ISLINGTON COMMUNITY SPORTS ACADEMY

Registered charity 1146888 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

ICSA run 7 days per week for sessions in amateur boxing, recreational boxing fitness and football. Our amateur boxing section is one of the countries largest and more successful clubs. The age range for the participants from Academy level to the Elite is from 8 years 40years old but recreational have no upper age limit. We run classes for recreational boxers and also have 6 football teams.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP PEOPLE,AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE,THROUGH:- THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE,DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;- PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS,CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £241,900 at the end of the year, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target of maintaining three to six months of expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £28,135, driven by strong charitable activity income and other trading activities, while maintaining a solid financial position with manageable debt levels.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• 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 — Islington Community Sports Academy (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• YES Charity – Youth Experience in Sport — “YES create opportunities for at risk young people in the most deprived boroughs of London so they can play and be engaged in sport. Doing so…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (74% 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: 12.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL DOHERTYchair
• Alexander Howard
• Catherine Spencer
• Doron Ilan Spiro
• JOHN ANDREW STANLEY RICHARDS
• LENNY HAGLAND · trustee of 2 other charities
• Millie Lynn Reid
• REGGIE HAGLAND · trustee of 1 other charity
• STEVEN ANDREW O'NEILL

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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