Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +5
    Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

    ST MATTHEWS BIG LOCAL (LEICESTER) 

    To promote the benefit of residents of St Matthews Estate Leicester, by associating together the residents with the statutory authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to improve facilities and service provision in the interest of social welfare, community cohesion and improving conditions and life chances for residents including by the provision of community facilities.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
    • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

    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: 8 years

    WWW.STMATTHEWSBIGLOCAL.COM

    STMATTHEWSBIGLOCAL@GMAIL.COM

    07446864116

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    UN SDGs
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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
    31/08/23£223£213£10n/an/an/an/an/a35
    31/08/22£193£221£-29n/an/an/an/an/a35
    31/08/21£197£205£-8n/an/an/an/an/a90
    31/08/20£234£170£64n/an/an/an/an/a12
    31/08/19£220£160£60n/an/an/an/an/a18
    31/08/18£448£105£343£0£0£0n/a00
    31/08/17£119£99£21£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Listed activities
    • Amateur Sport
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
    • Recreation
    How it operates
    • Makes Grants to Organisations
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Leicester City,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 35 volunteers

    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
    Sport England£54,211
    National Lottery Community Fund£15,025
    DCMS£10,000
    Masonic Trust£4,000
    Tudor Trust£4,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
    £3,000 26/05/2022
    Core Funding for St Matthews Big Local
    Sport England - Jubilee Fund - 70 Jumps for the Jubilee
    £3,116 30/03/2022
    A project to increase participation in physical activity of local inactive black & minority ethnic females. A Sport Coach will facilitate weekly sessions for up to 25 people (aged 40 to 99) at ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Her Majesty is Celebrated
    £5,025 10/12/2021
    The funding will be used to organise a street party in Leicester to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The project aims to bring the local community together decreasing isolation and ....more
    Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
    £1,000 05/03/2021
    Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
    Tudor Trust - Grant to St Matthews Big Local (Leicester)
    £2,000 05/01/2021
    as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
    Sport England - Workforce diversity funding 2019-21
    £14,456 16/12/2020
    17
    Funding under Sport England's Workforce Diversity Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Workforce diversity funding 2019-21. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on ....more
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £10,000 15/07/2020
    "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
    Tudor Trust - Grant to St Matthews Big Local (Leicester) (COVID19 Grant)
    £2,000 02/07/2020
    as emergency funding to support additional services for people in St Matthews, Leicester, during the local Coronavirus lockdown
    National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting St Matthews for the Future
    £10,000 30/04/2020
    12
    The funding will be used to expand the organisation’s food bank. The project aims to support local people through the Covid-19 pandemic.
    Sport England - Workforce diversity funding 2019-21
    £36,639 05/02/2020
    17
    Funding under Sport England's Workforce Diversity Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Workforce diversity funding 2019-21. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on ....more
    Tudor Trust - Grant to St Matthews Big Local (Leicester)
    £58,000 22/11/2018
    24
    over two years as continuation funding towards salaries at a community organisation supporting people living on the St Matthew's estate in Leicester
    Tudor Trust - Grant to St Matthews Big Local (Leicester)
    £40,000 30/11/2017
    24
    over two years towards salaries at a communtiy organisation supporting people living on the St Matthew's estate in Leicester
    Sport England - MUGA (2 pitches, one floodlit)
    £100,000 11/08/2017
    6
    Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled 'MUGA (2 pitches, one floodlit)'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports. This funding ....more
    Sport England - MUGA (2 pitches, one floodlit)
    £100,000 11/08/2017
    6
    Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled MUGA (2 pitches, one floodlit). This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
    DCMS - ALB-MUGA (2 pitches, one floodlit)
    £100,000 11/08/2017
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (10)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/04/2016, number: 1166668
    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
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    7 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    ST. MATTHEWS HOUSE
    25 KAMLOOPS CRESCENT
    LEICESTER
    LE1 2HX

    Objectives

    To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of The City of Leicester and the County of Leicestershire and in particular the community of St Matthews Estate, Leicester without distinction of gender, sexual orientation, race or politics, religion or other opinions, by associating together with the said inhabitants, and the statutory authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to improve facilities and service provision in the interest of social welfare, community cohesion and improving conditions and life chances for local residents including by the provision of a community facility.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
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