YOUTH SPORT TRUST

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Buzzacott Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or parent charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. YOUTH SPORT TRUST · parent
   1. Youth Sport Trust Enterprises Limited 100% · England and Wales · design and development of innovative resources and managing the supply chain. They market and sell specialist sports equipment, resources and other products (via an online store) that are sourced from suppliers in the UK and overseas.

Significant events

• “2024/25 marked the third and final year of the first phase of our 2022 - 2035 Inspiring Changemakers and Building Belonging strategy.”
• “The first three years of the strategy have seen us build the foundations of our starting locally and building momentum principle. This year we have deepened our engagement in 20 'Growth Areas'...”
• “The School Games ... continues to play an important role in the delivery of enrichment opportunities ... throughout 2024/25 we focussed the work of the School Games Organiser network even more intensely on those most underserved young people...”
• “National School Sports Week ... was a huge success in 2024 reaching record numbers of children.”
• “The charity staged a range of national and local events over the last 12 months, from our National Conference and Annual Awards through to local networking events...”
• “In 2024 we commissioned Campbell Tickell to undertake an independent, external evaluation of our Board, as part of our 4-yearly cycle.”
• “We have implemented a new employee engagement survey this year, in place of the previous, annual, Best Companies 'b-Heard' survey.”
• “During 2024/25 the charity forged a number of new partnerships including with Kitround and David Lloyd, and Garfield Weston.”
• “Successfully completed the second year of our partnership with Sports Direct in 2024, delivering National School Sport Week (NSSW) in alignment with their Monster Kickabout campaign.”
• “Our partnership with Kingswood has concluded following their entry into administration.”
• “In 2024/25, the Youth Sport Trust were supported by several corporate charity partnerships, providing both income and value in kind for the charity. This included the continuation of existing charity partnerships with Citron Hygiene, Limitless, Meet for Good and Foresters Friendly Society. New partnerships included David Lloyd Clubs and Kitround, which saw the Youth Sport Trust receive £8,000 donation following their De-Clutter and Do Good campaign, and ESR Europe raising over £6,000 for the Youth Sport Trust.”
• “March 2025 saw the delivery of a successful commercial exhibition and sponsorship programme, alongside the Youth Sport Trust's Annual Conference. Over £100,000 was raised through commercial stand sales and sponsorship.”
• “Over the 2024/25 financial year, income received through Trusts and Foundations included grants from some of our long-standing funders such as The John Armitage Charitable Trust, Wimbledon Foundation and The Mercers Charitable Foundation.”
• “In 2024/25, the Youth Sport Trust received a significant legacy gift of over £24,000 and more than £25,000 was raised by 14 participants in the 2024 London Marathon.”
• “2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the charity and we have used this milestone to refresh once again our Class of 2035 report...”
• “September 2025 marks the launch of Phase 2 of our current 2022 - 2035 strategy.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

14

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

5

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +24.8%

  £8,559,277 → £10,684,864

• Cash

  +52.8%

  £765,365 → £1,169,632

• Net assets

  -14.3%

  £9,147,808 → £7,843,603

• Employees

  0%

  112 → 112

• Wages

  +3.1%

  £4,306,634 → £4,440,030

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers