Registered charity (CIO) · Northampton
Northamptonshire Sport
- 8 trustees
- Income £3.7m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Cristina Taboada-NayaTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Rachael Lewis PhDTrustee · since 2024
- Kerry Susan Purnell MATrustee · since 2020
- Lucy FergusonTrustee · since 2024
- Nicky Bliss FcipdTrustee · since 2024
- Reemesh Vinod PatelTrustee · since 2021
- Robert ColmerTrustee · since 2024
- Steven John Brian NorthTrustee · since 2019
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
- Where
- Northamptonshire
- Website
- www.northamptonshiresport.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.7m£3.6m
- 2024£3.5m£3.4m
- 2023£3.9m£3.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.4m£2.4m
- 2021£1.9m£580k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 61% · Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHYRECREATION AND SPORTS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF PROMOTING PHYSICAL HEALTH AND FITNESS FOR THE BENEFITOF THE INHABITANTS OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE IN PARTICULAR BY:3.1 WORKING WITH AND THROUGH LOCAL AGENCIES TO INCREASE LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION IN SPORTAND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;3.2 PROMOTING AND PROVIDING PROGRAMMES AND SERVICES FOR SPORT, RECREATION, PHYSICALACTIVITY, INFORMATION EDUCATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR HEALTHYRECREATION;3.3 PROMOTING AND PROVIDING FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR RECREATIONAL, SPORTING OR OTHERLEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING FOR THE PUBLIC ATLARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, LIMITING ILLNESS OR DISABILITY, FINANCIALHARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES ANDSERVICES;3.4 THE REDUCTION IN HEALTH INEQUALITIES THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION;3.5 PROMOTING AND PROVIDING EDUCATION, TRAINING AND COACHING COURSES WHICH PROMOTEPHYSICAL HEALTH, FITNESS AND EDUCATION;3.6 FACILITATING AND PROVIDING IMPACT EVALUATION, PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND RELATEDINTELLIGENCE FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE CONTEXT OF SPORT, RECREATION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ANDWIDER HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.
Grants received
41 grants · £5,317,422 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
- Sport England · £5,058,473 (32 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £194,508 (3 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £53,552
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £5,500 (2 grants)
- Northamptonshire Community Foundation · £5,389 (3 grants)
Most recent
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
- Cristina Taboada-Naya since 2023
- Dr Rachael Lewis PhD since 2024
- Kerry Susan Purnell MA since 2020
- Lucy Ferguson since 2024
- Nicky Bliss Fcipd since 2024
- Reemesh Vinod Patel since 2021
- Robert Colmer since 2024
- Steven John Brian North since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Kerry Susan Purnell MA since 2020
- Steven John Brian North since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Cristina Taboada-Naya since 2023
- Dr Rachael Lewis PhD since 2024
- Kerry Susan Purnell MA since 2020
- Lucy Ferguson since 2024
- Nicky Bliss Fcipd since 2024
- Reemesh Vinod Patel since 2021
- Robert Colmer since 2024
- Steven John Brian North since 2019
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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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 15.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1184107
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 26 Jun 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01604 389 976 · info@northamptonshiresport.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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