BALL OUT COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1176395 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Ball Out Community is a charitable community sports organisation who focus on using sport as a tool to develop positive social, academic, physical and vocational change in young people, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Causes: Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Get email alerts

Latest income
£105k
Latest spending
£128k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £2,064 from £6,831 in the prior year, resulting in a net deficit of £4,767 for the period. The charity relies on sponsorship income and trustee loan support to manage cash flow, with an outstanding interest-free loan balance of £38,100 owed to a trustee. The trustees confirm the financial position is stable and that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient unrestricted reserves to meet short‑term commitments and support operational continuity (held: £2k)
“As a small CIO operating on receipts‑and‑payments basis, the charity aims to maintain sufficient unrestricted reserves to meet short‑term commitments and support operational continuity.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£105k£128k
31/03/2024£156k£159k
31/03/2023£129k£128k
31/03/2022£98k£98k
31/03/2021£11k£6k

Common questions

Is BALL OUT COMMUNITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £2,064 from £6,831 in the prior year, resulting in a net deficit of £4,767 for the period. The charity relies on sponsorship income and trustee loan support to manage cash flow, with an outstanding interest-free loan balance of £38,100 owed to a trustee. The trustees confirm the financial position is stable and that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BALL OUT COMMUNITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BALL OUT COMMUNITY as a grant recipient include THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATION, CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATIONFY2022£8kSpace2Grow
THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATIONFY2023£6kSpace2Grow CYP Fund
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kConfronting social isolation

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2020£950Summer Basketball Coaching
City Bridge Foundation13/06/2019£2kGrant to Ball Out Community

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.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BALL OUT COMMUNITY£105k—0unclear—no doubt
BOLTON WANDERERS COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£1.5m—0below6.1%no doubt
BRENTFORD FC COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST FY2025£4.4m——below—no doubt
THE BATH RUGBY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£947k£80,001 - £90,000—above22.3%no doubt
THE CARDIFF BLUES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£404k—0unclear—no doubt
THE OLD ALBANIAN SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£1.1m—0below—noted

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