Commonwealth Sport Foundation

Analysis

Commonwealth Sport Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10363544). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Commonwealth Sport Foundation reported income of £135k and spending of £223k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £135k (-90%), an average of -43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Commonwealth Sport Foundation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Strive 2 Help (£135k), Exeter Gateway Centre (£136k) and South West Lancashire Independent Community Advice Network Ltd (£135k).