Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

SUNDERLAND SAMBA FC

Sunderland Samba FC is a community football club providing football, volunteering, coaching, youth work and international exchange opportunities. We are a youth led organisation enabling children and young people to make a positive contribution in their local community. We welcome supporters and volunteers to join our amazing team both in the UK and Kenya.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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

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
31/03/24£44£29£15n/a
31/03/23*£15£15£0n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

www.sunderlandsamba.com

sunderland.samba@gmail.com

07751944500

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kenya, Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Project Funding
£24,908 01/05/2023
Funded community football sessions and volunteer training to bring people from different backgrounds together advancing racial harmony.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Sunderland Samba FC
£1,000 17/02/2022
General charitable purposes
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Sunderland Samba FC
£500 17/02/2022
General charitable purposes

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

  • DR BABATUNDE SOBITAN Appointed: 2021
  • ELIZABETH WANJIRU BIBI Appointed: 2024
  • JOHN BOYD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Regional Learning & Development Officer For The Me
  • OLA TONY-OBOT Appointed: 2021
  • PRISCILLA SOBITAN Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/02/2022, number: 1197858
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
2 returns made; AR23: 104 days late,
Main office

The Co-op Centre
White House Road
Sunderland
SR2 8AH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE;3.1 FOR THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN NAIROBI, KENYA BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF THE NECESSARY SUPPORT TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.3.2 THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF FOOTBALL.3.3 TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.3.4 THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(A) PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS AND RESPECT OF THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FAITHS.;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS AND DIFFERENT FAITHS;IN ALL CASES WORKING IN CITY OF SUNDERLAND AND KENYA.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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