Coventry Sports Foundation

Analysis

Coventry Sports Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in June 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02239584). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Coventry Sports Foundation reported income of £12.2m and spending of £11.2m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5.1m to £12.2m (+138%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Coventry Sports Foundation sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mount Kelly Foundation (£12.1m), The Pony Club (£13.8m) and Leisure United (£12.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, donations and legacies 6.3%, trading 3.8% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £3.0m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 526 people.