Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation

Analysis

Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2012, 14 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 08041993). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation reported income of £587k and spending of £571k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £183k to £587k (+222%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bringing Unity Back Into the Community (£587k), Open Door Stoke on Trent (£587k) and Milles Charitable Foundation Limited (£587k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 74%, charitable activities 19% and trading 6.8%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 21%. Reserves of £28k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.