BLAZE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1127651 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO SPORTING PARTICIPATION AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY FOR YOUNG AND DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE IN ENGLAND AND WALES, AND TO PROVIDE TUITION AND ENCOURAGEMENT IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. TO USE SPORT AND SPORTS PLAYERS TO ENCOURAGE ADOPTION OF ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND GOOD PRACTICES.

Objects

THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AND THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION THROUGH SPORT AND PHYSICAL FITNESS ENGLAND AND WALES.TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THROUGH;A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPABILITIES AND CAPACITY TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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

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

Latest income
£36k
Latest spending
£36k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £638 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a net deficit for the financial year of £427. Per the balance sheet, net assets decreased from £42,229 to £41,802, with unrestricted reserves held at £41,802. The filing notes that the company was entitled to exemption from statutory audit under the small companies regime.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Leicestershire · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£36k£36k
31/12/2024£26k£24k
31/12/2023£18k£17k
31/12/2022£45k£20k
31/12/2021£68k£64k

Common questions

Is BLAZE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £638 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a net deficit for the financial year of £427. Per the balance sheet, net assets decreased from £42,229 to £41,802, with unrestricted reserves held at £41,802. The filing notes that the company was entitled to exemption from statutory audit under the small companies regime. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England29/07/2025£6kCoventry Girls multi-sports project
Sport England27/09/2024£8kWalking Sports for Elderly People
The National Lottery Community Fund29/07/2024£18kBlaze Walking Sports
Sport England18/07/2022£9kJubilee Fund - Blaze Sports for Children
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/06/2021£10k"History of the origins of Ice Hockey and Coventry Blaze Ice Hockey Team"
The National Lottery Community Fund19/03/2021£10kHelping Young People Reach Their Potential
Sport England10/12/2020£6kCOVID19 Return to Play
The National Lottery Community Fund17/08/2016£10kBlaze Holiday Fun and Development
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/06/2014£10k"WW1 and Sport in the West Midlands"
Sport England03/09/2013£9kBlazing Hockey
The National Lottery Community Fund13/01/2011£10kBlaze Community Foundation's MLD Initiative
Sport England04/08/2009£65kBlaze Foundation Community Programme