Overall GiG Score: 21 ?
Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

SCOTTISH SPORTS FUTURES 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Established: 21 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £854,450 £801,701 £936,934 £998,713 £1,266,555
Donations & Legacies £39,759 £36,624 £31,718 £30,761
Other Income £33 £20,507
Investment Income £7,112
Total income £950,073 £877,177 £1,025,253 £1,055,193 £1,126,159 £1,420,857
Charitable activities spending £904,407 £879,399 £843,002 £767,662 £1,550,828
Fundraising costs 3% 4% 3% 3% 2% 2%
Other spending
Total spending £929,936 £915,931 £875,828 £799,191 £1,110,658 £1,572,098
Surplus/deficit £20,137 -£38,754 £149,425 £256,002 £15,501 -£151,241
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Children or young people
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of public participation in sport','the promotion of religious or racial harmony
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Glasgow City
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

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
Comic Relief£430,901
BBC Children in Need£194,058
Scottish Government£139,640
Co-Operative Group£5,260
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Scottish Sports Futures
£96,472 03/02/2022
Bespoke issue-based youth work and sport programmes for 300 young people from deprived areas in North Ayrshire, not engaging with services. They will be more confident, have improved mental wellbeing ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Scottish Sports Futures
£30,000 30/07/2021
720 young people will participate in mental health and wellbeing workshops developed by young people in Glasgow. They will have improved mental health and wellbeing and feel more confident.
Scottish Government - Scottish Sports Futures
£75,000 18/03/2021
Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Scottish Sports Futures
£5,000 09/12/2020
Scottish Sports Future are seeking funding for the online delivery of mental health and wellbeing workshops which will prioritise the most vulnerable young people and equip them to have increased ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to SSF Transforming Lives
£5,260 24/10/2020
We aim to deliver accredited training to vulnerable young females in Perth, through sport and physical activity.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Scottish Sports Futures
£67,586 09/09/2020
18
COVID19 - This project will use sport and physical activity to improve the mental health and future prospects of 144 young people isolated by Covid-19 in North Ayrshire. They will be supported to ....more
Comic Relief - Recovery Funding
£16,896 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
Scottish Government - Scottish Sports Futures
£31,968 12/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - Scottish Sports Futures
£32,672 08/04/2020
Detailed description not provided.
Comic Relief - Made2Move
£414,005 21/01/2020
48
A community-based, person centred, multi-sport & physical activity programme will support referred young people from areas of deprivation with mental health problems. It introduces peer mentors, ....more
Robertson Trust - The running costs of Scottish Sports Futures
£50,000 29/01/2019
The running costs of Scottish Sports Futures
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Scottish Sports Futures
£11,388 19/11/2018
We want to deliver healthy lifestyle programmes to improve the social, mental, emotional and physical wellbeing of children and families.
Spirit of 2012 - Shining a light
£61,205 10/10/2018
This project to train young people as wellbeing champions and deliver physical activity and mental health sessions to other young people. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Scottish Sports Futures
£10,000 21/06/2018
YOYP Basketball Tournament: shining a light on mental health, by young people for young people
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Scottish Sports Futures
£30,000 13/03/2018
36
50 young people from deprived communities across East and North Glasgow will be supported to volunteer with a network of 40 sports organisations and at the European Championships 2018, leading to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Active East
£141,605 28/11/2017
24
This group will use the funding to deliver its Active East programme for young people aged between 16–24 years old who are disengaged from education, employment or training. The programme will use ....more
Spirit of 2012 - Twilight Girls
£24,687 23/10/2017
Engaging inactive BAME young women to pilot a Friday night Basketball programme in Glasgow. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within agreed tolerance.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Scottish Sports Futures
£74,060 01/11/2015
This three year project will support the development of a young ambassadors programme delivered in 12 locations across Scotland. It will increase confidence encourage a healthier lifestyle and create ....more
Robertson Trust - Core costs
£75,000 31/08/2015
Core costs
Comic Relief - SSRHAP Girls Judo
£43,900 18/03/2015
36
Scotland as a nation suffers from poor health statistics with around 30% of girls aged 2-15 years overweight or obese. Female sports participation rates are poor with research highlighting only 41% ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (12)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Directors: 22-70
  • FLYNN, Nicole
    Appointed: 2023
    Occupation: Women'S Recreational Football Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 05/03/2003, number: SC034085
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/06/2008, number: SC343830
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Suite 3/4, Brook Street Studios, 60 Brook Street, Glasgow, G40 2AB

Objectives

3 The company's objects are (1) To advance, to the benefit of the public, the physical education of young people (2) To advance public participation in sport which involves physical skill and exertion, by providing facilities (including the organising of sporting activities) for playing basketball and other sports which involve physical skill and exertion (3) To advance education for the benefit of the public by providing advice and guidance to young people about the problems associated with anti social behaviour and with alcohol and drug misuse (4) To advance citizenship and community development through helping young people to develop their physical and mental capacity such that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and as socially responsible members of society (5) To promote religious and racial harmony among people of different races, religions and other affiliations through the use of sport and exercise to combat divisions and to reduce tensions between communities

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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