CENTRE FOR SPORT AND HUMAN RIGHTS LIMITED

Registered charity 1187647 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Centre for Sport and Human Rights is a human rights organisation for the world of sport who's role is to work towards a world of sport that fully respects human rights through collective action and through the promotion of the Sporting Chance Principles.

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Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£2.8m
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed the year with a net expenditure of £440,726, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £1,716,028 to £1,275,302. The trustees note that the funding environment is becoming increasingly challenging and that fundraising will continue to be difficult going forward. However, the auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £579k; policy: £315,000)
“The target minimum unrestricted reserves for 2024 were £315,000, the Centre closed 2024 with unrestricted reserves of £54.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£2.4m
Total spending
£2.8m
Cost of raising funds
£35k
Reserves (reported)
£697k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (50% 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: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Switzerland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£2.4m£2.8m
31/12/2023£3.7m£2.7m
31/12/2022£1.1m£1.6m
31/12/2021£2.2m£1.5m
31/12/2020£1.6m£1.1m

Common questions

Is CENTRE FOR SPORT AND HUMAN RIGHTS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity closed the year with a net expenditure of £440,726, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £1,716,028 to £1,275,302. The trustees note that the funding environment is becoming increasingly challenging and that fundraising will continue to be difficult going forward. However, the auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCE CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CENTRE FOR SPORT AND HUMAN RIGHTS LIMITED£2.4m——below—no doubt
BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCE CENTRE FY2025£5.0m£120,001 - £130,000—unclear—no doubt
THE SPORTS COUNCIL TRUST COMPANY FY2026£4.0m—0above—no doubt
LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD FOUNDATION FY2024£5.5m——unclear—no doubt
HUMAN RIGHTS SOLIDARITY FY2025£110k—0unclear4.0%no doubt
CAMBRIDGE SPORTS HALL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.2m—0below—no doubt

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