Kings Active Foundation

Analysis

Kings Active Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in August 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05099069). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Kings Active Foundation reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.6m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.5m to £2.5m (+0.9%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Kings Active Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. 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 University of Huddersfield Students' Union (£2.4m), Redbridge Sports Centre Trust Limited (£2.6m) and Reading FC Community Trust (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £643k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 109 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.