DAME KELLY HOLMES TRUST
Registered charity 1128529 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DKH LEGACY TRUST
We are a UK youth sports charity which supports 11 to 25 year olds in both education and in the community. We use the power of world class athletes to train and mentor young people to achieve their potential through personal, social and emotional development programmes. In partnerships nationally and locally, our programmes increase the self esteem, confidence and resilience of the young people.
Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £55,507 at the year-end, having recovered from a deficit in the prior year. However, the auditors have identified a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing negative unrestricted reserves in interim management accounts and reliance on unconfirmed income. The trustees maintain that mitigating actions, including cost-saving measures and active contract negotiations, support the appropriateness of the going concern basis.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of operating costs (held: £56k)
“three months of operating costs” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed
“These events or conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Third Sector Accountancy. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → material uncertainty (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
In the news
Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dame Kelly Holmes Trust (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Jo McDiarmid — Interim CEO (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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£188k
Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (58% 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: 17.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Samantha Busseychair
- Helen Clare Donovan
- Philip Bunt · trustee of 2 other charities
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is DAME KELLY HOLMES TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £55,507 at the year-end, having recovered from a deficit in the prior year. However, the auditors have identified a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing negative unrestricted reserves in interim management accounts and reliance on unconfirmed income. The trustees maintain that mitigating actions, including cost-saving measures and active contract negotiations, support the appropriateness of the going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Third Sector Accountancy.
Who funds DAME KELLY HOLMES TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name DAME KELLY HOLMES TRUST as a grant recipient include GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL CHILDREN'S CHARITY, BEYOND SPORT FOUNDATION, PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION, THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST, THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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