5 ON IT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1190922 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

5 On It Foundation provides life-altering programmes using professional sporting and music role models to deliver a range of engaging activities which incorporate team sports and creative arts. Each programme is designed to convey a range of positive health and lifestyle messages to educate young people within the local community and help them build a better future.

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 18 LIVING IN THE UK BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;(D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

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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Latest income
£85k
Latest spending
£115k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had total receipts of £115,161 and total payments of £115,161 for the period ending 30 April 2025, resulting in a net balance of zero for the year's activities. The unrestricted cash funds at the end of the period were £50,351, carried forward from the previous year's surplus. The document does not disclose any reserves policy or long-term financial sustainability metrics.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £24,658 — grants £24,658 (13); 29% of the £84,987 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £12,735 — grants £12,735 (6); 12% of the £109,477 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £2,959 — grants £2,959 (1); 4% of the £72,559 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/04/2021 (received 05/04/2022, 36 days after the 28/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£85k£115k
30/04/2024£109k£92k
30/04/2023£73k£54k
30/04/2022£91k£52k
30/04/2021£18k£12k

Common questions

Is 5 ON IT FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had total receipts of £115,161 and total payments of £115,161 for the period ending 30 April 2025, resulting in a net balance of zero for the year's activities. The unrestricted cash funds at the end of the period were £50,351, carried forward from the previous year's surplus. The document does not disclose any reserves policy or long-term financial sustainability metrics.

Who funds 5 ON IT FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name 5 ON IT FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATIONFY2026£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England06/01/2026£9kHang Out Basketball Youth Club
Sport England07/05/2024£11kClub Together Sport Programme
Postcode Lottery29/03/2024£20kUnrestricted Funding
Sport England13/11/2023£10kGang Today Gone Tomorrow Basketball Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund11/08/2023£10kMH - HOOPS FOR TEENAGERS
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2021£10kGang Today Gone Tomorrow

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 IT'S YOUR LIFE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
5 ON IT FOUNDATION£85k—0unclear—no doubt
IT'S YOUR LIFE FY2025£321k—0unclear—no doubt
LIVE! FY2025£709k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ACCESS TO SPORTS PROJECT FY2025£896k——within—no doubt
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME FY2025£640k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHANGE FOUNDATION FY2025£1.3m£70,001 - £80,0002above—no doubt

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