Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

SPENCER LYNX 

Spencer Lynx promotes community participation in healthy recreation, by providing free weekly hockey training to children attending state schools, primarily in the London boroughs of Wandsworth and Lambeth.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is completely female

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
30/06/23£25,210£19,984£5,22610
30/06/22£18,462£19,984£-1,52210
30/06/21£48,568£9,465£39,10320
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

spencerlynx.com

spencerlynxhockey@gmail.com

02088742717

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
GiG Classification
  • Amusement and recreation services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lambeth, Wandsworth,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/02/2020, number: 1188217
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Spencer Sports Club
Fieldview
LONDON
SW18 3HF

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION, PRIMARILY IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF WANDSWORTH AND LAMBETH, FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN WHO ATTEND STATE SCHOOLS BY PROVIDING FACILITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN HOCKEY. (FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE FACILITIES MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT, ACCESS TO COACHING AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES).

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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