SPORTING FAMILY CHANGE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1166319 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Working with Local disadvantaged families, using Sport as a tool of engagement .Primarily the HOPE Programme( Family based Sessions) and Whole based Mentoring.Also supporting young adults with Learning difficulties around their social lives. Activities take place BANES and Wiltshire.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bath and North East Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£544k
Latest spending
£631k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity suffered a deficit of £86,994 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in free unrestricted reserves from £205,525 to £123,531. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue trading for the next twelve months and identified no material uncertainties regarding its 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

Related-party transaction: Mr J Deane, father of Trustee Ms J Wicks, was employed by the Charity. A salary of £18,725 and reimbursed expenses of £21,797 were paid.
“Mr J Deane, father of the Trustee Ms J Wicks, was employed by the Charity during the period. A salary of £18,725 (2024: £32,100) and reimbursed expenses of £21,797 (2024: £20,898) were paid during the period.” — page 22
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.

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: 15
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 02/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (2); under 1% of the £610,911 total gross income on the same return
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 02/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Government income: £7,996 — grants £7,996 (3); 2% of the £450,089 total gross income on the same return

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

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). 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 31/03/2025)

Total income
£544k
Total spending
£631k
Cost of raising funds
£65k
Reserves (reported)
£124k
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% 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: 11.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£544k£631k
02/04/2024£611k£600k
02/04/2023£450k£447k
02/04/2022£280k£296k
02/04/2021£307k£248k

Common questions

Is SPORTING FAMILY CHANGE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity suffered a deficit of £86,994 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in free unrestricted reserves from £205,525 to £123,531. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue trading for the next twelve months and identified no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SPORTING FAMILY CHANGE FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SPORTING FAMILY CHANGE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ROPER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£25k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£25k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£24k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£17k
THE ROPER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/05/2022£10kFun Fitness for over 65s
The National Lottery Community Fund18/06/2020£56kCoronavirus Response Service
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2019£10kProject Search - Netball
Sport England25/09/2019£7kH.O.P.E. Programme - Netball

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 SPORTS CONNECTIONS FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SPORTING FAMILY CHANGE FOUNDATION£544k—0unclear—no doubt
SPORTS CONNECTIONS FOUNDATION FY2025£155k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHANGE FOUNDATION FY2025£1.3m£70,001 - £80,0002above—no doubt
FIGHT FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION LTD FY2025£330k—0above—no doubt
FAMILIES AGAINST VIOLENCE FY2025£189k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ACCESS TO SPORTS PROJECT FY2025£896k——within—no doubt

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