MOTIV8 SOUTH

Registered charity 1069085 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MOTIV8

Life chances for young people and families.Motiv8 delivers high quality community, education and employment services that lead to transformed lives and positive outcomes.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that an independent audit was conducted for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in an unqualified opinion that the financial statements give a true and fair view. The auditors concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sumer Audit. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Motiv8 South (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCILHoliday Activities with Food Schemes February 2026 (Half Term) Mini Competition15/12/2026£189k
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCILHoliday Activities and Food Schemes 2026 Easter & Summer Provision23/02/2026£2.6m

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.7m
Cost of raising funds
£118k
Reserves (reported)
£735k
Employees
39

Reported reserves equal ~5.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 7.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.6m£1.7m
31/03/2024£1.6m£1.5m
31/03/2023£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2022£1.1m£1.0m
31/03/2021£1.1m£1.0m

Common questions

Is MOTIV8 SOUTH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that an independent audit was conducted for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in an unqualified opinion that the financial statements give a true and fair view. The auditors concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Audit.

Who funds MOTIV8 SOUTH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MOTIV8 SOUTH as a grant recipient include ENERGISE ME, HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE BLAGRAVE TRUST, THE WILLIAM WATES MEMORIAL TRUST, MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ENERGISE MEFY2024£94k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£60k
ENERGISE MEFY2023£34kGrants to institutions
THE BLAGRAVE TRUSTFY2022£33kThe National Lottery Community Fund (Restart Youth)
THE BLAGRAVE TRUSTFY2024£31kIncreasing civil society's accountability to young people
THE WILLIAM WATES MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2023£30k
THE WILLIAM WATES MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2024£30k
THE BLAGRAVE TRUSTFY2025£21kIncreasing civil society's accountability to young people
THE BLAGRAVE TRUSTFY2022£20kIncreasing civil society's accountability to young people
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10kDiscretionary Grants
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10kDiscretionary Grant
THE HIVE PORTSMOUTHFY2023£8kGrants to institutions
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUSTFY2024£5kRound Four - Food poverty - Enabling Resilience
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUSTFY2023£3k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUSTFY2022£3k
ENERGISE MEFY2022£2k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUSTFY2022£1k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUSTFY2023£1k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUSTFY2024£1k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUSTFY2025£1k
M J CAMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£500
THE HIVE PORTSMOUTHFY2024£450Portsmouth Community Lottery

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/04/2026£20kRadi8 - LGBTQAI+ Youth Hub
Sport England11/03/2026£9kMotiv8 Youth Skills: Floativ8
Postcode Lottery30/11/2025£40kMillionaire Street 2025 11w1
The National Lottery Community Fund20/03/2025£1.0mMotiv8 2030
Sport England10/12/2024£11kMotiv8 Youth Hubs - Swimming Skills
The National Lottery Community Fund02/02/2024£20kLGBTQIA+ support
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/08/2023£16k"Skateboardam and Achieve"
The National Lottery Community Fund17/02/2023£10kFruities LGBTQ Support Drop In
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/12/2022£10k"Sea Our City"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/12/2021£34k"Your Voice 2"
UK government19/08/2020£73kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund29/08/2019£496kTP Place Gosport Hub Project (MOTIV8)
The National Lottery Community Fund25/11/2015£9kMotiv8, You Choose, Positive Activities- Breaking Down Barriers.
The National Lottery Community Fund04/03/2011£10k4 Seasons
The National Lottery Community Fund08/10/2008£5kYoung leaders/young volunteers
The National Lottery Community Fund08/11/2005£169kMotiv8 Outdoors

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 ACTIVE8.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MOTIV8 SOUTH£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
ACTIVE8 FY2025£191k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MOTIVATION CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£4.0m—2unclear—no doubt
ONE-EIGHTY LIMITED FY2025£1.2m——unclear—no doubt
YOUTH MOVES FY2025£4.8m—0unclear—no doubt
NUMBER EIGHT(TAMWORTH) FY2025£323k——above—no doubt

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