SPORTS ALIVE NORTH WEST

Registered charity 1179409 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Youth workDetached work Healthy lifestyles Project work Sports and coaching

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF MERSEYSIDE AND THE NORTH WEST AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE:-(1) ORGANISATION OF SPORTS COACHING SESSIONS IN SCHOOLS, YOUTH CENTRES AND COMMUNITY CENTRES;(2) FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR RECREATIONAL, SPORTING OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES AND SERVICES;(3) THE IMPROVEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION;(4) EDUCATION, TRAINING AND COACHING COURSES WHICH PROMOTE PHYSICAL HEALTH AND FITNESS.

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £75,040 for the year ended March 2025, with total income rising to £498,401 from £364,663 the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £255,167, which exceeds the stated policy requirement of covering three months' running costs and redundancy provisions. The charity maintains adequate cash reserves and has been approved on a going concern basis by the trustees.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sports Alive North West Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Katie Cosgrovechair
• EILEEN MCCOY
• ROSEMARY PHILOMENA HUDSON

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Cumbria · Lancashire · Liverpool City · Manchester City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST OF ENGLAND SPORT TRUST.

• WEST OF ENGLAND SPORT TRUST income £1.3m
• YOUR EDGE NORTH WEST income £160k
• WHITLEY BAY SPORTING CLUB income £297k
• NORTH WEST LIFE EDUCATION LIMITED income £118k
• THE ACCESS TO SPORTS PROJECT income £896k
• BURWELL COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE income £120k

Side by side with its peers

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