Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

BRENTFORD FC COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST 

Brentford FC Community Sports Trust is an independent charity operating in partnership with Brentford Football Club and a range of other local, regional and national organisations. We use the power of sport and education to inspire people, raise the aspirations of our local community, develop community facilities, and to give local people the confidence and skills to reach their full potential.
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 including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age
Established: 18 years

www.brentfordfccst.com

ldoyle@brentfordfccst.com

02083267030

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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£3,634£3,478£156£0£1,208£1,0653.712525
31/03/22£3,106£2,790£316£0£1,021£8883.810325
31/03/21£2,369£2,151£218£0£705£5473.19621
31/03/20£2,288£2,216£73£0£486£4772.68230
31/03/19£1,920£1,981£-62£0£414£3612.27330
31/03/18£1,931£1,887£45£0£476£4042.6670
31/03/17£1,774£1,679£95£5£431£3962.8680
31/03/16*£1,522£1,509£13£0£336£3222.6600
31/03/15£1,465£1,401£63£64£324£3633.1300
31/03/14£1,246£1,336£-90£80£260£2532.3290
31/03/13£1,447£1,410£37£77£350£2882.5300
31/03/12£1,353£1,304£49£76£313£2542.3280
31/03/11£1,398£1,398£0£61£265£2141.8330
31/03/10*£1,220£1,344£-125£53£264£2181.9300
31/03/09£1,393£1,322£71£45£389£2952.7330
31/03/08£1,124£1,072£52£41£318£2863.2240
31/03/07£1,285£1,020£266£29£266£2382.8310

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 48%
Liabilities/Income: 31%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 3.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 125 employees
  • 25 volunteers
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
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond Upon Thames, Surrey, Windsor And Maidenhead,

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
Mercer's Charitable Foundation£330,000
Three Guineas Trust£186,932
John Lyon's Charity£76,800
City Bridge Trust£32,250
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Three Guineas Trust - Holiday Playscheme 2023
£10,000 16/05/2023
Holiday Playscheme 2023
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Brentford Football Club Community Sports Trust
£1,800 29/11/2022
Ealing Young Carers Project
Three Guineas Trust - Sports based activities and social skills programme
£64,000 04/07/2022
For a sports based activities and social skills programme.
Three Guineas Trust - Holiday Play Scheme 2022
£11,000 19/05/2022
Holiday Play Scheme 2022
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Brentford FC Community Sports Trust
£4,709 22/12/2021
To support the mental health and wellbeing of young carers in Hounslow by providing group workshops and Wellbeing hampers
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Brentford FC Community Sports Trust
£27,761 30/07/2021
This project will deliver football and multi-sport activities to deaf children. The activities will improve communication skills, improve physical health and increase positive relationships.
Three Guineas Trust - Holiday Play Scheme 2021
£11,000 23/06/2021
Holiday Play Scheme 2021
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Brentford Football Club Community Sports Trust
£75,000 18/11/2020
36
Gunnersbury Park - Active Parklife Project
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Brentford FC Community Sports Trust
£10,000 18/08/2020
6
To support the Mental Health of Hounslow Young Carers through positive activities, group online programmes and “You’re a star” special activity packs and hampers.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£10,000 15/07/2020
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 Sport participation and capacity ....more
Three Guineas Trust - Summer play scheme 2020
£11,000 24/06/2020
Summer play scheme 2020
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Brentford FC Community Sports Trust
£32,250 17/06/2020
£32,250 towards three months of costs as outlined in your application.
Three Guineas Trust - Sports based activities and social skills programme
£70,000 13/06/2020
For a sports-based activities and social skills programme.
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Brentford FC Community Sports Trust
£330,000 11/06/2020
36
To create inspiring and vibrant learning-spaces within the new Trust Community Hub facilities to support vulnerable young people transitioning from education to training/work
Three Guineas Trust - Summer play scheme 2019
£9,932 10/06/2019
Summer play scheme 2019.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Brentford FC Community Sports Trust
£63,500 31/01/2019
24
£63,500 over two years (2 x £31,750) for a part-time Coach and running costs for the organisation's project for d/Deaf participants.
Three Guineas Trust - Summer play scheme
£9,932 07/06/2018
Summer play scheme.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Brentford FC Community Sports Trust
£15,000 17/11/2017
12
BeeActive is an enabling healthy lifestyles programme for adult residents, which will help to build independence, resilience, skills, and knowledge through the development of positive lifelong habits ....more
Three Guineas Trust - 2017 Summer play scheme
£9,840 09/06/2017
2017 Summer play scheme.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Brentford FC Community Sports Trust
£90,382 09/02/2017
36
Funding for the delivery of an inclusion project that will offer young people from the most deprived wards in Ealing, Southall and Staines mentoring, educational and sports opportunities, reducing ....more
Three Guineas Trust - Sports-based activities for children and young people with ASD
£97,500 10/01/2017
Towards expanding the existing programme of sports-based activities for children and young people with ASD in west London..
Three Guineas Trust - 2016 Summer play scheme
£8,400 21/04/2016
2016 Summer play scheme.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Brentford FC Community Sports Trust
£96,250 23/09/2015
36
£96,250 over three years (£33,500; £32,250; £30,500) for a part-time coach and running costs for Brentford FC Community Sports Trust’s deaf project.
Three Guineas Trust - Summer play scheme
£5,000 28/05/2015
Summer play scheme.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Brentford FC Community Sports Trust
£15,000 23/07/2014
11
Mo-tivate Hounslow - to drive up interest in sports participation within the most deprived communities
Three Guineas Trust - Summer play scheme
£5,000 20/05/2014
Summer play scheme.
Sport England - On your Marks - Beginner Lessons in West London
£185,113 01/02/2013
Funding under Sport England's Inclusive Sport funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'On your Marks - Beginner Lessons in West London'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 48-76
  • IAN DOBIE (Chair) Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Property Developer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/01/2006, number: 1112784
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/10/2005, number: 05602833
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • 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
17 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR10: 18 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from MAGAID on 29/12/2021
Main office

Underwood House
1a Thomas Layton Way
BRENTFORD
Middlesex
TW8 0SB

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE INHABITANTS OF MIDDLESEX AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS:-1. TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HEALTH (FACILITIES IN THIS CLAUSE MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);2. TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MIDDLESEX AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS

Data Sources

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