SPORT 4 LIFE UK

Registered charity 1115222 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sport 4 Life UK (S4L) believes in a level playing field where every young person has the opportunity to create a better future for themselves. S4L is proud to provide the opportunity for young people aged 11-29 to prepare for, and move into, sustained education, employment or training, by improving their employability and key life skills - through its sports-themed mentoring and training services.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £174,682 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in the utilization of unrestricted reserves. Per the trustees' report, the charity remains in a stable financial position due to strengthened controls and secured future funding, despite operating in a challenging external environment.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sport 4 Life UK (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Sports Key — “Partnering with Sport 4 Life UK we have not only had significant funding support but also support with vital insight, expert guidance on str…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter 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: 4.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Gahirchair
• Alton Brown
• Carolyn Anne Keenan
• Christopher James Sharman
• Emma Elizabeth Neale
• Gurdeep Kaur Bilkhu
• Julie Iris Ann Bailey
• Robert James Bayliss

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Dudley · Sandwell · Walsall · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPORTS FUN 4 ALL.

• SPORTS FUN 4 ALL income £251k
• LOVE4LIFE income £232k
• SPORTED FOUNDATION income £6.8m
• LIFEBEAT income £166k
• LEADERSHIP THROUGH SPORT AND BUSINESS income £1.2m
• SOLIDARITY SPORTS income £655k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.