ALLIANCE OF SPORT

Registered charity 1183521 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice, NASDC, NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SPORT FOR THE DESISTANCE OF CRIME, NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SPORT FOR THE DESISTENCE OF CRIME

Our purpose is to lead, co-ordinate and evidence the role of sport in criminal justice. Our mission is to act as an agent of change and empower our network with the learning, skills and resources to increase participation and reduce offending.

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) IN RELATION TO THE ROLE OF PARTICIPATION IN SPORT IN THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND RECIDIVISM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THROUGH THE PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH; THE PROMOTION OF BEST PRACTICE IN THE DELIVERY OF SPORTS PROJECTS AND THE PROMOTION OF TRAINING IN DELIVERY OF SUCH PROJECTS.2. TO AID AND SUPPORT THE PREVENTION OFCRIME AND RECIDIVISM AND THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS, AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PRISONERS, THOSE ON PROBATION AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES ARE AT RISK OF INVOLVEMENT IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY ENABLING AND SUPPORTING PARTICIPATION IN SPORT; 3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BY THE PROMOTION OF PARTICIPATION IN SPORT AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME SELECT.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £40,931, which is below the stated policy target of six months of core costs (£55,000). Per the trustees' report, the charity remains a going concern supported by new multi-year funding and cash balances of £474,627, despite a challenging fundraising environment.

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 6 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• International Olympic Committee — “The Southeast Asia SYCP Initiative was initiated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Agence Française de développement (AFD)” (source page)
• Agence Française de développement — “The Southeast Asia SYCP Initiative was initiated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Agence Française de développement (AFD)” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 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 (99% 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

• LUCIO FLAVIO DE SOUZA MESQUITA FILHOchair
• Ivan Michael Clark
• RICHARD JON HISCOKE · trustee of 1 other charity
• STACIE JUNE SHELTON
• Sally Benetar
• Sonny Driscoll

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

Operates in: Indonesia · Laos · Philippines · Thailand · Throughout England And Wales · Vietnam

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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 ENGLISH FEDERATION OF DISABILITY SPORT.

• ENGLISH FEDERATION OF DISABILITY SPORT income £3.0m
• THE ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH JUSTICE income £147k
• SPORTS FUN 4 ALL income £251k
• THE OLD ALBANIAN SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.1m
• ACCESS SPORT CIO income £3.1m
• UNITED THROUGH SPORT income £125k

Side by side with its peers

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