Coventry Sports Foundation

Registered charity 700409 Registered since 1988

Operates: Coventry City, Warwickshire

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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.

6 trustees on the board

Alan Michael Shaw Chair since 2017
Ayaz Maqsood since 2022
David Robert Moorcroft since 2020
Horrabin Jenifer since 2022
Robert Steven Wildman since 2017
Zowie-Jade Gahir since 2022

6y median 5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Alan Michael Shaw Chair since 2017
David Robert Moorcroft since 2020
Robert Steven Wildman since 2017

15.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Alan Michael Shaw Chair since 2017
Ayaz Maqsood since 2022
David Robert Moorcroft since 2020
Horrabin Jenifer since 2022
Robert Steven Wildman since 2017
Zowie-Jade Gahir since 2022

company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 3Professional services 2Education 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

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2024

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incomespending£12.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

526 from 294 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Tameside Sports Trust Similar size; both Sport
The National Foundation for Youth Music Similar size; both Sport
Youth Sport Trust Similar size; both Sport
Liverpool FC Foundation Similar size; both Sport
The Cathedral School (Llandaff) Limited Similar size; both Sport
Circadian Trust Similar size; both Sport

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.covsf.com
Email	pnbreed@cvlife.co.uk
Phone	02476856956
Address	XCEL LEISURE CENTRE, MITCHELL AVENUE, CANLEY, COVENTRY, CV4 8DY

Finances

£12,223,973 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£5,136,584	£5,230,457
2022	£8,546,745	£7,870,535
2023	£10,107,194	£9,835,969
2024	£11,336,988	£10,748,223
2025	£12,223,973	£11,189,213

What it does

What

Amateur Sport

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, PHYSICAL EDUCATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE CITY OF COVENTRY AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 APRIL 1988 AS AMENDED ON 10 MAY 1994 AND 3 APRIL 2000 BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 17 MARCH 2004.

Trustees (6)

6trustees

73median age

3aged 70+

Alan Michael Shawage band 70-74 Chair since 2017
Ayaz Maqsoodage band 55-59 since 2022
David Robert Moorcroftage band 70-74 since 2020
Horrabin Jenifer since 2022
Robert Steven Wildmanage band 70-74 since 2017
Zowie-Jade Gahir since 2022

Linked company (Companies House)

Coventry Sports Foundation · 02239584 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 05/04/1988

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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