Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 13

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 20

CLUB SODA

Club Soda works with people who have learning disabilities and autism. They deliver workshops in music making and DJing and produces live events which showcase the talents of members and other artists with learning disabilities and autism. Gig Buddies Croydon is a project run by Club Soda that aims to make makes music and night-time entertainment accessible to people with learning disabilities.

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
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
Over half the Board have joined recently

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	£173,491	£144,443	£29,048	30
31/03/22	£107,316	£101,664	£5,652	21
31/03/21	£83,526	£114,113	£-30,587	27
31/03/20	£128,542	£71,706	£56,836	14

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.clubsoda.org.uk

info@clubsoda.org.uk

07309750283

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Croydon,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£215,858
DCMS	£48,444
Youth Music	£29,977
City Bridge Trust	£28,920
The London Community Foundation	£14,495
Greater London Authority	£7,151

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Gig Buddies & Leisure Link
£215,858	24/03/2022	The project is using funding to continue and grow the Gig Buddies Croydon and Leisure Link projects. The project aims to support adults with learning disabilities to have increased opportunities to ....more The project is using funding to continue and grow the Gig Buddies Croydon and Leisure Link projects. The project aims to support adults with learning disabilities to have increased opportunities to engage in an active social life in Croydon and feel included and provide people with learning disabilities to have more opportunities to gain professional experiences skills and work opportunities within the arts and cultural scene in Croydon.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Club Soda
£28,920	14/03/2022 36	£28,920 over three years (£9,640 x 3) towards Leisure Link, covering 0.5 day p/w Graphic Designer, freelance Digital Trainer and newsletter print and postage costs.
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support
£28,956	22/02/2022	This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted ....more This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted all other options for increasing their resilience.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,643	07/09/2020	"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 "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Club Soda
£9,845	03/09/2020	The funding is to actively engage with our community of people with learning disabilities, digitally. To achieve this, we have to increase staff capacity to understand digital access needs and ....more The funding is to actively engage with our community of people with learning disabilities, digitally. To achieve this, we have to increase staff capacity to understand digital access needs and exclusion issues through digital skills training, and deliver online workshops to increase digital skills of our community.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£9,845	03/09/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to club kali network cic
£4,650	21/07/2020	The funding is for a mobile phone so that a Volunteer can support our members remotely (using whatapp/SMS etc), and for Paid Help to improve online platforms. Many of our service users are not ....more The funding is for a mobile phone so that a Volunteer can support our members remotely (using whatapp/SMS etc), and for Paid Help to improve online platforms. Many of our service users are not ÔoutÕ and use mobile phones to engage with us for help/support/contact. Please note that this grant is awarded on the condition of receiving updates to supporting documents as follows: governing document asset log to be restricted for charitable organisations only and a submission of a finalised safeguarding policy that must include recruitment, definitions, reporting procedures, safeguarding procedures and responsible people. This will need to be a condition before release of funds.
Greater London Authority - Club Soda
£7,151	02/12/2019	Small Grants Programme 2019/20
Youth Music - Emerging Artists Programme
£29,977	23/10/2019	Emerging Artists Programme
Youth Music - Soda Beat Sessions
£25,766	21/04/2016	Soda Beat Sessions

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

ANDREW SLEGG Appointed: 2022

CAROLINE DODD Appointed: 2022

CHETNA KAPACEE Appointed: 2022

PAUL BARNARD Appointed: 2022

SEDLEY WILSON Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: PEOPLE FOR PORTLAND ROAD,

SOPHIE JONES Appointed: 2022

TERRY ANDREW SMITH (Chair) Appointed: 2018

YASMIN LOUISE CLARK Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/05/2019, number: 1183211

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

46-47 Whitgift Centre
CROYDON
CR0 1UQ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT;3.1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LEARNING DISABILITY OR RELATED PHYSICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT, WHO ARE OTHERWISE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY OR PARTS OF SOCIETY INCLUDING AS A RESULT OF THEIR DISABILITY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:A) PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS, TRAINING, MATERIALS, FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ENABLE THOSE PERSONS AND THEIR CARERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS; ANDB) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES OF THOSE PERSONS, AND ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING INCLUSIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS; ANDNOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

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