Women in Sport

Analysis

Women in Sport is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03075681). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Women in Sport reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.5m (+15%), an average of +3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Women in Sport sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (£1.5m), Bigmoose (£1.5m) and Foresight North East Lincolnshire Ltd (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75%, donations and legacies 18%, trading 5.2% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 7.5%. Reserves of £635k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.