LIVING SPORT CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH SPORTS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Registered charity 1124122 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Living Better
LIVING BETTER works to increase opportunities to be active and participate in sport, wellbeing, and physical activity throughout the East of England and East Midlands by connecting, influencing, developing people and organisations to deliver high quality events and activities in their local communities.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity reported a total income of £2,368,302 and a net surplus of £21,519 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Total funds held were £436,956, with unrestricted free reserves of £168,292, which the trustees state is below their amended reserves policy target range of £205,927 to £385,096. The auditor confirmed the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Cambridgeshire County Council (46% of income)
“Cambridgeshire County Council was the largest funder during the year as a result of the Learn-2-Live Well fund, totalling £1,090,515”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £168k; policy: between three months’ budgeted running costs at £385,096 and six months coverage should 40% of funding was to be withdrawn at £205,927)
“Unrestricted free reserves of £168,292 is below the reserves target range above.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Living Active Limited
“Living Sport has Living Active Limited (11214648), a subsidiary registered, but this remains dormant.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Corporate structure
LIVING ACTIVE LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — LIVING SPORT CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH SPORTS PARTNERSHIP (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- PLAYFORD, Daniel — director, appointed 04/12/2025on trustee list
- KAILEY, Arabella — director, appointed 04/12/2025on trustee list
- MORRIS, Andrew John — director, appointed 04/12/2025on trustee list
- TOWNSEND, Martin — director, appointed 19/04/2024on trustee list
- HARDMAN, David Andrew — director, appointed 19/04/2024on trustee list
- HESELWOOD, Paul William — director, appointed 19/04/2024on trustee list
- MCCURDY, Robert Nigel — director, appointed 06/10/2021on trustee list
- COULSON, David — director, appointed 01/10/2020on trustee list
- HYDE, Samantha — secretary, appointed 27/07/2026
Official officers record.
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.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (89% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (27/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Martin Townsendchair
- Andrew John Morris
- Andy Wild
- Arabella Kailey
- Daniel Playford
- David Coulson
- David Hardman
- Paul Heselwood
- Robert Nigel McCURDY · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Norfolk · Peterborough City · Suffolk
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LIVING SPORT CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH SPORTS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a total income of £2,368,302 and a net surplus of £21,519 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Total funds held were £436,956, with unrestricted free reserves of £168,292, which the trustees state is below their amended reserves policy target range of £205,927 to £385,096. The auditor confirmed the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
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