Get Berkshire Active

Registered charity 1150486 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BERKSHIRE COUNTY SPORTS PARTNERSHIP, GET ACTIVE BERKSHIRE

Get Berkshire Active is the Active Partnership for Berkshire, our remit is to champion and inspire sport and physical activity encouraging more people to become more active. We work throughout the county of Berkshire with our 6 Unitary Authorities, schools, youth groups, sports clubs, public, private and charitable leisure providers, charities, social enterprises and other bodies.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BERKSHIRE IN PARTICULAR BY:- (1)WORKING WITH AND THROUGH LOCAL AGENCIES TO INCREASE LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;(2)PROMOTING AND PROVIDING PROGRAMMES AND SERVICES FOR SPORT, RECREATION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, INFORMAL EDUCATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR HEALTHY RECREATION;(3)PROMOTING AND PROVIDING FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR RECREATIONAL, SPORTING OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES AND SERVICES; (4)THE IMPROVEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION; (5)EDUCATION, TRAINING AND COACHING COURSES WHICH PROMOTE PHYSICAL HEALTH AND FITNESS;(6)FACILITATING AND PROVIDING IMPACT EVALUATION, PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND RELATED INTELLIGENCE FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE CONTEXT OF SPORT, RECREATION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND WIDER HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £26,540 for the year ended 31st March 2026, with total incoming resources of £1,090,335 and resources expended of £1,063,795. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £295,236, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months' budgeted expenditure, indicating a strong financial position with capacity to fund projects beyond current funding levels.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Richardson Jones. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £70,655 (FY2025) to more than £70,655 (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07743643 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• COVENEY, Andrew John — director, appointed 16/03/2025on trustee list
• WYATT, Anna Stephanie — director, appointed 16/03/2025on trustee list
• STRANG, Alastair Charles — director, appointed 11/12/2024on trustee list
• BRADLEY, Victoria — director, appointed 24/11/2022on trustee list
• BATCHELOR, Helen Elizabeth — director, appointed 24/11/2022on trustee list
• OBHI, Harjinder Singh, Dr — director, appointed 11/03/2021on trustee list
• HUSSAIN, Tameena — director, appointed 18/06/2020on trustee list
• HALLIDAY, Joanna — director, appointed 18/06/2020on trustee list
• LEACH, Rebecca — director, appointed 18/06/2020on trustee list
• PARKER, Richard Antony — director, appointed 18/06/2020on trustee list
• NICHOLLS, Brett Anthony — secretary, appointed 03/06/2013

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Parkerchair
• Alastair Charles Strang
• Andrew John Coveney
• Anna Stephanie Wyatt
• Dr Harjinder Singh Obhi
• Helen Elizabeth Batchelor
• Joanna Halliday
• Rebecca Leach
• Victoria Bradley

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACTIVE OXFORDSHIRE.

• ACTIVE OXFORDSHIRE income £2.1m
• ACTIVE GLOUCESTERSHIRE income £1.2m
• ACTIVE CHESHIRE income £831k
• ACTIVE LINCOLNSHIRE income £1.0m
• Berkshire Youth LTD income £1.4m
• TOGETHER ACTIVE income £540k

Side by side with its peers

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