Registered charity · Chorley
Opportunity Sports Foundation
- 3 trustees
- Income £221k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Amateur Sport and 2 more
- Where
- Bolton, Cumbria, Lancashire, Blackburn With Darwen and more
- Website
- www.opportunitysports.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£221k£212k
- 2024£217k£189k
- 2023£205k£179k
Earlier years
- 2022£97k£82k
- 2021£95k£83k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY DISADVANTAGED YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG OFFENDERS, YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DRUG PROBLEMS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF SPORTING, RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; (B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH HELP DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. TO HELP ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY DISADVANTAGED YOUNG PEOPLE, MAINLY BUT NOT ONLY THROUGH SPORTING ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND 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) REDUCE YOUNG OFFENDING;(D) REDUCE DRUG AND ALCOHOL MISUSE;(E) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; (F) INCREASING PARTICIPATION IN SPORT;(G) PROVIDING SPORTING, RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT 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.TO ADVANCE RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY AND EQUITY AND DIVERSITY AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE BY ARRANGING ACTIVITIES TO ENCOURAGE SHARED EXPERIENCES AND INTERESTS WITHOUT REFERENCE TO RACE, RELIGION BELIEF, SEX, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, ETHNIC OR NATIONAL ORIGIN OR SOCIAL BACKGROUND.THE TRUSTEES BY RESOLUTION MAY AMEND THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS SHOULD THEY SEE FIT.
Grants received
45 grants · £775,672 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 · £117,901 (11 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £116,190 (2 grants)
- Sport England · £89,925 (9 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £87,300 (4 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £77,741 (4 grants)
Most recent
- Postcode Neighbourhood Trust
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Philip Richard Entwistle Chair since 2014
- Farrell Kilbane since 2014
- Shirley Banks since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- Philip Richard Entwistle Chair since 2014
- Farrell Kilbane since 2014
- Shirley Banks since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Farrell Kilbane since 2014
- Shirley Banks since 2011
Portfolio (1)
- Philip Richard Entwistle Chair since 2014
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1142543
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 24/04/2011
- Contact on the register
- 07584436298 · info@opportunitysports.org
- 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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