Sale Sharks Foundation
Analysis
Sale Sharks Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in July 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07461043). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.
In the financial year ending June 2025, Sale Sharks Foundation reported income of £991k and spending of £928k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £702k to £991k (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sale Sharks Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Paintings in Hospitals (£989k), Article 25 (£991k) and Trust Property Administered by the Mersey Synod of the United Reformed Church (£989k).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89% and donations and legacies 9.5%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £569k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Donations 9.5%
- Charitable activities 89%
- Investments 0.7%
- Other 0.7%
In the charity's own words
To promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing or assisting to provide facilities for the playing of sports, recreation or other leisure time occupation capable of improving health or for people who require such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty, social and economic circumstances or for the public at large
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Paintings in Hospitals | London | £989k |
| Article 25 | London | £991k |
| Trust Property Administered by the Mersey Synod of the United Reformed Church | Liverpool | £989k |
| Cosmic | London | £992k |