Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 7
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

INVICTUS GAMES FOUNDATION 

The primary activity of the Invictus Games Foundation (Charity) is to facilitate and support the recurrence of the Invictus Games. The Charity has also been involved in additional activities such as carrying out a pilot study in partnership with an academic institution to increase understanding of the effects of the Invictus Games on its participants and their friends and families.
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
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

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
31/12/22£2,072£2,029£43£103£1,613£1,2877.61245
31/12/21£1,240£1,243£-3£73£1,570£1,03710921
31/12/20£1,772£1,181£592£144£1,573£1,00310.266
31/12/19£1,059£972£87£134£981£89811.140
31/12/18£987£784£203£75£894£85813.120
31/12/17£563£626£-63£61£595£59511.420
31/12/16?£402£455£-53£0£0£0n/a00
30/11/15*£970£376£594£0£594£5941910

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 26%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 25%
Liabilities/Income: 25%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 80%
Reserves/Spending: 7.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7
Asset Split ?
Established: 10 years

www.invictusgamesfoundation.org

info@invictusgames.org

02038484650

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

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
Ministry of Defence - VMHaW: Portfolio Development Grants
£10,000 11/02/2022
To develop better, more joined up lasting support for local veterans with mental health needs
Ministry of Defence - Veterans Places, Pathways and People Portfolio Grants Stage 2
£799,841 12/11/2021
To develop better, more joined up lasting support for local veterans with mental health needs
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£17,500 12/11/2021
To increase capacity in services and initiatives that offer supportive comradeship, engagement and wellbeing efforts for those in the Armed Forces community impacted by events in Afghanistan, and the ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£17,500 12/11/2021
To increase capacity in services and initiatives that offer supportive comradeship, engagement and wellbeing efforts for those in the Armed Forces community impacted by events in Afghanistan, and the ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£50,000 03/09/2021
For existing charitable projects to help charities to sustain activities and services that people from Armed Forces communities use and value.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£35,000 12/02/2021
Address social isolation by targeting specific groups within the Armed Forces community who are traditionally harder to reach.
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£35,000 13/11/2020
The Positive Pathways programme funded projects that develop and run activities supporting the mental health and wellbeing of ex-Forces.
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£190,000 14/08/2020
To provide support and mentoring to organisations delivering activities and opportunities under the Positive Pathways programme
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - COVID IMPACT FUND
£57,000 25/06/2020
Funding allowed the group to maintain and enhance its online support services to enable the Wounded, Injured and Sick (WIS) Forces community to stay connected, lead physical and mental health ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covid-19 Impact Fund
£57,000 15/06/2020
To maintain services and activities where organisations' finances had been impacted by Covid
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-67
  • KAREN BRIGGS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/12/2014, number: 1159482
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/11/2014, number: 09318784
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR15: 13 days late,
Main office

Third Floor
24 Old Bond Street
London
W1S 4AP

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE:TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH, RECOVERY AND REHABILITATION OF WOUNDED, INJURED AND SICK SERVICEMEN AND SERVICEWOMEN, BOTH VETERAN AND SERVING, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE, INCLUDING BY:(A) ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN SPORTING ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE FULLY AND EQUALLY IN SOCIETY; AND (B) ORGANISING, ENCOURAGING THE ORGANISATION OF AND FACILITATING SPORTING AND OTHER EVENTS WHICH RAISE THE AWARENESS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO THE POSITION OF WOUNDED, INJURED AND SICK SERVICEMEN AND SERVICEWOMEN, BOTH VETERAN AND SERVING AND THE ROLE PLAYED BY THEIR FAMILIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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