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SPORTINSPIRED LTD

Registered charity 1162785 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SPORTINSPIRED

Providing advice and assistance, and organising programmes of physical, educational and other activities as a means of:a) advancing mental and physical health and well-being;b) advancing education (including developing employability, leadership and enterprise skills through training and development);c) promoting volunteering (where to do so furthers a charitable purpose or purposes);

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves of £511,000 were held at year-end, which is £11,000 above the trustees' stated policy target of £500,000. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: unclear
“The total employee benefits, including employer pension contributions, payable to key management personnel during the year amounted to £82,000 (2024: £73,000).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income)
“Total income 1,341 64 1,405 820” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted operating expenditure (held: £511k)
“The trustees have set a target minimum level of free reserves of £500,000, representing approximately six months of unrestricted operating expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Trustee declared his interest and did not participate in the decision-making process. The Trustees confirmed that the services were provided on normal commercial terms and at market value.
“During the year, the charity purchased communications consultancy services from the partner of a Trustee who held office during the year. Total payments made in the year amounted to £24,675 (2024: Enil). The Trustee declared his interest and did not participate in the decision-making process. The Trustees confirmed that the services were provided on normal commercial terms and at market value. No amounts were outstanding at the year end.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

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.

Official officers record.

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

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

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£511k
Employees
28

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.4m£1.2m
31/08/2024£820k£482k
31/08/2023£430k£309k
31/08/2022£383k£358k
31/08/2021£581k£576k

Common questions

Is SPORTINSPIRED LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves of £511,000 were held at year-end, which is £11,000 above the trustees' stated policy target of £500,000. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of SPORTINSPIRED LTD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the unclear band.

Who funds SPORTINSPIRED LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SPORTINSPIRED LTD as a grant recipient include THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION, THE HYMANS ROBERTSON FOUNDATION, UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation, THE ANGUS LAWSON MEMORIAL TRUST, THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATIONFY2023£52kHelping Westminster Thrive Through Sport bringing children together to grow confidence, make friendships and learn new skills through participation in sport and
THE HYMANS ROBERTSON FOUNDATIONFY2024£48k
UBS UK Donor-Advised FoundationFY2021£43k
THE HYMANS ROBERTSON FOUNDATIONFY2023£36k
THE ANGUS LAWSON MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2022£13kTower Hamlets’ year of play
THE HYMANS ROBERTSON FOUNDATIONFY2022£13k
THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUNDFY2024£2k
THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUNDFY2023£2k
THE BUZZACOTT STUART DEFRIES MEMORIAL FUNDFY2022£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England29/10/2019£499kUnited by Fun
The National Lottery Community Fund17/12/2015£10kInspired by Activity
The National Lottery Community Fund14/10/2015£10kactive communities

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION1£200k
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)1£127k
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£81k
THE MRS L D ROPE THIRD CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£35k
United by 2022 Charity1£20k
THE PROSPECTS FOUNDATION1£11k
THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£7k
HADLEIGH FARMERS' AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INSPIRE PLUS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SPORTINSPIRED LTD£1.4munclear0above—no doubt
INSPIRE PLUS FY2025£1.2m£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
INSPIRE SUFFOLK LTD FY2024£1.8m£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
THE OLD ALBANIAN SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£1.1m—0below—noted
THE INDIAN GYMKHANA CLUB TRUST 2004 FY2025£236k—0unclear—no doubt
BIRMINGHAM SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TRUST FY2025£1.3m——unclear—no doubt

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