FOLKESTONE SPORTS CENTRE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 308189 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOLKESTONE SPORTS CENTRE

To promote , organise , manage and assist in leisure activities for the instruction in sports , games and recreation within the borough of Folkestone .

Objects

TO PROMOTE ORGANISE MANAGE PROVIDE OR TO ASSIST IN PROMOTING ORGANISING MANAGING AND PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR AND INSTRUCTION IN SPORTS GAMES RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITHIN OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE BOROUGH OF FOLKESTONE AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. (SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM FOR FURTHER DETAILS).

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE (FOLKESTONE)

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
£904k
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
1973

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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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2022)

Total income
£904k
Total spending
£1.0m
Cost of raising funds
£120k
Reserves (reported)
£740k
Employees
108

Reported reserves equal ~8.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (63% 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: 13.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025——
30/09/2024——
30/09/2023——
30/09/2022£904k£1.0m
30/03/2022£1.5m£1.9m

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/06/2022£150kCommunity Health and Wellbeing
The National Lottery Community Fund25/02/2022£10kExpanding the facilities within Hawkinge Community Centre
Sport England01/05/2020£10kCOVID-19 CEF
Sport England10/01/2020£50kReception Refurbishment (of wider project)
UK government10/01/2020£50kALB-Sport England-Reception Refurbishment (of wider project)
UK government01/04/2019£19kBuilding Connections Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2018£49kFit Together
Sport England07/02/2014£4kGet Equipped - More 4 us 2
The National Lottery Community Fund10/05/2012£9kMORE Kickstart Training
Sport England03/01/2012£40kRefurbishment and Improvement of Multi-Use Sports Hall
The National Lottery Community Fund27/11/2007£57k(MSE) Cool 2B Fit