RACKETS CUBED

Registered charity 1170744 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rackets Cubed is a national charity committed to transforming the lives of underserved young people in the UK's most deprived communities. Our goal is to empower children to overcome educational barriers, build academic confidence, and develop the resilience needed to thrive.We run Community Partnership Hubs offering integrated Rackets Sports, Tennis, Education (Maths) and Nutrition support.

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Latest income

£620k

Latest spending

£529k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £163,539, while the charity holds total net assets of £233,171. The trustees' report indicates a reserves policy of retaining three to six months of expected operating expenditure, and the current unrestricted balance appears sufficient to meet this target. The charity reports 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

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three to six months of expected operating expenditure (held: £164k)

“We seek to retain general unrestricted funds of between three and six months of expected operating expenditure for the following year.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

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

Total income

£620k

Total spending

£529k

Cost of raising funds

£30k

Reserves (reported)

£233k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (73% 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: 4.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

MICHAEL IAN HILLchair
Bruce Layland Walker
CAVIN JOHN O'DRISCOLL
Emma Lewis
Kathryn Bartram
MICHAEL HOLLAND · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard Andrew Ford
Sheila Forster

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Bradford City · Kingston Upon Hull City · Leeds City · Liverpool City · Manchester City · Surrey · Throughout London · Walsall

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£620k	£529k
31/03/2024	£550k	£538k
31/03/2023	£422k	£421k
31/03/2022	£289k	£288k
31/03/2021	£208k	£190k

Common questions

Is RACKETS CUBED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £163,539, while the charity holds total net assets of £233,171. The trustees' report indicates a reserves policy of retaining three to six months of expected operating expenditure, and the current unrestricted balance appears sufficient to meet this target. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of RACKETS CUBED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds RACKETS CUBED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RACKETS CUBED as a grant recipient include THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION, PHILIP KING CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CHILDHOOD TRUST, THE HULL AND EAST RIDING CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION	FY2025	£16k
PHILIP KING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k	Squash outreach programmes in London
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	FY2025	£4k
THE HULL AND EAST RIDING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£300

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	27/08/2025	£12k	Rackets Cubed Manchester: Sport, STEM and Nutrition
The National Lottery Community Fund	05/12/2024	£351k	Roehampton Community Partnership Hub - Activity; Nutrition and Education Support
Sport England	27/02/2023	£350k	Sector Renewal Fund: Expansion of Integrated Sports, Education & Nutrition Progammes
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/01/2022	£150k	Wandsworth Rackets Cubed
Sport England	03/12/2021	£100k	Sector Renewal Fund: Expansion of Integrated Sports, Education and NutritionProgram
UK government	05/10/2020	£50k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
Sport England	27/03/2019	£10k	London Cubed
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/01/2019	£10k	Alton Cubed

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1.6m
THE KAMINI AND VINDI BANGA FAMILY TRUST	1	£139k
THE CHARLES SKEY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£138k
THE ROGER RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£84k
THE NEVILLE ABRAHAM FOUNDATION	1	£64k
THE SIR JOHN RITBLAT FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£50k
KUSUMA TRUST UK	1	£50k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£29k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TENNIS & RACKETS ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

THE TENNIS & RACKETS ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £654k
THE QUEEN'S CLUB FOUNDATION income £311k
CROWBOROUGH TENNIS AND SQUASH CLUB LIMITED income £318k
SUTTON TENNIS & SQUASH CLUB income £375k
RYCROFT LEISURE income £340k
NORTON SPORTS CHARITY income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RACKETS CUBED	£620k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TENNIS & RACKETS ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£654k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE QUEEN'S CLUB FOUNDATION FY2025	£311k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CROWBOROUGH TENNIS AND SQUASH CLUB LIMITED FY2025	£318k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SUTTON TENNIS & SQUASH CLUB FY2025	£375k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
RYCROFT LEISURE FY2025	£340k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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