THE BOBBY COPPING FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1197435 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Bobby Copping Foundation provides mental health support within sport and education. We deliver talks/workshops up and down the UK to support, educate and inspire. We fully fund counselling/therapy for those who need it and also put on other events such as warm hubs.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS, THEIR FAMILIES/CARERS/COLLEAGUES, WHO ARE ADVERSELY IMPACTED MENTALLY BY THE CESSATION OF THEIR CAREER IN SPORT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY REASON OF INJURY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FREE COUNSELLING, SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TO ASSIST WITH THE ADJUSTMENT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Peterborough, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has decided to close due to difficulty in raising funds, and the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern. Unrestricted reserves decreased from £11,789 to £4,828, resulting in a net expenditure of £6,961 for the year. The trustees' reserves policy target is £2,500, which is currently exceeded by the actual reserves held.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2025 (received 23/09/2026, 85 days after the 30/06/2026 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alissa King-Underwood
• Bobby Joel Copping
• Darren Bloodworth
• Kayleigh Amanda Stent
• Kieran Scarff
• Martyn Lakin
• Samantha Lakin

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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• MIND IN BRIGHTON & HOVE income £1.0m
• THE COPPING JOYCE FOUNDATION income £161k
• THE COMPASSIONATE MIND FOUNDATION income £939k
• MINDAPPLES income £44k
• The Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation income £98k
• BAPCO LIMITED income £273k

Side by side with its peers

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