Bluecoat Sports

Analysis

Bluecoat Sports is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Horsham. It was registered in February 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 04384765). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bluecoat Sports reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.3m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £2.4m (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bluecoat Sports sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bird Song Trust (£2.4m), Uplands Enterprise Trust (£2.4m) and Great Lakes Outreach (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £489k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 124 people.