British Universities and Colleges Sport Limited

Analysis

British Universities and Colleges Sport Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06483060). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending July 2025, British Universities and Colleges Sport Limited reported income of £6.2m and spending of £6.0m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £2.3m to £6.2m (+174%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, British Universities and Colleges Sport Limited sits at the 100th 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Lancashire Light Railway Company Limited (£6.2m), Bolton Community Leisure (£6.3m) and Uwe Students' Union (£5.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90%, trading 8.7% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 4.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £43k. Reserves of £737k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 51 people.