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Special Olympics Great Britain

A Registered Charity based in England

This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 3 active records and 0 inactive records, from 3 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-800329 .
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Description

Providing year round sports training and competition opportunities to children and adults with intellectual (learning disabilities). Currently the charity serves 8000 athletes annually supported by over 2800 volunteers.

Also known as

  • City of Hull Special Olympics
  • Dearne Valley Special Olympics Equestrian Group
  • Dearne Valley Special Olympics Group
  • Ellesmere Port and Neston Special Olympics Group
  • North Shropshire Special Olympics
  • Redditch Special Olympics
  • Sogb
  • Special Olympics GB
  • Special Olympics Great Britain
  • Special Olympics UK
  • ...and 15 other names
  • Sharks Special Olympics Swimming Club
  • Special Olympics Brecon
  • Special Olympics Bury
  • Special Olympics City of Birmingham
  • Special Olympics GB
  • Special Olympics Gateshead
  • Special Olympics Great Britain
  • Special Olympics Hammersmith & Fulham
  • Special Olympics North Yorkshire
  • Special Olympics Plymouth and District
  • Special Olympics St Albans
  • Special Olympics Stafford
  • Sunderland Special Olympics
  • Wandsworth Special Olympics
  • Wolverhampton Special Olympics

CCEW Charity number

800329

Company number

02301452

Registered

Postcode

WC2B 6NH

Website

specialolympicsgb.org.uk

Domain

sogb.org.uk

Latest income

£1,810,530 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Special Olympics Great Britain

GB-CHC-800329

Locations

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Areas of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

Special Olympics Great Britain

GB-CHC-800329

Linked records

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 3 active records and 0 inactive records, from 3 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-800329 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

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GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 800329 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Special Olympics Great Britain

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Last updated 2024-04-27

Special Olympics Great Britain

GB-CHC-800329

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Social clubs and similar member-serving activities G13

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

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  • Beneficiary group BE » Children BE102
  • Beneficiary group BE » People with learning disabilities BE110
  • Beneficiary group BE » People with disabilities BE200
  • Charity and VCS support CV » Volunteering CV104
  • Education ED » Training ED300
  • Leisure LE » Sports LE106

Theme (CCEW)

  • Disability 104
  • Amateur Sport 110

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • Elderly/old People 202
  • People With Disabilities 203

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Human Resources 304
  • Provides Services 306

Scale of operation

  • National

Special Olympics Great Britain

GB-CHC-800329

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1988-11-02 Registered as a charity
2004-09-30 614,180 519,250
2005-09-30 1,069,989 1,229,331
2006-09-30 682,550 612,105
2007-09-30 1,410,972 1,243,016
2008-09-30 1,023,119 949,332
2009-09-30 1,595,920 1,537,716
2010-09-30 1,210,566 1,142,811
2011-09-30 1,617,608 1,542,858
2012-09-30 1,924,527 1,445,922
2013-12-31 2,845,650 3,120,863
2014-12-31 1,431,858 1,621,985
2015-12-31 2,454,784 1,939,709
2016-12-31 2,385,275 2,375,304
2017-12-31 3,250,707 3,885,802
2018-12-31 1,782,215 1,627,678
2019-12-31 2,272,709 1,910,047
2020-12-31 1,056,620 1,025,572
2021-12-31 1,116,879 1,135,813
2022-12-31 1,810,530 1,619,452
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Special Olympics Great Britain

GB-CHC-800329

Charity people

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2022
£
2021
£
Employees 13 10
Employees paid more than £60,000 1 1
Volunteers 3,841 3,000
Trustees 9
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Special Olympics Great Britain

GB-CHC-800329

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2022
£000s
2021
£000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 1,059.4 692.9
Legacies - -
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 1,059.4 692.9
Income from charitable activities 242.7 133.3
Income from other trading activities 495.7 273.3
Income from investments 1.1 1.1
Other income 11.7 16.3
Total 1,810.5 1,116.9
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds 244.8 107.0
Spending on raising funds 244.8 107.0
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 1,374.6 1,028.8
Charitable activities 1,374.6 1,028.8
Other spending - -
Total 1,619.5 1,135.8
Net income / (expenditure) 191.1 (18.9)

Special Olympics Great Britain

GB-CHC-800329

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2022
£000s
2021
£000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 12.7 12.6
Investment assets - -
12.7 12.6
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 1,627.0 1,652.1
Other current assets 73.0 67.7
1,700.0 1,719.8
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (461.8) (566.2)
Net current assets 1,238.2 1,153.6
Total assets less current liabilities 1,250.9 1,166.2
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (114.4) (155.9)
Net assets 1,136.5 1,010.3
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 42.3 89.5
Unrestricted funds 1,094.2 920.7
1,136.5 1,010.3

Special Olympics Great Britain

GB-CHC-800329

Income from government

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2022
£
2021
£
Contracts with government
None recorded
Government grants
Income from government grants 578,064 228,882
Government grants as % of total income 31.9% 20.5%
Number of government grants 4 2

Special Olympics Great Britain

GB-CHC-800329

Grants received

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Received 66 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Sport England
System Partner Investment 2022-27
£1,528,000
3 years
System Partner Investment 2022-27
Apr 2023 to Mar 2027
Forever Manchester
Zuto Make A Difference Fund
£1,000
4.590163934426229 months
Boccia Development
Nov 2022 to Mar 2023
Sport England
COVID-19 Sector Renewal Fund
£200,000
1 month
Sector Renewal Fund: Special Olympics Summer Series
Jun 2022
Sport England
COVID-19 Sector Renewal Fund
£320,644
1 year
Sector Renewal Fund: Pandemic Recovery Funding
Aug 2021 to Apr 2023
Co-operative Group £4,289 Grant to Dearne Valley Special Olympics Equestrian Group
Sport England
COVID-19 Sector Renewal Fund
£331,359
1 year
Sector Renewal Fund: Pandemic Recovery Funding
Aug 2021 to Apr 2023
Forever Manchester
Auto Trader Community Fund
£1,000
3.6721311475409837 months
Return to Kurling
Oct 2021 to Jan 2022
Forever Manchester
Made By Sport Fund
£5,000
3.442622950819672 months
Special Olympics Bury Sports
Jun 2021 to Sep 2021
Forever Manchester
Forever Manchester Awards
£1,000
4.360655737704918 months
Football Development Project
Jan 2021 to May 2021
Sport England
Sector Partner Rollover
£96,505
4 years
NDSO 2017-20 (Sector Partner Rollover)
Nov 2017 to Mar 2022

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

National Lottery grants data comes from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport who publish the National Lottery grants database.

This data is used under the Open Government Licence. Grants that are also published under 360Giving have been removed to ensure there is not duplication.

  • The National Lottery (1 grant) | Licence

Special Olympics Great Britain

GB-CHC-800329

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