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SWEATY BETTY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1193601 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We empower women and girls to get active, and stay active, for life. Our current focus is funding and supporting organisations to empower girls aged 10-18 to try new activities at school, in their communities and at home/online to find what they love to get moving. We do not operate an open grants programme, but fund strategic partners in the UK to achieve our mission.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£315k
Latest spending
£308k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds free reserves of £235,563, which is significantly above its stated reserves policy target of £75,000. The trustees report that the funding model is reliant on annual cash donations from Sweaty Betty Limited, but they have a reasonable expectation that the Foundation has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sweaty Betty Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Total income
£557k
Total spending
£597k
Cost of raising funds
£23k
Reserves (reported)
£347k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 4.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£315k£308k
31/12/2023£323k£441k
31/12/2022£557k£597k
31/12/2021£667k£280k

Common questions

Is SWEATY BETTY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds free reserves of £235,563, which is significantly above its stated reserves policy target of £75,000. The trustees report that the funding model is reliant on annual cash donations from Sweaty Betty Limited, but they have a reasonable expectation that the Foundation has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BERKELEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£1.7m
SOCIAL BUSINESS TRUST1£844k
THE PERMIRA FOUNDATION1£203k
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION1£200k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION1£183k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON1£134k
THE MOTIVATION CHARITABLE TRUST1£81k
FONTHILL FOUNDATION1£75k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE RHONDDA NETBALL FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SWEATY BETTY FOUNDATION£315k——above—no doubt
THE RHONDDA NETBALL FOUNDATION FY2025£184k£24,000 - £27,9990above—no doubt
SWIMATHON FOUNDATION FY2025£771k—0below—no doubt
SPORTING FOUNDATION FY2025£329k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHANGE FOUNDATION FY2025£1.3m——unclear—no doubt
GIRLS ARE INVESTORS FY2025£1.5m——unclear—no doubt

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