SOLIDARITY SPORTS

Registered charity 1123589 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We support children's healing through sports, arts and crafts, healthy eating, mentoring, days out and holidays within the UK and abroad. The glue that binds our programmes together is a commitment to creating a safe, inclusive, and loving environment where happy memories can flourish. We believe every child deserves happiness.

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Latest income
£655k
Latest spending
£654k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Solidarity Sports generated £654,947 in income for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a net income of £653. The charity held unrestricted reserves of £366,389, which the trustees confirm represents approximately 6.7 months of operating costs, sitting within their stated policy of holding reserves equivalent to a minimum of six months of expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,000 - £79,999 — above the median for charities its size (£60k)
“The number of employees whose total employee benefits excluding pension contributions earning over £60,000, classified within bands of £10,000 is as follows: £70,000 - £79,999” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose total employee benefits excluding pension contributions earning over £60,000, classified within bands of £10,000 is as follows: £70,000 - £79,999” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Trusts and Foundations (53% of income)
“Trusts and Foundations remained our most significant income stream, contributing £345,984, or 53% of total income.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months of operating expenditure (held: £366k)
“Our policy is to hold reserves equivalent to a minimum of six months of operating expenditure”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Solidarity Sports (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£655k
Total spending
£654k
Reserves (reported)
£366k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~6.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster · Hammersmith And Fulham · Kensington And Chelsea · Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£655k£654k
31/03/2024£520k£525k
31/03/2023£583k£516k
31/03/2022£374k£351k
31/03/2021£477k£294k

Common questions

Is SOLIDARITY SPORTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Solidarity Sports generated £654,947 in income for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a net income of £653. The charity held unrestricted reserves of £366,389, which the trustees confirm represents approximately 6.7 months of operating costs, sitting within their stated policy of holding reserves equivalent to a minimum of six months of expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of SOLIDARITY SPORTS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,000 - £79,999 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds SOLIDARITY SPORTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOLIDARITY SPORTS as a grant recipient include Young K&C, The Caring Family Foundation, The Leathersellers' Foundation, THE CALLEVA FOUNDATION, THE CHILDHOOD TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Young K&CFY2022£275kHoliday Activities and Food
The Caring Family FoundationFY2024£250kGeneral
The Leathersellers' FoundationFY2024£200kACE Charity Main Grants
THE CALLEVA FOUNDATIONFY2024£68kChildren's holidays
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2023£52k
THE CALLEVA FOUNDATIONFY2025£50kCommitment/Declaration of Intent
THE GROVE TRUSTFY2022£50kfund a new senior position - Chief Operations Officer
KUSUMA TRUST UKFY2023£25kSolidarity Sport’s Core Costs
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2025£20k
THE GROVE TRUSTFY2021£10kSummer Programs
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIESFY2023£10kTo fund towards your two-week Easter Holidays project.
THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATIONFY2022£10kRecover + Reconnect Appeal
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2024£8k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2022£6k
DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITYFY2025£6kHoliday Schemes
DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITYFY2026£5kHoliday Scheme
JOHN LYON'S CHARITYFY2025£5kactivities for vulnerable children living with or recovering from complex trauma
DR EDWARDS AND BISHOP KING'S FULHAM CHARITYFY2022£5kGrants to organisations
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIESFY2025£5kThis grant will fund the delivery of the Under 5s programme and cover the projects such as equipment, healthy snacks, DBS checks for volunteers, volunteer expen
THE CAMPDEN CHARITIES TRUSTEEFY2024£2kReferral Related Grant Funding
THE CAMPDEN CHARITIES TRUSTEEFY2022£2kReferral Funding
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIESFY2024£500Salaries.
Young K&CFY2024—General Grant

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation20/10/2023£165kGrant to Solidarity Sports
The National Lottery Community Fund26/05/2023£10kEssential equipment to enable delivery of projects for vulnerable children.
The Mercers' Company03/03/2021£6kCovid-19 Rapid Response Fund Grant
Greater London Authority01/11/2020£5kChristmas Project 2020
UK government22/09/2020£34kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
UK government26/06/2020£23kVSCE CMC Fund
The Mercers' Company04/04/2019£50kGrant to Solidarity Sports
The National Lottery Community Fund27/02/2019£9kEaster Holiday Project
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2012£8kHealthy and Active for Brighter Futures
The National Lottery Community Fund07/04/2011£10kSport For Change
The National Lottery Community Fund19/08/2008£6kEarl's Court Sports Project

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 SOLIDARITY PROJECTS LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOLIDARITY SPORTS£655k£70,000 - £79,9991above—no doubt
SOLIDARITY PROJECTS LTD FY2025£79k—0unclear—no doubt
POWER TO INSPIRE FY2024£122k—0unclear—no doubt
SOCIAL LIFE OPPORTUNITIES (SOLO) FY2025£2.3m—0unclear—no doubt
SPORTS FUN 4 ALL FY2025£251k—0below—no doubt
SPORTS CONNECTIONS FOUNDATION FY2025£155k—0unclear—no doubt

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