Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

CAFLO (COMMUNITY ACTIONS FOR LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES)

CAFLO sports & community centre is based in Bromford, Hodge Hill, an area in the top 1% of deprivation in Birmingham. The centre provides spaces for (A)meetings, lectures & classes, (B) different forms of sports, recreation and leisure-time,(C) food bank, mental wellbeing and chat clubs with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 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
31/03/23£261£264£-3n/a
31/03/22£136£115£21n/a
31/03/21*£125£122£4n/a
31/03/20£43£35£8n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

Info@caflo.co.uk

07936341755

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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
Sport England£338,280
Henry Smith Charity£142,500
BBC Children in Need£31,000
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Birmingham City Council£11,553
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£10,000
People's Health Trust£6,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to CAFLO (Community Actions for Local Opportunities)
£142,500 01/02/2024
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing a community centre for people from disadvantaged communities in Bromford, West Midlands.
Sport England - Action Fit
£15,000 08/11/2023
12
This project will purchase equipment to enable delivery of boxing and multi-sport sessions to 50 young people aged 8 years+. The project will deliver after-school 1.5hr sessions and during the school holidays delivery will be a 2 hours session for 3 ....more
Sport England - Refurbishment of Sports Facilities
£166,210 05/10/2023
5
The project will replace the Sports Hall roof at the Firs and Bromford Sports and Community Centre, Birmingham.
National Lottery Community Fund - CAFLO Community Youth Workers Project
£10,000 31/08/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a comprehensive youth provision service for children and young people from the Hodge Hill area of Birmingham. The project aims to support young people to develop skills for life; improve their health/well-being ....more
Sport England - Refurbishment of Sports Facilities
£18,110 03/08/2023
The project will replace the Sports Hall roof at the Firs and Bromford Sports and Community Centre, Birmingham.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 06/04/2023
A Stronger Community in Bromford through CAFLO
BBC Children in Need - Grant to CAFLO (Community Actions for Local Opportunities)
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-Community Actions for Local Opportunities
£5,000 22/06/2022
Towards project costs to recruit and train a group of volunteers to inspire and empower a group of disadvantaged young people to deliver a social action project.
People's Health Trust - 50+ get together
£6,600 12/04/2022
A two-year project providing regular social and activity sessions for local older people (50+) in the Hodge Hill area of Birmingham. Sessions involve social opportunities such as tea and coffee mornings, low-level exercise classes, and crafts along ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Groups
£10,000 19/11/2021
The group will use the funding to provide a variety of positive social activities for the local community. This will include art and crafts gardening and will bring the community together.
Sport England - Refurbishment of Sports Facilities
£125,000 13/08/2021
23
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Refurbishment of Sports Facilities. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
BBC Children in Need - Grant to CAFLO (Community Actions for Local Opportunities)
£30,500 30/07/2021
This project will deliver weekly youth sessions for children experiencing high levels of crime in Hodge Hill. The project will support their emotional and physical wellbeing and provide a safe space.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Community Action For Local Opportunities
£10,000 25/06/2021
40% as salary costs for the Centre Manager of a community hub in Bromford, Birmingham.
Birmingham City Council - Bromford Food Relief
£2,190 01/03/2021
C19 funded organisations were awarded a further 50% of original funding
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£5,960 05/01/2021
5
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Birmingham City Council - Men's Gardening Project
£4,983 01/01/2021
Gardening Project for Men
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£8,000 22/05/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity building
Birmingham City Council - Bromford Residents Food Relief
£4,380 22/04/2020
A Co-ordinator to support food parcel delivery and petrol for volunteers.
National Lottery Community Fund - Save Our Community
£9,000 27/06/2019
12
The funding will be used to conduct a feasibility study of the community centre, which aims to develop plans for the refurbishment and restoration of the centre to be used as a community hub.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

  • LOUISE GIBBS Appointed: 2018
  • MELISSA O'SULLIVAN (Chair) Appointed: 2018
  • SALLYANN SMITH Appointed: 2020
  • SHAMEELA RANI Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/02/2019, number: 1181925
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
4 returns made; AR21: 22 days late,
Main office

SPORTS & COMMUNITY CENTRE
CAMERONIAN CROFT
BIRMINGHAM
B36 8UB

Objectives

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF FIRS AND BROMFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR: (A) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND(B) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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