BIRMINGHAM SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TRUST

Registered charity 1155171 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BSPA TRUST; BIRMINGHAM SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOUNDATION

Maximise resources to re-invest and build capacity and a sustainable delivery network.Strengthen people and communities by developing a workforce to help individuals improve their prospects, and to help bring communities together.Enhance quality of life by improving the physical and mental wellbeing of individuals, particularly those most disadvantaged and under-represented.

Objects

(1) TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING:(A) ADVANCING THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, RECREATION, ART AND CULTURE OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION (INCLUDING EDUCATION, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA OF LEADERSHIP),(C) PROMOTING VOLUNTEERING (WHERE TO DO SO FURTHERS A CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES), (D) PROMOTING THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF THOSE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY WHO ARE IN NEED AND (E) PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY OR OF RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS. (2) THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC (CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW).

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £307,201 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,400,285 to £1,093,084. Unrestricted reserves stood at £704,911, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £390,000. The trustees and auditors confirmed that adequate resources are available for the near future with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Locke Williams Associates LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Sport England — “The Place Deepening Programme is the next step in how Sport England and local Place Partnerships support physical activity and grassroots or…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% 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

• Mark Taylorchair
• JAMES WILLIAM MCLAUGHLIN
• Jeevan Singh Chagger
• Keith Fraser · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lock LLP
• Lock LLP
• Philip Hutchinson
• Richard Hindle
• Sarah Leanne Lal
• Shah Sheikh Shepali Begum
• Sukhdeep Nijjar
• Thomas William Clift

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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 Cramlington in the community.

• Cramlington in the community income £85k
• THE BRITISH SPORTS TRUST income £2.3m
• HARTLEPOOL UNITED COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION income £199k
• PLYMOUTH SPORTS CHARITY LIMITED income £76k
• BOOST CHARITABLE TRUST income £263k
• BRITISH MOTOR SPORTS TRAINING TRUST income £122k

Side by side with its peers

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