WOMEN IN SPORT
Registered charity 1060267 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOMEN'S SPORT AND FITNESS FOUNDATION, WOMENS SPORTS FOUNDATION
Women in Sportis dedicated to improving and promoting opportunities for women and girls in sport and physical activity - in all roles and at all levels - through advocacy, information, education, research and training. We campaign for change at all levels of sport through raising awareness and influencing policy.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity realized a deficit on unrestricted funds for the year, resulting in free reserves of £634,767, which the trustees confirm represents six months of operating costs. While the organization remains within its stated reserves policy target of three to six months, the trustees note a high dependency on grant funding from Sport England, which provides two-thirds of the charity's income. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of operating costs (held: £635k)
“Currently our policy is to hold between 3-6 months of operating costs to ensure financial stability given the current operating environment and in line with charity best practice.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Women in Sport Trading Limited
“Women in Sport has a fully owned trading subsidiary Women in Sport Trading (company number 14971534) incorporated in June 2023.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
WOMEN IN SPORT TRADING LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
- Turnover: £76k
- Profit before tax: £65k
- Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £65k
- Amounts owed to parent undertaking: £82,532
“The whole of the profit on ordinary activities arising for the year amounting to £65,056 is paid to the parent charity, Women in Sport, under gift aid further to the deed of covenant held by the charity.”
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Women in Sport (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Stephanie Hilborne OBE — Chief Executive (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- OTUNG, Yama — director, appointed 21/03/2024on trustee list
- MOORE, Brian — director, appointed 21/03/2024on trustee list
- NEATE, Mary Jane Fiona, Baroness — director, appointed 16/01/2024not on trustee list
- CALDERWOOD, Catherine — director, appointed 16/01/2024on trustee list
- KAUR, Kuldeep — director, appointed 06/05/2023on trustee list
- NEWTON, Julia Jane — director, appointed 06/05/2023on trustee list
- MANN, Steve, Dr — director, appointed 31/01/2019on trustee list
- WIJEWEERA, Harinie Kumudu Patabandige — secretary, appointed 01/02/2018
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£114k
Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (75% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Julia Newtonchair
- Brian Moore
- Catherine Calderwood
- Dr Steve Mann
- Kuldeep Kaur
- Polly Neates
- SUE WICKS
- Sophie Power
- Yama Otung
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WOMEN IN SPORT financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity realized a deficit on unrestricted funds for the year, resulting in free reserves of £634,767, which the trustees confirm represents six months of operating costs. While the organization remains within its stated reserves policy target of three to six months, the trustees note a high dependency on grant funding from Sport England, which provides two-thirds of the charity's income. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.
Who funds WOMEN IN SPORT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WOMEN IN SPORT as a grant recipient include SWEATY BETTY FOUNDATION, THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED, ROSA FUND.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
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