LEWISHAM SPORTS CONSORTIUM

Registered charity 1109468 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides sports, recreation, education and training and cultural activities for all age groups.

Objects

TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY (IN PARTICULAR THOSE MEMBERS FROM THE BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC COMMUNITY (BME) AND THOSE WHO RESIDE ON THE BELLINGHAM ESTATE) IN CATFORD, GREATER LONDON, AS THE COUNCIL OF MANAGEMENT SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FORGOING BY:(A) PROMOTING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AND OTHER SPORTS (FACILITIES HERE MEANING LAND KNOWN AS FIRHILL PLAYING FIELD, BUILDINGS EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES);(B) PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PARSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(C) ADVANCING PUBLIC EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISIONS OF EDUCATION AD TRAINING PROGRAMMES (INCLUDING PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAINING AND PROGRAMMES DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR SOCIAL, MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT) DESIGNED TO MEET THEIR NEEDS AND THE NEEDS OF THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE WHO RESIDE ON THE BELLINGHAM ESTATE IN CATFORD GREATER LONDON

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £27,709, resulting in a net income of £10,135 for the year. The trustees report that funds are sufficient for medium-term operation but note a dependency on continued support, warning that further financial support would be needed if current support ceases in the longer term.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/07/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• HARRY ALEXANDER POWELLchair
• ASHLEY LETTS
• LASCELLES UDENZIE DIXON
• MICHAEL ANTHONY GARRICK

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

Operates in: Greenwich · Lewisham · Southwark

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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