Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +1

THE BOYS' BRIGADE 

Education & Training
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
Established: 60 years
(107 years as a company)

www.boys-brigade.org.uk

support@boys-brigade.org.uk

0300 303 4454

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£3,006£2,816£190£181£4,728£4,46619439,231
31/03/22£2,044£2,250£-206£596£4,657£4,34923.2379,680
31/03/21£1,725£1,668£58£496£4,763£4,43631.94110,500
31/03/20£2,882£2,662£220£280£4,487£4,212194911,228
31/03/19£2,685£2,666£19£321£4,369£3,97217.95511,522
31/03/18£2,489£2,686£-197£338£4,374£4,09618.3530
31/03/17£2,637£2,960£-323£362£4,616£4,29017.4570
31/03/16£3,014£3,336£-322£245£4,864£4,28515.4620
31/03/15£3,477£2,877£600£131£5,226£4,25617.8500
31/03/14£3,178£2,917£261£108£4,919£4,33117.8480
31/03/13£3,073£2,392£681£45£4,757£4,03520.2380
31/03/12£2,247£2,282£-35£37£3,917£3,62119360
31/03/11£2,513£2,330£182£33£4,437£4,07021400
31/03/10£2,468£2,417£51£730£4,133£3,62318430
31/03/09£2,452£2,283£169£707£3,731£3,19416.8400
31/03/08£2,023£2,115£-92£863£4,216£3,66120.8360
31/03/07£1,922£2,015£-93£883£3,886£3,55121.1360
31/03/06£2,044£2,036£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£2,243£2,125£118£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£2,291£1,992£299£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 6.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 26%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 19 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 43 employees
  • 9,231 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Ireland, Scotland,

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
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to 54th Sheffield Company, The Boys' Brigade
£790 27/03/2023
24
towards the cost of a two-night trip to Scout Camp in Torksey Lock for 14 children from disadvantaged communities in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
Somerset Community Foundation - Paddleboarding equipment to enable access to opportunities in a rural area
£1,750 05/02/2023
Grant to 1st Martock & Hamdon Boys' Brigade
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to 54th Sheffield Boys Brigade Company
£540 29/03/2022
24
towards a two night camp stay, which includes a variety of activities, and a visit to a local theme park for a Boys Brigade troop from Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to 54th Sheffield Boys Brigade Company
£750 03/04/2019
24
towards a two night camping trip for a group of children from Sheffield
National Lottery Community Fund - Boys Brigade - All Together!
£9,373 27/03/2019
12
The funding will provide social and physical activities for young boys in the community with the aim of developing their confidence and wellbeing.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to 1st Haslington Boys Brigade
£3,394 19/11/2018
We want to develop and implement an outdoor education project allowing our company to develop and achieve key life skills from a young age.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Boys Brigade
£3,900 08/08/2018
YOYP Boys' Brigade Big Sports Roadshow
National Lottery Community Fund - Refurbishing Felden Lodge Training Centre
£10,000 12/04/2018
12
This project will complete the refurbishment of the group's residential training and conference centre, improving the facilities for young people from various communities to come together to take ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to 54th Sheffield Boys Brigade Company
£650 26/03/2018
24
towards a two-night camping trip a group of disadvantaged children from Sheffield
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards 3rd Gateshead Company Boys' Brigade
£4,000 28/02/2017
Towards 3rd Gateshead Company Boys' Brigade
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to 54th Sheffield Boys Brigade Company
£650 21/03/2016
24
towards a two-night trip to a Scout Camp in Lincolnshire for a group of disadvantaged boys from Sheffield
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to 54th Sheffield Boys Brigade Company
£500 29/04/2015
24
towards a a two-night trip to Castleford for a group of 12 boys from Sheffield
National Lottery Community Fund - MUGA Floodlighting
£10,000 24/02/2015
12
Not Available
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 23-66
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/02/1964, number: 305969
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/10/1916, number: 00145122
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 14 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from WILLOW PROJECT on 07/11/2023
Main office

FELDEN LODGE
FELDEN
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
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Objectives

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM AMONG BOYS AND THE PROMOTION OF HABITS OF OBEDIENCE, REVERENCE, DISCIPLINE, SELF-RESPECT AND ALL THAT TENDS TOWARDS A TRUE CHRISTIAN MANLINESS.2. ALL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE AND LAWFUL ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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