Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -8
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

FOX AMATEUR BOXING CLUB 

Amateur boxing club - providing boxing and fitness classes to the local community. The organisation supports people from the community in the following ways; increased access to physical activity which supports individuals health and wellbeing.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male

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
30/09/22£52,751£55,629£-2,8786
30/09/21£39,678£18,032£21,6466
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

foxabcmanchester@yahoo.com

07809253145

Charity Commission for England and Wales
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Manchester City, Oldham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 6 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Fox ABC Get Active Project
£6,064 24/02/2023
This project intends to tackle inactivity among adults aged 18+ in the community by the delivery of two one-hour sessions each week, with 20 participants attending per session. Sessions will consists ....more
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - female coaches for vulnerable women's boxing
£7,800 29/07/2022
This project will deliver non-contact boxing sessions for marginalised women within a supportive and female-only environment. The project will run for 52 weeks with hour long classes held twice ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Think Outside The Fox
£8,325 08/07/2022
The organisation will deliver boxing activities for young people who are involved in crime and connected to drug related offences gang culture and anti-social behaviour with the aim of offering a ....more
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£9,991 06/05/2021
6
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project lists its main activity as Boxing

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/10/2020, number: 1191597
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Vestacare Stadium
Whitebank Road
OLDHAM
OL8 3JH

Objectives

(1) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF FAILSWORTH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OF NORTH MANCHESTER, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR AMATEUR BOXING IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY USING BOXING AND ITS TRAINING AND TECHNIQUES AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING HEALTH AND FITNESS AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO MAKE HEALTHY LIFE CHOICES.(2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF FAILSWORTH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OF NORTH MANCHESTER, THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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