SPORTING MARVELS LIMITED

Registered charity 1101562 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sporting Marvels is a Christian Sports Ministry that partners with the schools and churches of the Rhondda Valleys. Through positive role models we look to encourage local youngsters to make wiser, more positive choices and to change the way they think; about themselves, about others, and about their community and society in general.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£316k

Latest spending

£277k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year ended 31 August 2025 was £316,067, representing a 14.1% growth from the previous year, driven largely by a significant one-off donation. Expenditure totaled £276,649, resulting in a net surplus, with the trustees noting that unrestricted reserves did not quite meet their stated policy target of 3-6 months of expenditure based on banked income alone, though committed income helped bridge the gap.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £30,000 - £34,999 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“During the year under review, the highest paid staff member’s support package fell within the: £30,000 - £34,999 band.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Fundraising cost ratio: 9.1% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“With £28,788 of direct fundraising costs against a total income of £316,067 during the year under review”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £83k; policy: three to six months of resources expended)

“At the end of the year under review, reserves did not quite meet this minimum target as far as banked income was concerned. However, when factoring committed income at the start of the next period, the target was met.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04543255

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.

DAVIES, Chelsea Leigh — director, appointed 09/03/2026not on trustee list
SMITH, Ian — director, appointed 09/03/2026not on trustee list
DAVIES, Philip Rhys — director, appointed 01/10/2002not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

BOB THOMAS · trustee of 1 other charity
Carl Leslie Brettle · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Fiona Margaret Davies
John K Cox

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

Operates in: Rhondda Cynon Taff

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£316k	£277k
31/08/2024	£277k	£267k
31/08/2023	£236k	£270k
31/08/2022	£238k	£252k
31/08/2021	£232k	£199k

Common questions

Is SPORTING MARVELS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year ended 31 August 2025 was £316,067, representing a 14.1% growth from the previous year, driven largely by a significant one-off donation. Expenditure totaled £276,649, resulting in a net surplus, with the trustees noting that unrestricted reserves did not quite meet their stated policy target of 3-6 months of expenditure based on banked income alone, though committed income helped bridge the gap. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of SPORTING MARVELS LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £30,000 - £34,999 band.

Who funds SPORTING MARVELS LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SPORTING MARVELS LIMITED as a grant recipient include KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRIES, THE GOSHEN TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRIES	FY2025	£28k
KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRIES	FY2024	£28k
KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRIES	FY2022	£27k
KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRIES	FY2023	£25k
THE GOSHEN TRUST	FY2022	£15k
THE GOSHEN TRUST	FY2023	£5k