5 ON IT FOUNDATION
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.
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.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- 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)
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
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).
Funders the charity credits
- Barclays Bank
Trustees
- Dona Lisa Wingfield
- Lee Mackmurdie
- Zainab Rashid
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION | FY2025 | £1k | |
| THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION | FY2026 | £1k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport England | 06/01/2026 | £9k | Hang Out Basketball Youth Club |
| Sport England | 07/05/2024 | £11k | Club Together Sport Programme |
| Postcode Lottery | 29/03/2024 | £20k | Unrestricted Funding |
| Sport England | 13/11/2023 | £10k | Gang Today Gone Tomorrow Basketball Programme |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 11/08/2023 | £10k | MH - HOOPS FOR TEENAGERS |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 07/05/2021 | £10k | Gang Today Gone Tomorrow |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE BERKELEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £1.7m |
| SOCIAL BUSINESS TRUST | 1 | £844k |
| THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION | 1 | £183k |
| CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON | 1 | £134k |
| FONTHILL FOUNDATION | 1 | £75k |
| THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED | 1 | £71k |
| THE EARLEY CHARITY | 1 | £63k |
| BEYOND SPORT FOUNDATION | 1 | £61k |
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ON IT FOUNDATION | £85k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| IT'S YOUR LIFE | £321k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| LIVE! | £709k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE ACCESS TO SPORTS PROJECT | £896k | — | — | within | — | no doubt |
| YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME | £640k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE CHANGE FOUNDATION | £1.3m | £70,001 - £80,000 | 2 | above | — | no doubt |