Overall GiG Score: 5 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +3

    THE KARATE INITIATIVE (SCIO) 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
    Established: 16 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/17 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Total income £28,940 £13,698 £24,515 £27,014 £34,398 £48,385 £44,179
    Total spending £29,950 £15,357 £25,119 £27,290 £25,119 £44,812 £35,879
    Surplus/deficit -£1,010 -£1,659 -£604 -£276 £9,279 £3,573 £8,300
    What it does
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • Older People
    • People with disabilities or health problems
    Purposes
    • The advancement of public participation in sport
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Fife

    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
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Carnegie Dojo
    £843 23/10/2021
    We would like to allow all current and potential students to train for another year by providing karate suits, overwear, safety equipment such as gum guards and mitts, as well as paying for licences.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Karate Initiative known as Carnegie Dojo
    £29,900 30/07/2021
    This project is a martial arts club for children and young people aged 5-18yrs affected by living in an area experiencing poverty and deprivation. Young people will improve fitness, confidence in ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Karate Initiative known as Carnegie Dojo
    £3,000 17/06/2020
    6
    COVID19 - This grant will pay for laptops for vulnerable young people who do not have access to devices to participate in online karate training. The young people who are isolated due to Covid-19 ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Karate Initiative known as Carnegie Dojo
    £29,400 08/05/2018
    36
    Weekly Karate training for children and young people facing multiple challenges, some of whom may be young carers or have mental health issues. They will become fitter and more confident and develop ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Karate Youth Initiative
    £10,000 14/06/2016
    12
    This group provide diversionary activities for local young people. The funding will be used for a range of Karate equipment and training courses.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 02/06/2008, number: SC039618
    • Notes: This SCIO was incorporated on the 07 November 2016 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by Fife Constabulary Karate Youth Initiative, which was an Unincorporated Association registered as a charity since 02 June 2008.
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    13 Elliot Street, Dunfermline, Fife, KY11 4TF

    Objectives

    The Organisation is a non-profit distributing charity whose principal purpose is to encourage the promotion and participation in the sport of karate as a means to advance citizenship and/or community development, in the interests of social welfare to improve the quality of life.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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