SPORT AT THE HEART

Registered charity 1168659 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SATH

Sport at the Heart (SatH) is a youth and community charity rooted in Brent. We work alongside children, young people and families to improve wellbeing, build skills and strengthen connections through inclusive sport, physical activity, creative programmes, youth work, volunteering and community events. We work with communities and partners to create the conditions for lasting, system-level change.

Causes: Recreation · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£448k
Latest spending
£436k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a prudent reserves position in line with its policy of holding between 3-6 months of budgeted future operating expenditure. The trustees confirmed that this position ensured financial stability while allowing for continued investment in programme growth and staff capacity during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of budgeted future operating expenditure
“The level of free reserves (excluding restricted funds) is reviewed annually by the trustees. In the current economic climate, the trustees consider that the most appropriate level of free reserves is between 3-6 months budgeted future operating expenditure” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£448k£436k
31/03/2024£353k£399k
31/03/2023£357k£331k
31/03/2022£282k£261k
31/03/2021£187k£159k

Common questions

Is SPORT AT THE HEART financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained a prudent reserves position in line with its policy of holding between 3-6 months of budgeted future operating expenditure. The trustees confirmed that this position ensured financial stability while allowing for continued investment in programme growth and staff capacity during the year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.

Who funds SPORT AT THE HEART?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SPORT AT THE HEART as a grant recipient include WEMBLEY NATIONAL STADIUM TRUST, JOHN LYON'S CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WEMBLEY NATIONAL STADIUM TRUSTFY2023£33kTwo years (£15,000; £17,500) unrestricted funding
JOHN LYON'S CHARITYFY2025£5kthe SatH School Holiday Programme

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/12/2025£65kSafer Activities for Everyone (SAFE) 2
City Bridge Foundation02/11/2023£218kGrant to Sport at the Heart
The National Lottery Community Fund11/08/2023£10kMH Harlesden SAFE (Summer Activities For Everyone)
Sport England26/05/2020£10kCOVID-19 CEF
Sport England04/11/2019£10kSport at the Heart Safer Streets Project
The National Lottery Community Fund11/11/2016£10kFamily Sports Day and Picnic

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 SPORT IN MIND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SPORT AT THE HEART£448k—0within—no doubt
SPORT IN MIND FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
HEARTBEAT NORTHWEST CARDIAC CARE FY2024£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
BOURNEMOUTH HEART CLUB FY2025£405k—0unclear—no doubt
ONE FROM THE HEART FY2025£141k—0unclear—no doubt
CENTRE FOR SPORT AND HUMAN RIGHTS LIMITED FY2024£2.4m——below—no doubt

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