/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£20,000 19/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Association Football
Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
£9,600 22/05/2020
Grant to Yorkshire Health and Sport (trading as A1 Football Factory)
National Lottery Community Fund - Fitness, Fun and over 51!!!
£9,960 20/06/2019
12
The funding will help provide a series of physical activities, including walking football and yoga, for people who are retired or about to retire from work. This will enable participants to become more active and build peer support networks.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-44
  • NICHOLAS MICHAEL VAUGHAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • PAUL GREEN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Professional Footballer
  • SIMON FLETCHER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/01/2019, number: 1181760
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/12/2017, number: 11116830
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • 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
5 returns made; AR20: 51 days late, AR19: 40 days late,
Main office

A1 Football Factory
Tavern Works
Skinner Lane
PONTEFRACT
WF8 1HG

Objectives

1) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING PHYSICAL HEALTH AND FITNESS.2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS 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

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