THE BRITISH SPORTS TRUST
Registered charity 1095326 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Leadership Skills Foundation, SPORTS LEADERS UK
The provision of vocational courses, training programmes qualifications and awards to educate people, particularly young people, including those considered to be in financial hardship, in leadership and organisation of sport and physical activity. The delivery of programmes which encourage people to then use those skills in a voluntary capacity to get their communities more active.
Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus on normal operations of £26k and increased its net free reserves by 3% to £1.4m. The trustees consider the current reserve levels of £1.4m to be prudent and appropriate against a stated minimum policy target of £750k.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £750k (held: £1.5m)
“The Trustees currently consider the minimum level of reserves required to be £750k.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~7.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Alastair Green
- Claire de Silva
- Daniel Dodge
- Elizabeth North
- Euan Spence
- Gulnaz Raja
- Louise Preston
- Mohammed Samir
- Neil Cameron
- Soaad Patel
- Stephen Tulip
- Thomas Matthew
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 THE BRITISH SPORTS TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus on normal operations of £26k and increased its net free reserves by 3% to £1.4m. The trustees consider the current reserve levels of £1.4m to be prudent and appropriate against a stated minimum policy target of £750k. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.
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