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Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

PORTLAND GIG ROWING CLUB 

We promote the sport of Gig Rowing to anyone who wishes to come and have a go at both social and competitive levels. We offer rowing to adults and juniors (11 - 18) a membership fee is payable plus a small fee per row. Gig Rowing is a great way to not only keep fit but also to meet new friends. It helps people to build on their own individual strengths and become part of a winning team.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
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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
28/02/23£10£10£0n/an/an/an/an/a70
28/02/22*£4£4£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
28/02/21*£4£5£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
29/02/20*£14£9£4n/an/an/an/an/a80
28/02/19£14£11£3n/an/an/an/an/a70
28/02/18£12£6£6£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/17£8£9£-2£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/16£18£13£5£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/15£15£16£-1£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/14£15£10£5£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/13£25£41£-17£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/12£39£38£1£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

www.portlandgigrowingclub.co.uk

PORTLANDGIGROWINGCLUB@YAHOO.CO.UK

01305 772523

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Dorset,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
Sport England - Get Fit and Rowing
£10,000 01/12/2011
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Get Fit and Rowing'. This project lists its main activity as Rowing.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/05/2011, number: 1142118
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR22: 9 days late, AR21: 3 days late, AR20: 1 days late,
Main office

7 Markham Avenue
Weymouth
DT4 0QL

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE THE PROMOTION OF PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF PORTLAND AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE FACILITIES FOR ROWING

Defined Area of Benefit:

DORSET

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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