ASCB CHARITABLE FUND

Registered charity 1123854 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARMY SPORT CONTROL BOARD, ARMY SPORT CONTROL BOARD LIMITED

The ASCB meets its objectives by making an annual grant to the 49 sports associations/unions. Making grants from the Army Sports Lottery (ASL). Making grants to individual sportsmen/women. Making grants for garrison/units for sports facilities/infrastructure.

Causes: Amateur Sport · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £760,059 and increased its total funds to £13,262,271 as of 31 March 2024. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds sufficient free reserves to cover one year of expenditure and grant making, maintaining a healthy financial position despite inflationary pressures.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Maj Gen (Retd) D Amison CBE — Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (source)
• Lt Col (Retd) P Leighton MBE — Chief Operating Officer (COO) (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Army Sport Lottery — “The Army Sport Lottery provides an essential source of non-public funding for sport. Members can win attractive prizes and apply for a range…” (source page)
• Mongoose Agency — “Sponsorship provides additional non-public funding for sport. For more information contact Army Sport and Mongoose Agency for more informati…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~16.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (79% 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: 29.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Justin George Edward Stenhousechair
• Abigail Cullen
• Charlotte Winship
• DAVID HARLEY ATHOL ROWE
• Grant Jamie Kerr
• JAMES WILLIAM TAYLOR MBE
• NIGEL CHRISTOPHER ALLISON
• Philip John McBride
• ROSS HENZELL NOOTT
• Vincent Connelly

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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 THE ARMY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.

• THE ARMY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION income £335k
• ARMY RUGBY UNION TRUST income £885k
• THE SPORTS COUNCIL TRUST COMPANY income £4.0m
• ARMY RIFLE ASSOCIATION income £211k
• LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION income £5.5m
• UKAF RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £186k

Side by side with its peers

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