Sport Cares

Analysis

Sport Cares is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in February 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08172940). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sport Cares reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.9m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.8m (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sport Cares sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Birch Housing Limited (£1.8m), Home of Comfort (£1.8m) and Chilterns Neuro Centre Ltd (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 86%, trading 10% and charitable activities 3.3%. Charitable activities took 35% of spending and raising funds 64%. Reserves of £546k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.