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BH LIVE

Registered charity 1138311 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Arts,Sport, Leisure and Cultural Trust

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£48.1m
Latest spending
£47.1m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year of £988,522, with total income increasing by 1.47% to £48.1 million. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £2.7 million, which is below the stated policy target of £5 million. The trustees remain confident in the business's future, citing continued growth in active membership and a new leisure contract commencing in September 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £160,001 - £170,000 — above the median for charities its size (£130k)
“In the band £160,001 - £170,000” — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: in excess of £5 million (held: £2.7m)
“The aim is to build up reserves in excess of £5 million to cover the amount of advance ticket sales that BH Live collects for cultural shows.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The subsidiary company gift aids its surplus profits to the charity parent. The gross amount receivable for the year amounted to £1,439,025 (2024: £1,489,653).
“The subsidiary company gift aids its surplus profits to the charity parent. The gross amount receivable for the year amounted to £1,439,025 (2024: £1,489,653). At the end of the year, the parent charity was owed by the subsidiary £659,386 (2024: The parent charity was owed by the subsidiary £633,198). During the year, the parent charity apportioned £1,184,601 (2024: £1,196,544) of costs, by way of recharges to its subsidiary.” — page 54
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: BH Live Enterprises Limited
“BH Live (Enterprises) Limited, Company Number 07175626 is a wholly owned trading subsidiary of the parent organisation, BH Live.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Forvis Mazars LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (1,522 followers) · instagram (218 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£48.1m
Total spending
£47.1m
Cost of raising funds
£3.1m
Reserves (reported)
£2.7m
Employees
1,483

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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: 6.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Croydon · Dorset · Portsmouth City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£48.1m£47.1m
31/03/2024£47.4m£46.6m
31/03/2023£42.4m£41.8m
31/03/2022£34.3m£33.8m
31/03/2021£18.2m£20.7m

Common questions

Is BH LIVE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year of £988,522, with total income increasing by 1.47% to £48.1 million. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £2.7 million, which is below the stated policy target of £5 million. The trustees remain confident in the business's future, citing continued growth in active membership and a new leisure contract commencing in September 2025. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Forvis Mazars LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of BH LIVE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £160,001 - £170,000 band.

Who funds BH LIVE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BH LIVE as a grant recipient include ENERGISE ME.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ENERGISE MEFY2022£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England18/08/2021£10kTGC CF HRT – Not For Me!
Sport England12/07/2021£54kCOVID-19 CLRF
Sport England09/03/2021£3kToyota Parasport Fund
Sport England27/06/2019£4kNordic Walking for those with long term health conditions
Sport England04/01/2018£6kTIED - Boscombe Men
Sport England12/10/2015£15kSporta Family Series Bournemouth
Sport England21/07/2014£38kActive Health Link

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
BAGRI FOUNDATION1£698k
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DACORUM SPORTS TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BH LIVE£48.1m£160,001 - £170,000—unclear—no doubt
DACORUM SPORTS TRUST FY2025£3.2mUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
CAMBRIDGE SPORTS HALL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.2m—0below—no doubt
CIRCADIAN TRUST FY2025£14.1m——below—no doubt
ROCHDALE BOROUGHWIDE CULTURAL TRUST FY2025£15.7m——unclear—no doubt
BOROUGH OF HAVANT SPORT AND LEISURE TRUST FY2025£8.1m——unclear—no doubt

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