COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE AWARD TRUST
Provision of sports and leisure facilities for disable and able bodied persons in an integrated setting.
Objects
TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF COVENTRY AND/OR THE COUNTY OF WARWICKSHIRE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £3,018,504, which the Trustees consider sufficient to finance ongoing capital replacements. The charity employs no staff and has no employees, with key management functions overseen by the Company Secretary who also serves as CEO of Coventry Sports Foundation.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
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 14/02/2024, 14 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).
Property (HM Land Registry)
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (24/04/2018)
- Received assets from another charity (12/09/2017)
- Received assets from another charity (27/01/2014)
Trustees
- LORD CHARLES HENEAGE FINCH-KNIGHTLEYchair
- DAVID ROBERT MOORCROFT
- MALCOLM ARTHUR EDWIN WHITEHALL
- PETER JAMES DICK
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £475k | £173k |
| 31/03/2024 | £465k | £332k |
| 31/03/2023 | £438k | £224k |
| 31/03/2022 | £489k | £210k |
| 31/03/2021 | £406k | £263k |
Common questions
Is COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE AWARD TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £3,018,504, which the Trustees consider sufficient to finance ongoing capital replacements. The charity employs no staff and has no employees, with key management functions overseen by the Company Secretary who also serves as CEO of Coventry Sports Foundation. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dafferns Audit Limited.
Who funds COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE AWARD TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE AWARD TRUST as a grant recipient include THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY | FY2022 | £100k | running costs of sports centres in Coventry providing facilities for under-privileged communities |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION | 1 | £154k |
| EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION | 1 | £56k |
| THE PIERREPONT TRUST | 1 | £20k |
| THE LINDER FOUNDATION | 1 | £15k |
| THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION | 1 | £15k |
| THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £8k |
| THE THOMAS WALL TRUST | 1 | £5k |
| THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £5k |
Charities like this
- MIDLAND SPORTS CENTRE FOR THE DISABLED TRUST LIMITED
- DAVENTRY AND DISTRICT SPORTS TRUST
- COVENTRY SPORTS FOUNDATION
- OPPORTUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION
- COVENTRY AND NORTH WARWICKSHIRE SPORTS CLUB
- COVENTRY ASIAN SPORTS FEDERATION
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE AWARD TRUST | £475k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| MIDLAND SPORTS CENTRE FOR THE DISABLED TRUST LIMITED | £130k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| DAVENTRY AND DISTRICT SPORTS TRUST | £85k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| COVENTRY SPORTS FOUNDATION | £12.2m | £140,001 - £150,000 | 3 | below | — | no doubt |
| OPPORTUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION | £221k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| COVENTRY AND NORTH WARWICKSHIRE SPORTS CLUB | £240k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |