Stride UK Foundation Limited

Registered charity 1150767 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DIANE MODAHL SPORTS FOUNDATION, DMSF

A CO-COORDINATED APPROACH TO DEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING SPORTING AND ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. WE USE SPORT AS THE VEHICLE TO ENABLE YOUNG PEOPLE TO VISUALISE, BREAKDOWN, PLAN AND ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS.WE DO THIS BY SETTING UP COMMUNITY ATHLETICS CLUBS AT LOCAL SCHOOLS, FOCUSING IN PARTICULAR ON DISADVANTAGED AREAS.

Objects

3.1.1 THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 BY PARTICIPATING IN AMATEUR TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETIC SPORT.3.1.2 THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND RESOURCES TO ENABLE, ASSIST AND ENCOURAGE YOUNG PERSONS (WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF ATTAINMENT OR POTENTIAL BETWEEN THEM) UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS RECEIVING EDUCATION AT SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES OR SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (OR OTHERWISE RECEIVING EDUCATION OR VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR EMPLOYMENT OR A GOVERNMENT SPONSORED SCHEME IN THE UNITED KINGDOM) IN ATHLETIC PURSUITS IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH EDUCATION, THEREBY HELPING TO ENSURE THAT DUE ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH PERSONS AS WELL AS TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND OCCUPATION OF THEIR MINDS;3.1.3 THE RELIEF GENERALLY OF PERSONS WHO ARE PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY DISABLED FROM THEIR DISABILITIES BY FACILITATING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN ATHLETIC SPORTING EVENTS;3.1.4 TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINERS TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN OFFER SUPPORT IN THE ATTAINMENT OF OBJECTIVE 3.1.1 ABOVE3.1.5 THE PROMOTION OF THE MORE EFFECTIVE WORKING OF OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL CHARITIES BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, EQUIPMENT AND OTHER FACILITIES TO THEM CALCULATED TO ACHIEVE DIRECTLY SUCH AIMS;3.1.6 THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS IN THE PREVENTION OF DRUG ABUSE IN SPORT;3.1.7 THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £132,903 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in net liabilities of £32,466. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are negative, falling significantly below the stated policy target of £30,000. The trustees acknowledge financial challenges due to reduced income and are seeking additional funding to restore stability.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 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
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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 07211650

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Stride UK Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• RUSSELL, Samuel John — director, appointed 14/01/2026on trustee list
• LOVEDAY, Robert Edward — director, appointed 01/01/2026on trustee list
• SPEAKMAN, Allan John — director, appointed 01/01/2026on trustee list
• SIDDALL, Cheryl Louise — director, appointed 06/03/2025on trustee list
• MANN, Mark Gerard — director, appointed 25/07/2022on trustee list
• MCCOSH, Keira Sian — secretary, appointed 16/04/2024

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (64% 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: 7.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Gerard Mannchair
• Allan Speakman
• Cheryl Siddall
• Robert Edward Loveday
• Samuel John Russell

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

Operates in: Manchester City · Rochdale · Tameside

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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 STRIDE FOUNDATION UK.

• STRIDE FOUNDATION UK income £86k
• PLYMOUTH SPORTS CHARITY LIMITED income £76k
• YOUTH SPORT TRUST income £12.2m
• SLIDE DANCE LIMITED income £202k
• SPORTS CONNECTIONS FOUNDATION income £155k
• THE ACCESS TO SPORTS PROJECT income £896k

Side by side with its peers

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