BLUECOAT SPORTS

Registered charity 1096244 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Assist Christs Hospital School and other schools, local authority organisations and charities in the locality by providing facilities for physical eduation and training for personal and teamwork development. Also to promote health and fitness amongst the School's pupils and the wider community.

Objects

3.1.1 TO ASSIST IN FURTHERING THE OBJECTS OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL AND OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE FACILITIES FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PERSONAL AND TEAMWORK DEVELOPMENT AND AS A NATURAL COUNTERPART TO THE EDUCATION OF THE MIND TO ENCOURAGE A MORE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE, INCLUDING SWIMMING, GYMNASTICS, ATHLETIC AND OTHER TEAM SPORTS3.1.2 TO PROMOTE PHYSICAL HEALTH AND FITNESS FOR ALL BY PROVIDING WATER-BASED AND OTHER PHYSICAL TRAINING, THERAPEUTIC AND HEALTH-RECOVERY FACILITIES, INCLUDING SPORTS THERAPY AND INJURY TREATMENT FACILITIES, FOR USE BY INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS IN THE LOCALITY OR ELSEWHERE IN THIS COUNTRY OR OVERSEAS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION GENERALLY OR OF PHYSICAL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN CASES OF INFIRMITY, INCAPACITY OR OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING TO PROVIDE SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: 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 total income for the year was £2.4 million, resulting in a net income of £128,027. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £489,000, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £380,000 (two months' running costs). The trustees and auditor confirm that resources are adequate to meet obligations as they fall due, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JAMES MACLEANchair
• Gurinder Singh Sumra · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nigel Currie
• Paul Guyer
• Sarah Abigail Scott
• Thomas Allyn Poynter Godfrey

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SKY BLUES IN THE COMMUNITY.

• SKY BLUES IN THE COMMUNITY income £1.7m
• BLUE COAT PRE-SCHOOL UNIT AND BUSY BEES income £368k
• ST MARY'S COLLEGE SPORTS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY income £203k
• CLUB DONCASTER COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £2.0m
• READING BLUE COAT SCHOOL income £19.4m
• SPORTINSPIRED LTD income £1.4m

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