PERSONAL BEST FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1200354 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Makes grants to organisationsProvides servicesProvides education/advocacy/advice/informationSponsors or undertakes research

Objects

3. OBJECTS3.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ENGLAND WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER 25 YEARS:3.1.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR ATHLETICS;3.1.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY:3.1.2.1 PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF PROGRAMMES OR ACTIVITIES THAT DEVELOP FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT SKILLS OF RUNNING, JUMPING AND THROWING, OR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS (INCLUDING CONFIDENCE, COMPETENCE AND CHARACTER) THROUGH PHYSICAL LITERACY; AND3.1.2.2 PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF COURSES AND QUALIFICATIONS RELATING TO COACHING, TRAINING AND LEADERSHIP IN ATHLETICS;3.1.3 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:3.1.3.1 PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN ATHLETICS;3.1.3.2 COOPERATING WITH CLUBS, CHARITIES, VOLUNTARY BODIES AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES TO INTEGRATE THEM INTO SOCIETY;3.1.3.3 PROMOTING PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO THE NEEDS OF SOCIALLY EXCLUDED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE;3.1.4 TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER WHOLLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.3.2 IN THIS ARTICLE 3:3.2.1 ATHLETICS MEANS ANY ATHLETIC SPORT (INCLUDING TRACK AND FIELD DISCIPLINES, ROAD RUNNING, CROSS COUNTRY, TRAIL RUNNING, FELL RUNNING AND RACE WALKING) WHICH IS RECOGNISED BY EA;3.2.2 FACILITIES MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES;3.2.3 SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY (OR PART OF SOCIETY) OR BEING AT RISK OF EXCLUSION FROM SOCIETY (OR PART OF SOCIETY) AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Amateur Sport · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £41,025 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £135,076 and total expenditure of £94,051. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £59,507, which the trustees acknowledge falls below their stated policy target of three months' operating expenditure, though they expect to build reserves in coming years. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the next 12 months with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to do so.

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 5 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 13884416

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Personal Best Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Enertor — “Enertor is kindly supporting the work of the foundation by encouraging online donations at point of sale to help change more young people’s …” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• COULDWELL, Alice Catherine Mcintyre — director, appointed 04/12/2025on trustee list
• HARVEY, Lawrence Edward — director, appointed 04/12/2025on trustee list
• CARTWRIGHT, Marie Vanessa Carol — director, appointed 01/04/2024on trustee list
• COLEMAN, Jennifer Elizabeth — director, appointed 01/04/2024on trustee list
• WOODISON, Alison Elizabeth — director, appointed 27/10/2023on trustee list
• STEWART, Jane Mary — director, appointed 27/09/2022on trustee list
• LAWRIE, Mark John Scott — director, appointed 29/07/2022on trustee list
• CLARKE, Charles Lawrence Somerset, Sir — director, appointed 01/02/2022on trustee list
• JONES, Christopher — director, appointed 01/02/2022on trustee list
• AKINTOKUN, Adetunji Adeboyejo — director, appointed 01/02/2022on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adetunji Akintokun
• Alice Catherine McIntyre Couldwell
• Alison Elizabeth Woodison
• Christopher Jones
• Jane Mary Stewart
• Jennifer Elizabeth Coleman
• Lawrence Edward Harvey
• Marie Vanessa Carol Cartwright
• Mark John Scott Lawrie
• Sir Charles Lawrence Somerset Clarke

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Funders of similar charities

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• BECOME CHARITY income £2.0m
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Side by side with its peers

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