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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +4
    Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

    TDUK 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/07/17 31/07/18 31/07/19 31/07/20 31/07/21 31/07/22 31/07/23
    Total income £32,272 £21,668 £27,065 £31,154 £26,253 £24,901 £13,127
    Total spending £31,762 £24,596 £21,170 £26,478 £22,525 £31,492 £19,513
    Surplus/deficit £510 -£2,928 £5,895 £4,676 £3,728 -£6,591 -£6,386
    Established: 12 years

    www.touchdownuk.org

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Sports activities
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The advancement of citizenship or community development
    • The advancement of public participation in sport','the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
    Where it operates
    • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Fife
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people

    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
    Foundation Scotland£13,826
    Co-Operative Group£5,429
    Corra Foundation£4,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months    		 To be used for
    Foundation Scotland - New Project
    £8,249 16/08/2023
    To organise a series of American Football sessions, in order to introduce the sport to a new cohort of local young people.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Touchdown UK
    £2,021 30/11/2021
    To funding restart of youth/sports work in the Gorebridge area and extending into other rural communities in the surrounding area.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Touchdown UK
    £2,021 07/07/2021
    To fund sessional recruitment and management over a period of 6 months.
    Foundation Scotland - Grant to Touchdown UK
    £1,535 10/12/2020
    to cover the cost of equipment.
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to TouchDown UK
    £5,429 15/11/2019
    We want to provide American Football equipment to allow disadvantaged young people to try a new sport and become more active.
    Corra Foundation - HDG-19/547
    £4,000 01/06/2019
    Towards the costs of sessional coaches for the American Football programme with girls in Wester Hailes.
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to TouchdownUK
    £4,850 19/11/2018
    We're teaching kids the basics of American Football and need kit for our lessons.
    Corra Foundation - HDA-17/330
    £4,764 03/08/2017
    towards the salary of the full-time Development Officer to deliver American Football sessions in Niddrie and improve life skills
    Robertson Trust - The salary costs of the Development Officer
    £26,000 30/06/2015
    The salary costs of the Development Officer
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    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 24/08/2012, number: SC043381
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    4 Arthur Street, Dunfermline, KY12 0PR

    Objectives

    The objectives of TouchdownUK are to serve communities and individuals by fostering and promoting educational, health, social and life skills. by working directly and laterally with peer organisations in these fields and by using sport, exercise and leisure activities, to achieve its charitable purposes of: 4.1 Advancement of education through the provision of programmes which encourage self -esteem, self- confidence and motivation to perform and engage successfully in more formal education settings. 4.2 Advancement of community development within a range of communities. It is vital that there is a focus within areas of disadvantage, where regeneration is a key objective and to encourage voluntary and community involvement. 4.3 The provision of recreational facilities. The organisation will seek, through its work to improve the health and well- being of those who participate, encourage those who are disadvantaged due to finance and inability to meet the cost of attending local facilities and encourage young people to participate and commit to the programmes provided. 4.4 to advance public participation in sport.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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