Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

LABURNUM BOAT CLUB 

Canoeing, youth club, inclusion club, adult club, schools canoeing, narrowboatnhg
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 35 years

laburnumboatclub.com

info@laburnumboatclub.com

02077292915

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UN SDGs
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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£358£336£22n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/22£314£325£-11n/an/an/an/an/a9
31/03/21£239£220£19n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£368£366£2n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/19£350£345£5n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/18£310£297£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£282£309£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£284£277£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£291£280£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£314£318£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£417£399£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£417£399£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£359£332£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£442£422£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£313£311£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£288£255£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£237£242£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£229£224£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£254£283£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£265£280£-14£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hackney,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
BBC Children in Need£65,215
National Lottery Community Fund£35,446
London Marathon Charitable Trust£33,080
Greater London Authority£24,683
City Bridge Trust£23,055
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Power to Change£19,500
Sport England£12,958
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The MSE Charity - Grant to Laburnum Boat Club
£5,466 29/03/2024
Funding the Out & About Club which provides social activities and life skills for young people with disabilities, specifically funding 18 finanical literacy sessions over the year reaching 24 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - MH Holiday Plus
£8,850 04/08/2023
The funding will be used to create a mentoring project in the summer holidays for young people at risk of antisocial behaviour. The project aims to divert people from these behaviours through ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Laburnum Boat Club
£4,055 25/04/2023
£4,055 to cover the costs of an access audit for improvements to LBC's centre as part of its redevelopment strategy. Increased funding is being recommended to reflect the cost of accessibility ....more
Power to Change - Laburnum Boat Club (PU)
£8,000 25/01/2023
Grant to Laburnum Boat Club (PU)
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Pandemic Recovery
£33,080 25/03/2022
Towards increasing staff capacity for the Senior Youth Worker and the Senior Paddlesport Instructor for one year.
Power to Change - Renewal - Laburnum Boat Club
£11,500 14/05/2021
Grant to Renewal - Laburnum Boat Club
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£9,858 22/02/2021
1
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Canoeing project, with a focus on younger ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Laburnum Boat Club
£63,150 20/12/2020
A outdoor sports club for disabled young people in Hackney. By attending sessions young people will be less isolated, have access to outdoor sports and improve their relationships.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Laburnum Boat Club
£3,502 24/10/2020
We would like to provide recreational boating activities for disadvantaged local families to enjoy together.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 21/08/2020
Hackney Youth Afloat
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Laburnum Boat Club
£2,065 17/06/2020
COVID19 - This grant will fund the project to adapt to 1-1 sessions to disabled children and young people during COVID-19, to encourage physical activity and a sense of inclusion with the project.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£3,100 09/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Canoeing
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Laburnum Boat Club
£19,000 05/06/2020
£19,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hackney Youth Online
£17,500 02/06/2020
6
Laburnum Boat Club will use the funding to digitally engage their most vulnerable young people. The club works closely with disadvantaged and vulnerable young people – with personal social mental ....more
Greater London Authority - London Family Fund
£20,308 01/10/2019
The Family Fund supports organisations that are bringing diverse families together for support and common purpose. The fund aims to improve parents social networks, reduce social isolation and ....more
Greater London Authority - Paddlesports for All
£4,375 01/08/2019
Active Londoners
National Lottery Community Fund - Out&About Club
£9,096 17/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to support young people with disabilities to organise trips out and the associated travel. The project aims to develop skills and social relationships that encourage ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£37,985 01/04/2019
.
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£37,985 01/04/2019
.
Sport England - Extension of Climbing Wall
£30,000 16/01/2019
11
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Extension of Climbing Wall. This project is a Mountaineering project, with a focus on younger ....more
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Extension of Climbing Wall
£30,000 16/01/2019
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Extension of Climbing Wall'. This project is a Mountaineering project, with a focus on older ....more
People's Health Trust - Boating For All
£17,864 08/02/2018
This two-year project delivered courses in canoeing, kayaking and narrow-boating for adults with mental health issues. The sessions were led by experienced and qualified narrow-boat skippers and ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Laburnum Boat Club
£60,450 17/10/2017
36
A sports club for 125 disabled young people and their siblings in Hackney. By attending the project the young people will have improved family & peer relationships & improved mobility.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Laburnum Boat Club
£79,700 08/06/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing paddlesport activities for disabled young people from the London Borough of Hackney
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£37,985 04/04/2017
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DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£37,985 04/04/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£37,985 04/04/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£28,489 04/04/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£28,489 04/04/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Laburnum Boat Club
£10,000 08/04/2015
Regent's Canal East End Heritage
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Laburnum Boat Club
£2,000 09/01/2014
towards a four-day trip to an outdoor centre in Sussex for disabled children from the London Borough of Hackney
Sport England - More boats more paddlers!
£9,897 07/01/2014
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'More boats more paddlers!'. This project lists its main activity as Canoeing.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Laburnum Boat Club
£27,000 29/03/2011
family learning support to include project staff costs, publicity, accreditation costs, management and admin costs relating to the Club Co-ordinator and on costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-75
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/03/1989, number: 801255
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/03/1989, number: 02360592
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR09: 21 days late, AR07: 21 days late,
Main office

LABURNUM BOAT CLUB
LABURNUM STREET
LONDON
E2 8BH

Objectives

(A) THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS THROUGH THEIR LEISURE ACTIVITIES SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS. (B) THE RELIEF OF THE DISABLED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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