London Sport

Analysis

London Sport is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2016, 10 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 08355406). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, London Sport reported income of £3.7m and spending of £4.0m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.4m to £3.7m (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, London Sport sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Africa Inland Mission International (£3.7m), Medical Research Foundation (£3.7m) and Mind in Gwent (£3.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and trading 2.6%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £69k. Reserves of £327k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 51 people.