THE SPORTS COUNCIL TRUST COMPANY

Registered charity 803779 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Helping members of the public play more sport and enjoy the benefits physical activity generates by giving them access to high quality sports facilities - the National Sports Centres and Rowing Lake makes a direct connection between grassroots and elite sport, supporting both. The Charity also awards grants to organisations that provide sporting opportunities for individuals.

Objects

(I) THE PRESERVATION AND SAFEGUARDING AND ASSISTANCE IN THE PRESERVATION AND SAFEGUARDING OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH PHYSICAL RECREATION (INCLUDING SPORTS) AND EDUCATION IN RELATION THERETO; AND (II) THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE SAME ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED OF FACILITIES FOR PHYSICAL RECREATION (INCLUDING SPORTS) WHICH SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING SPECIAL FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH AGE INFIRMITY OF DISABLEMENT POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES MAY HAVE NEED OF SPECIAL FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Charnwood, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity broke even on day-to-day activities in the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £4.0 million and net expenditure of £0.9 million. The financial position is supported by the parent body, ESC, which provides deficit funding and gifted assets, while unrestricted reserves stood at £2.9 million. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by The Comptroller and Auditor General. 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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02517615 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• HAMBLIN, Robert Brian — director, appointed 27/01/2025on trustee list
• SCOTT, Lucy — director, appointed 27/01/2025on trustee list
• NASIR, Abu — director, appointed 01/01/2024on trustee list
• WILSON, Geoff William Norman James — director, appointed 22/12/2023on trustee list
• GISSANE, Ross Gavin — director, appointed 01/02/2023on trustee list
• WADSWORTH, Robert James — director, appointed 01/02/2023on trustee list
• BLACK, Robin Kennedy — director, appointed 20/04/2022on trustee list
• PATEL, Jitendra — secretary, appointed 07/06/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

11 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (75% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abu Nasir
• Geoff Wilson
• Lucy Scott · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Hamblin
• Robert Wadsworth
• Robin Black
• Ross Gissane

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SPORTING CHANCE CLINIC.

• THE SPORTING CHANCE CLINIC income £1.9m
• EAST LONDON COMMUNITY SPORTS ASSOCIATION income £67k
• SPORTS CONNECTIONS FOUNDATION income £155k
• SPORTS AID TRUST income £16.8m
• RECREATION GROUND income £102k
• THE ACCESS TO SPORTS PROJECT income £896k

Side by side with its peers

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