Registered charity · Birmingham
Sport 4 Life UK
1. The Objects of the charity are for the public benefit: 1.1 To act as a resource for (in particular but not limited to) young people up to the age of 30 by providing advice and assistance and organising programmes of physical, educational...
- 8 trustees
- Income £1.5m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Michael GahirChair · since 2023
- Alton BrownTrustee · since 2023
- Carolyn Anne KeenanTrustee · since 2025
- Christopher James SharmanTrustee · since 2025
- Emma Elizabeth NealeTrustee · since 2021
- Gurdeep Kaur BilkhuTrustee · since 2025
- Julie Iris Ann BaileyTrustee · since 2024
- Robert James BaylissTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Birmingham City, Worcestershire, Dudley, Sandwell and more
- Website
- www.sport4life.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Sport 4 Life UK
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.5m£1.7m
- 2024£1.6m£1.6m
- 2023£1.5m£1.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.4m£1.3m
- 2021£923k£874k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. The Objects of the charity are for the public benefit: 1.1 To act as a resource for (in particular but not limited to) young people up to the age of 30 by providing advice and assistance and organising programmes of physical, educational and other activities as a means of: (a) advancing in life and helping young people by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals;(b) advancing education;(c) relieving unemployment;(d) providing recreational and leisure time activity in the interests of social welfare for people who have need by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, poverty or social and economic circumstances with a view to improving the conditions of life of such persons. 1.2 The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation in particular by the provision of facilities for the playing of sports. 1.3 To advance such other charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) as the trustees see fit from time to time.
Grants received
65 grants · £2,805,932 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,190,880 (17 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £299,600 (4 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £287,500 (7 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £178,470 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £132,000 (5 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
8 trustees on the board
- Michael Gahir Chair since 2023
- Alton Brown since 2023
- Carolyn Anne Keenan since 2025
- Christopher James Sharman since 2025
- Emma Elizabeth Neale since 2021
- Gurdeep Kaur Bilkhu since 2025
- Julie Iris Ann Bailey since 2024
- Robert James Bayliss since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Michael Gahir Chair since 2023
- Alton Brown since 2023
- Carolyn Anne Keenan since 2025
- Christopher James Sharman since 2025
- Emma Elizabeth Neale since 2021
- Gurdeep Kaur Bilkhu since 2025
- Julie Iris Ann Bailey since 2024
- Robert James Bayliss since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1115222
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3 JANUARY 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 18 APRIL 2006 as amended on 27 Jan 2023 as amended on 06 Feb 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 05664605 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01214561818 · contact@sport4life.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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