BRITISH TRIATHLON FOUNDATION TRUST

Registered charity 1138183 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC047901 (OSCR)

Using the engaging sport of triathlon we encourage children to become more active, improving their health, developing their social skills, increasing self esteem and nurturing good habits such as commitment, discipline and respect.Delivered through schools, large sporting events and family friendly festivals, these swim-bike-run based participation events are free for children, aged 7-13.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE FOUNDATION ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1. TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN PROMOTING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR TRIATHLON AND OTHER SPORTS (FACILITIES MEANS ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES, EQUIPMENT, BUILDINGS AND LAND);2. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED;3. TO ADVANCE AND ASSIST IN ADVANCING EDUCATION; 4. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH; 5. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY);6. TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER PURPOSE WHICH IS CHARITABLE .THROUGHOUT THESE ARTICLES A CHARITABLE PURPOSE IS A PURPOSE THAT IS REGARDED AS CHARITABLE IN THE LAWS OF EVERY PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE TERM CHARITABLE IS TO BE INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF EVERY PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM.

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 · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income surplus of £39,558 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £107,345 from £52,381 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £92,676, which the trustees consider an acceptable level given their policy of holding reserves equivalent to months of non-delivery running costs. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue in operational existence for the next 12 months.

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 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — British Triathlon Foundation Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Claire Cochrane
• Catherine Wynne Roberts
• Mark Ward
• Patrick Craig
• Ruth Daniels
• Stephen Graham Rice
• Stephen Paige

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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