Copthorne Sports & Community Association

Analysis

Copthorne Sports & Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Crawley. It was registered in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport, armed forces/emergency service efficiency and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07597183). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Copthorne Sports & Community Association reported income of £36k and spending of £28k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £25k to £36k (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Copthorne Sports & Community Association sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Open Hearts Open Minds Foundation (£36k), The Amr Narrative (£36k) and Maurits Mulder Canter Charity (£36k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.