MIDLAND SPORTS CENTRE FOR THE DISABLED TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 514391 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MIDLAND SPORTS CENTRE FOR THE DISABLED AND ABLE BODIED

The overall objective is to provide and maintain facilities for the recreation and other leisure time occupation of disabled and able-bodied persons.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION OF DISABLED AND ABLE-BODIED PERSONS JOINTLY, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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
£130k
Latest spending
£81k
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £9,918,920, which the Trustees consider to be some way short of what would be required for substantial capital works. The charity employs no staff and relies on rental income from Coventry Sports Foundation and an annual donation from a single benefactor, noting inherent risks should that funding be reduced or withdrawn.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Rental income (65% of income)
“Rental income 78,652” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £9.9m; policy: sufficient reserves to service future capital replacements)
“the current level of free reserves of £764,006, being unrestricted investments and net current assets, is some way short of what would be required for any substantial capital works.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dafferns Audit Limited. 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.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Coventry City · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£130k£81k
31/03/2024£131k£146k
31/03/2023£117k£145k
31/03/2022£143k£77k
31/03/2021£102k£67k

Common questions

Is MIDLAND SPORTS CENTRE FOR THE DISABLED TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £9,918,920, which the Trustees consider to be some way short of what would be required for substantial capital works. The charity employs no staff and relies on rental income from Coventry Sports Foundation and an annual donation from a single benefactor, noting inherent risks should that funding be reduced or withdrawn. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dafferns Audit Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England16/11/2009£40kMidland Sports Centre