The Sports Trust

Registered charity 1155522 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SHEPWAY SPORTS TRUST, TSST

The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of the inhabitants of the district of Shepway assisting in the provision of facilities and other services that will enable them to participate in amateur sports.

Causes: Amateur Sport · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a deficit of £79,025 for the year, driven by depreciation charges on its new facilities. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are tied up in fixed assets, resulting in no free reserves, and the charity remains dependent on continuing donations and grants to operate. Despite these pressures, the trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RPG Crouch Chapman LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Sports Trust (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).

• The National Lottery Community Fund — “The Sports Trust Receives funding from The National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)
• Holiday Extras — “Thanks to Holiday Extras, global company based locally, and the Pack Foundation, we were able to extend our holiday offer with additional fr…” (source page)
• Pack Foundation — “Thanks to Holiday Extras, global company based locally, and the Pack Foundation, we were able to extend our holiday offer with additional fr…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £1.5m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 28.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Clare Swonnell
• Briony Walsh
• DAMIAN COLLINS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Peter George Dunton
• Gregory John Timmins
• Louisa Marie Eede
• Roisin Jean Mackenzie
• Sophie Downey
• Stephen Hughes
• Viscount Jacob Folkestone

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BOLTON WANDERERS COMMUNITY TRUST.

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Side by side with its peers

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