Access Sport CIO

Analysis

Access Sport CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Access Sport CIO reported income of £3.1m and spending of £3.1m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £3.1m (+144%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Access Sport CIO sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blyth Valley Disabled Forum Limited (£3.0m), Action Deafness (£3.1m) and Circles Network (£3.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 68%, donations and legacies 30% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 17%. Grants to other organisations totalled £154k. Reserves of £242k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 42 people.