TRANSPLANT SPORT UK

Registered charity 1127314 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

By staging the British Transplant Games annually for transplant recipients TSUK aims to highlight the benefits of organ donation and transplantation and to encourage the public to sign on the national Organ Donor Register.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE STUDY OF BIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL PROBLEMS OF ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION, TO FACILITATE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN PERSONS CONCERNED WITH ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION AND TO MAKE NEW KNOWLEDGE AVAILABLE FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY;TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND REHABILITATION OF PERSONS WHO HAVE UNDERGONE TRANSPLANT SURGERY BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR SUCH PERSONS;THE ADVANCE OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC RELATING TO ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION.

Area of benefit: UK

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sandwell, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£437k
Latest spending
£430k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £1,286 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £143,254. This figure significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £30,000, which represents six months of operational costs. The accounts state that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £30,000 representing 6 months’ operational costs (reserves figure: £143k)
“The Trustees consider that the ideal level of unrestricted reserves to ensure the ongoing principal activities of the organisation would be £30,000 representing 6 months’ operational costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 17
“At the year end an amount of £65 (2024: £65) was owed to the Charity from its subsidiary company, TS Enterprises Limited. This amount is interest free, unsecured and repayable on demand within 12 months.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 20

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 24/11/2022, 24 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£437k£430k
31/12/2024£47k£56k
31/12/2023£38k£48k
31/12/2022£373k£343k
31/12/2021£105k£39k

Common questions

Is TRANSPLANT SPORT UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £1,286 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £143,254. This figure significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £30,000, which represents six months of operational costs. The accounts state that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TRANSPLANT SPORT UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TRANSPLANT SPORT UK as a grant recipient include THE ASDA FOUNDATION, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ASDA FOUNDATIONFY2023£20kPartnership
THE ASDA FOUNDATIONFY2022£20kPartnership
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS CHARITYFY2023£1kEnabling the Transplant Team to compete at the British Transplant Games

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 WORLD TRANSPLANT GAMES FEDERATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TRANSPLANT SPORT UK£437k——above—no doubt
THE WORLD TRANSPLANT GAMES FEDERATION FY2025£298kmore than £60,000 but less than £70,0001unclear—no doubt
THE BRITISH TRANSPLANTATION SOCIETY FY2025£774k—0above—no doubt
TRANSPLANT LINKS FY2025£199kUnder £60,0000within—no doubt
UNITED THROUGH SPORT FY2025£125k—0unclear—no doubt
UK DEAF SPORT FY2025£386k—0below—no doubt

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