ASSOCIATION FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Registered charity 1114673 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AFPE

The Association for Physical Education (afPE) is committed to being the representative UK organisation for people and agencies delivering or supporting the delivery of physical education in schools and in the wider community.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF HIGH QUALITY PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING CONSULTATION AND QUALIFIED ADVICE TO THE TEACHING PROFESSION, SCHOOLS AND OTHER STATUTORY OR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £190,093 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £405,687 to £215,594. The trustees note that successive deficits have been made in prior years but believe the current level of free reserves is appropriate while they implement a strategy to return the organization to profitability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Richards Sandy Audit Services Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor Jeanne Kerrel Keaychair
• Charlie I'Anson
• Dr Jo Harris
• Dr Rachael Anna Bullingham
• Kate Alexandra Stephenson
• Rebecca Antcliffe
• Richard Patel Grainger
• Shaun Dowling

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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