Registered charity 1199523

The Welsh Sports Foundation

What it does

The Welsh Sports Foundation will ensure that every individual child and young person in Wales is able to participate in sport, by relieving financial pressure, where this is a barrier to participation. In doing so, we will ensure no child is left on the side-lines.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE3.1 TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN SPORT AND HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN WALES BY:(A) PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES AND SERVICES;(B) THE IMPROVEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AND WELL- BEING THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION.3.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BY(A) THE PROVISION OF RESOURCES, SKILLS TRAINING AND PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE TO ASSIST COMMUNITY SPORTS GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS;(B) ADVANCING RESEARCH INTO THE BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION AND ACCESSIBILITY OF SPORT AND ADVANCING EDUCATION IN BREAKING DOWN SUCH BARRIERS.3.3 THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF WASTE REDUCTION, RE-USE, RECLAMATION AND RECYCLING OF SURPLUS SPORTS KIT AND EQUIPMENT.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Education and training
Disability
Amateur sport
Who it helps: Other defined groups
The general public
How it works: Makes grants to individuals
Makes grants to organisations
Provides other finance
Acts as an umbrella or resource body

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Throughout Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £7,231 and spent £950.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2025	£7,231	£950	Not reported	1
31 March 2024	£9,260	£60	Not reported	1
31 March 2023	£0	£0	Not reported	1

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time: Down 22%, from £9,260 in the year to 31 March 2024 to £7,231 in the year to 31 March 2025.
Spending against income: It spent 13% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent less than its income in each of the 2 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

Income from government grants and contracts by financial year
Year ending	Government grants	Government contracts
31 March 2025	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2024	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2023	Not reported	Not reported

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £2,500, awarded in 2026.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
26 Jan 2026	SHAREGIFTDistribution ID55	£2,500

Payments from public bodies, from their spending data

Public bodies' published spending shows 1 payment to this charity worth £86,093, on 11 May 2026.

Payments from public bodies, from their spending data
Public body	Paid	Payments	Financial years
Welsh Governmentits spending data	£86,093	1	2026/27

Councils and Welsh Government publish what they pay suppliers and grant holders above a threshold, usually £500 for councils and £25,000 for Welsh Government, so smaller payments are missing. A payment is shown only when OpenEconomy matched it to this charity with certainty. These figures come from the payer's records. They are a separate measure from the charity's own accounts, 360Giving grants and its annual return, and are never added to them.

Trustees

8 trustees run the charity.

Richard ThomasChairAppointed 1 July 2022
Damian PhillipsAppointed 18 October 2023
Daniel John CauntAppointed 1 July 2022
Kate Stokes DaviesAppointed 1 May 2025
Lynn Margret PammentAppointed 1 July 2022
Mark TweedAppointed 6 February 2025
Victoria BarkerAppointed 22 November 2022
William Gareth DaviesAppointed 1 July 2022

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 3 annual returns that were due, 2 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 17 June 2025, 228 days early	Received 11 September 2025
31 March 2024	31 January 2025	Received 21 November 2024, 71 days early	Received 21 November 2024
31 March 2023	31 January 2024	Received 20 February 2024, 20 days late	Received 20 February 2024

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1199523
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 1 July 2022
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 01 Jul 2022
Website: www.welshsportsfoundation.walesAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Cardiff

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2025

£7,231

£950

Not reported

31 March 2024

£9,260

£60

Not reported

31 March 2023

£0

Not reported

Year ending

Government grants

Government contracts

31 March 2025

Not reported

31 March 2024

Not reported

31 March 2023

Not reported

Awarded

Grant

Amount

26 Jan 2026

SHAREGIFTDistribution ID55

£2,500

Public body

Paid

Payments

Financial years

Welsh Governmentits spending data

£86,093

2026/27

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 17 June 2025, 228 days early

Received 11 September 2025

31 March 2024

31 January 2025

Received 21 November 2024, 71 days early

Received 21 November 2024

31 March 2023

31 January 2024

Received 20 February 2024, 20 days late

Received 20 February 2024