Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 11
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

FAIR SHOT 

Fair Shot will bring training and future employment to disabled young adults
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 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
31/07/22£243,495£266,912£-23,4170
31/07/21£212,382£3,670£208,7120
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.fairshot.co.uk

hello@fairshot.co.uk

07496226085

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

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
John Lyon's Charity£100,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
The Michael And Betty Little Trust£37,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£30,000
Mark Leonard Trust£15,800
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Fair Shot
£1,000 30/03/2023
As requested by the fund holder to support the work of Fair Shot "a social enterprise café providing training, employment and support to young adults with learning disabilities".
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Fair Shot CIO
£100,000 16/03/2023
Training and Employment Programme
Mark Leonard Trust - Towards funding Fairshot’s move to Covent Garden and core costs
£15,800 24/11/2022
Towards funding Fairshot’s move to Covent Garden and core costs
The Michael And Betty Little Trust - Fairshot Cafe
£37,000 20/11/2022
A social enterprise which helps young adults with learning disabilities find jobs in hospitality through a training and employment programme.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Fair Shot CIO
£30,000 19/10/2022
refurbishment of building for a charity supporting people with disabilities in London
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 23/09/2022
Fair Shot training and employment programme

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/07/2020, number: 1190582
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

3 Slingsby Place
London
London
WC2E 9AB

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY;1.PROVIDING EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY; 2.HELPING TO FIND WORK PLACEMENTS AND WHERE POSSIBLE PAID WORK FOR SAID PEOPLE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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