SPORTS PARTNERSHIP HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE

Registered charity 1184297 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SPHW, SPORTS PARTNERSHIP

Our purpose is to create a more active and healthier Herefordshire and Worcestershire by enabling a thriving, sustainable environment of physical activity and sport.We are a vibrant, independent organisation committed to improving the lives of people in Herefordshire & Worcestershire through the power of physical activity and sport.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION, PRIMARILY IN HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE BY:(1) WORKING WITH AND THROUGH LOCAL ORGANISATIONS TO INCREASE LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;(2) PROMOTING AND PROVIDING PROGRAMMES AND SERVICES FOR SPORT, RECREATION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, INFORMAL EDUCATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR HEALTHY RECREATION;(3) PROMOTING AND PROVIDING 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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £50,477 for the year, with total reserves decreasing from £966,308 to £915,831. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £229,866 and maintains designated funds for operational and redundancy risks. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, though it remains heavily dependent on Sport England funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Richards Sandy Audit Services Limited. Discloses 4 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
• 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Gilmour
• Andrew Bradley
• Carole Cumino
• DENISE JOAN STRUTT
• Dr SUSAN MARGARET SCRIVEN
• Laura Margaret Fish
• Peter Edward Sugg · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sarah Mackay

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

Operates in: Herefordshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOMERSET ACTIVITY AND SPORTS PARTNERSHIP.

• SOMERSET ACTIVITY AND SPORTS PARTNERSHIP income £3.3m
• Active Partnerships income £3.5m
• SUSSEX COUNTY SPORTS PARTNERSHIP TRUST income £1.1m
• BERKSHIRE HEALTH & WELL-BEING SOCIAL ENTERPRISES income £174k
• WATFORD FC'S COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION TRUST income £3.0m
• HEALTH THROUGH SPORT LIMITED income £39k

Side by side with its peers

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