Finance Score: 6

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 11

Reasonable growth: +1
Future income +5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 19

KEEN LONDON

The provision of free, one-to-one supported sports and recreational opportunities for children and young adults with additional needs.

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
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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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: 16 years

www.keenlondon.org

info@keenlondon.org

02076863172

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
30/06/22	£266	£227	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
30/06/21	£160	£151	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
30/06/20	£249	£200	£48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	177
30/06/19	£196	£170	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	385
30/06/18	£147	£128	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	528
30/06/17	£123	£123	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/16	£92	£112	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/15	£158	£92	£67	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/14	£100	£81	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/13	£61	£60	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/12	£62	£55	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/11	£54	£44	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/10	£37	£32	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/09	£44	£39	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

What it does

Amateur Sport
Disability

Who works here?

10 volunteers

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

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

National Lottery Community Fund	£198,213
City Bridge Trust	£88,500
Mercer's Charitable Foundation	£75,000
Masonic Trust	£15,000
The Childhood Trust	£4,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - KEEN Communities
£198,213	03/08/2023	Funding will be used to offer activities for children with additional needs and disabilities in North East and South London. The sessions aim to improve physical activity social interaction and ....more Funding will be used to offer activities for children with additional needs and disabilities in North East and South London. The sessions aim to improve physical activity social interaction and quality of life in a supportive and fun environment.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000	16/08/2022	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
The Childhood Trust - At KEEN we can!
£4,000	12/06/2022	Every (term time) weekend, children with additional needs join us for free, one-to-one supported fun and games. We focus on each individual child and their needs and we see them flourish. From ....more Every (term time) weekend, children with additional needs join us for free, one-to-one supported fun and games. We focus on each individual child and their needs and we see them flourish. From building relationships, improving communication, running marathons or spending a weekend away from home.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to KEEN London
£80,000	23/07/2021 24	£80,000 over two further and final years (£40,000 x 2) towards the salary and on-costs of the full-time Head of Services.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to KEEN London
£540	06/07/2021	towards the costs of 2 trips to Slime Planet activity centre for children with disabilities from the London Borough of Hackney.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to KEEN London
£8,500	09/04/2020	A one-off, unrestricted grant of £8,500, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant. COVID19
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to KEEN London
£75,000	12/06/2019 36	Empowering volunteers with little or no experience to become invaluable one to one coaches trained to support children and young people with learning, behavioural and physical disabilities
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	18/12/2018	Sport and fun for everyone
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Keen London
£10,755	19/11/2018	We want to provide weekly sports and activity sessions for disabled children in East London and need to hire a venue and equipment.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to KEEN London
£102,000	02/05/2018 36	£102,000 over three years (£35,000; £34,000; £33,000) towards the salary and on-costs of the Participation and Development Co-ordinator.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to KEEN London
£10,000	19/06/2014	£10,000 for a third and final year’s support towards the costs of expanding weekly activities to East London for young people with behavioural, physical, and leaning disabilities.
London Catalyst - KEEN London - 1
£5,000	26/06/2013	Volunteer support for recreational sessions for young people with learning, physical and behavioural difficulties
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Keen London
£20,100	30/05/2012	the hall hire, volunteer costs, training, CRB checks and overheads

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-56

CLARE ELLIS Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Publicist, Other trusteeship: PALACE FOR ALL LIMITED,

EMILY GARDINER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of People

HAZEL PECK Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Solicitor

JILL CATRIONA ROBINSON (Chair) Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Public Relations

MARUSHKA LOBO Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Banking

PATRICK JOSEPH SMEARS Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Software Engineer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/07/2008, number: 1124915
Registered at Companies House on 29/04/2008, number: 06579658

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; all on time

Main office

UNIT W1
8 Woodberry Down
LONDON
N4 2TG

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL OR LEARNING DISABILITIES BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN LONDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION, THROUGH SPECIAL TUITION, COMPETITIONS AND EVENTS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID BENEFICIARIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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