Sporting Family Change Foundation

Analysis

Sporting Family Change Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Radstock. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09507319). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sporting Family Change Foundation reported income of £544k and spending of £631k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £307k to £544k (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sporting Family Change Foundation sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hyde Park Place Estate Charity (£544k), Ability to Change (£544k) and Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (£543k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 86% and donations and legacies 14%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 10%. Reserves of £124k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.