COVENTRY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB

Registered charity 1062220 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COVENTRY BOYS CLUB, COVENTRY BOYS' CLUB

Activity based club for young people

Objects

TO ASSIST YOUNG PERSONS, THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, TO DEVELOP TOWARDS THEIR FULL POTENTIAL PARTICULARLY IN THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES SO THAT THEY MAY CONTINUE TO GROW IN MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE MAY THUS BE IMPROVED AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECTIVE TO PROVIDE IN COVENTRY A CENTRE FOR SPORTING AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PERSONS

Area of benefit: COVENTRY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Coventry, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£462k
Latest spending
£404k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £57,748 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £461,811 against total expenditure of £404,063. Unrestricted reserves excluding fixed assets stood at £145,892, which the trustees consider sufficient to fund future activities and in line with Charity Commission recommendations. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no matters coming to the examiner's attention that would cause concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to fund future charitable activities and are in line with the Memorandum of Association and with Charity Commission recommendations for a charity of our size (held: £146k)
“These are felt to be sufficient to fund future charitable activities and are in line with the Memorandum of Association and with Charity Commission recommendations for a charity of our size.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 7

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Coventry City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£462k£404k
31/03/2024£382k£400k
31/03/2023£367k£394k
31/03/2022£374k£358k
31/03/2021£375k£259k

Common questions

Is COVENTRY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £57,748 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £461,811 against total expenditure of £404,063. Unrestricted reserves excluding fixed assets stood at £145,892, which the trustees consider sufficient to fund future activities and in line with Charity Commission recommendations. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no matters coming to the examiner's attention that would cause concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds COVENTRY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COVENTRY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB as a grant recipient include THE COVENTRY GENERAL CHARITY, THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITY, THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY, WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COVENTRY GENERAL CHARITYFY2025£23kContinued support towards providing purposeful leisure time activities for 8-18 year olds, many from difficult ‘inner-city’ areas.
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITYFY2025£20k
THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITYFY2022£15kcore costs of the club
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023Unverified read£3kCommunity Projects and Integration
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3kCompassionate Support
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2022£2kCommunity, Inclusion and Engagement
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2021£1kCommunity Inclusion and Engagement
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITEDFY2021£1k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2024£1kCommunity Inclusion and Engagement
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITEDFY2022£1k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2025£60kCBGC - Changing Young People Lives
Sport England18/08/2025£10kEngaging Youth @ CBGC
Sport England15/11/2023£10kBreaking down barriers with sport
The National Lottery Community Fund25/11/2022£418kMusic and Change - Changing Lives Through Music
Sport England24/05/2021£10kCOVID19 Return to Play
Sport England09/12/2020£10kTGC CF Let’s Get Girls Active
Sport England22/05/2020£4kCOVID-19 CEF
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2020£10kImproves lives by putting down knives
Sport England07/08/2019£10kSummer 2019 Activities
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/06/2019£10k"Through the Eyes of Young People"
Sport England11/06/2019£10kSports Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund01/07/2015£10kSummer activities for disadvantaged young people
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2014£10kSafeguarding our young members and user groups
Sport England04/08/2012£48kImproved changing facilities and roof replacement
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/01/2012£40k"Music and its influences from the Second World War in Coventry"
The National Lottery Community Fund08/12/2011£10kTO CREATE AN ARTS, CRAFT & BEAUTY ROOM
Sport England09/06/2010£8kCoventry Boys Club Boxing Project
The National Lottery Community Fund09/10/2009£10kKitchen and Canteen refurbishment project
The National Lottery Community Fund20/04/2005£5kA weeks camp

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LANCASTER BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COVENTRY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB£462k—0above—no doubt
LANCASTER BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FY2025£93kUnder £50,0000unclear—no doubt
COVENTRY SPORTS FOUNDATION FY2025£12.2m£140,001 - £150,0003below—no doubt
CHICHESTER BOYS CLUB CIO FY2025£84k—0above—no doubt
BRANDON COMMUNITY FOOTBALL CLUB YOUTH FY2025£142k—0unclear—no doubt
TREHERBERT (RHONDDA) BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB FY2025£36k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.