SPEED OF SIGHT LTD

Registered charity 1150463 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SPEED OF SIGHT MOTORSPORTS LIMITED

SPEED OF SIGHT is an organisation committed to the promotion of opportunity for all. We believe that people who are able to take part in a sporting or physical activity find that it helps with their self esteem, social interaction and physical and mental well being. With this in mind we have come together to provide a new experience for people with disabilities, in the form of motor sport.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHETHER ACQUIRED AT BIRTH, IN CHILD HOOD, OR IN ADULT LIFE, WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE EXCLUDED BY ENABLING THEM TO ENJOY THE PLEASURES AND BENEFITS OF TAKING PART IN MOTOR SPORT TRACK EVENTS, BY THE PROVISION OF ADAPTED AND MODIFIED VEHICLES, ALONG SIDE OTHER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS.

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

Causes: Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bolton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£221k
Latest spending
£273k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial performance details are contained in attached financial statements, but these statements are not provided in the document. The trustees' report confirms a reserves policy to retain three months of current expenditure, but no actual reserves figure is disclosed in the text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of current expenditure
“The Trustees’ policy on reserves is to attempt to retain at least three months of current expenditure to ensure that the trustees and the charity may meet their contractual and statutory obligations.” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Speed Of Sight Events Limited
“Speed of Sight Limited is a charitable holding company. It owns 100% of the share capital of Speed Of Sight Events Limited, a company which supports the charitable objectives of its parent charity.” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 90
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 70
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 22/02/2024, 22 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SPEED OF SIGHT LTD (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£221k£273k
31/03/2024£370k£285k
31/03/2023£208k£201k
31/03/2022£200k£192k
31/03/2021£103k£110k

Common questions

Is SPEED OF SIGHT LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial performance details are contained in attached financial statements, but these statements are not provided in the document. The trustees' report confirms a reserves policy to retain three months of current expenditure, but no actual reserves figure is disclosed in the text.

Who funds SPEED OF SIGHT LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SPEED OF SIGHT LTD as a grant recipient include ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUSTFY2023£5kSport
ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUSTFY2021£5kSport

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STATE OF MIND SPORT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SPEED OF SIGHT LTD£221k—0unclear—no doubt
STATE OF MIND SPORT FY2025£146k—0unclear—no doubt
SPORTINSPIRED LTD FY2025£1.4munclear0above—no doubt
THE SPEEDWAY RIDERS' BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025£179k——above—no doubt
Sight Support Worthing FY2026£287k—0unclear—no doubt
OPPORTUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION FY2025£221k—0unclear—no doubt

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