SPORT NEWCASTLE

Registered charity 1153011 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support the development of sport in the North East England through the award of grants to clubs and indivuals with particular emphasis on club coach training and development.

Objects

3.1.TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF NORTH EAST ENGLAND 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 SAID INHABITANTS;AND3.2.TO ADVANCE AND FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO PHYSICAL FITNESS,NUTRITION,ACTIVE RECREATION AND LIFESTYLE.

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£37k

Latest spending

£53k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Sport Newcastle operated with a deficit of £15,427 for the year, resulting in a reduction of usable resources to £15,255. The trustees note that the charity's resources have become 'extremely stretched' and that the ability to support sport at previous levels is 'no longer a viable proposition' without generating additional income. However, the filing confirms the accounts were examined and properly kept, with no material uncertainty regarding the charity's legal status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Our capacity to make significant financial contributions to clubs and athletes will need to be curtailed until we can generate some additional resources.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

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

Volunteers: 5
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Volunteers: 6
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Volunteers: 10
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sport Newcastle (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Amy Victoria Kirsopp
DAVID KINGSLEY HYLAND OBE
David Appleby
Linda Dawn Greenwood
MATTHEW JOHN SQUIRES
Mike Booth
ROGER TAMES
SIMON MARK RUSHWORTH

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£37k	£53k
31/03/2024	£24k	£16k
31/03/2023	£13k	£0
31/03/2022	£10k	£0
31/03/2021	£0	£1k

Common questions

Is SPORT NEWCASTLE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Sport Newcastle operated with a deficit of £15,427 for the year, resulting in a reduction of usable resources to £15,255. The trustees note that the charity's resources have become 'extremely stretched' and that the ability to support sport at previous levels is 'no longer a viable proposition' without generating additional income. However, the filing confirms the accounts were examined and properly kept, with no material uncertainty regarding the charity's legal status. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SPORT NEWCASTLE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SPORT NEWCASTLE as a grant recipient include THE SQUIRES FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SQUIRES FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION	1	£2.0m
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation	1	£501k
THE HARRISON FOUNDATION	1	£390k
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY	1	£225k
THE REECE FOUNDATION	1	£193k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£155k
MICHAEL CARRICK FOUNDATION	1	£82k
Sir Graham Wylie Foundation	1	£50k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEWCASTLE RUGBY FOUNDATION.

NEWCASTLE RUGBY FOUNDATION income £706k
NEWCASTLE STAFFS. VOLLEYBALL CLUB income £37k
NEWCASTLE EAST END FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED income £125k
CITY OF NORWICH ATHLETIC CLUB income £98k
SPORTS AID TRUST income £16.8m
NEWCASTLE UNITED FOUNDATION income £7.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SPORT NEWCASTLE	£37k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
NEWCASTLE RUGBY FOUNDATION FY2025	£706k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
NEWCASTLE STAFFS. VOLLEYBALL CLUB FY2025	£37k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NEWCASTLE EAST END FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED FY2025	£125k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CITY OF NORWICH ATHLETIC CLUB FY2025	£98k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SPORTS AID TRUST FY2025	£16.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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