YOUTH SPORT TRUST

Active
Company number 04180163Private company limited by guaranteeIncorporated 2001

Key figures

£7,852,678+0.1%
Net assets 2025/26
+0.1%
Average annual growth 2024/25–2025/26
02 m4 m6 m8 m2024/252025/26

† YOUTH SPORT TRUST filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Like most small UK companies, YOUTH SPORT TRUST does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2025/26

Sector comparison

SIC 85510

Where the company stands among the 13,403 active companies whose first SIC code is 85510 (Sports and recreation education).

Net assets£7,852,678
Higher than 99% · median £2,020
Total assets£9,223,031
Higher than 99% · median £12,479
Cash£488,604
Higher than 97% · median £6,345
Employees112
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age25.7 years
Older than 99% · median 3.2 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. HELP FOR HEROES£71.9m
  2. THE SCOTTISH SPORTS COUNCIL TRUST COMPANY£22.9m
  3. GREENHOUSE SPORTS LIMITED£18.4m
  4. THE BEES FOOTBALL GROUP LIMITED£18m
  5. YOUTH SPORT TRUST£7.9m
  6. WATFORD FC'S COMMUNITY SPORTS & EDUCATION TRUST£6.7m
  7. THE WEST HANTS CLUB£5.2m
  8. ONSIDE YOUTH ZONES£4.6m
  9. SWINDON TOWN FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION£4.5m
  10. THE CHAMWELL CENTRE CHARITY£4.1m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 13,403. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: YOUTH SPORT TRUST

What kind of company is it?

YOUTH SPORT TRUST is a private company limited by guarantee registered with Companies House under company number 04180163. It was incorporated on 15 Mar 2001. Its status is active. The registered office is in Loughborough (LE11). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is sports and recreation education (85510).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 31 Mar 2026); the company files group accounts. Net assets were £7,852,678, up 0.1% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £488,604. The company had an average of 112 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024/25–2025/26).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 13,403 active companies whose first SIC code is 85510: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £2,020). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £12,479). By cash it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £6,345). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 99% of them (median age 3.2 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 5 public contract award notices from 5 public sector buyers since 2015. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £432k. 1 of the awards is shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 5 central government grants worth £1.3m, mainly from Department for Education.

What do public registers and reports show?

It is a registered charity (number 1086915) with a latest reported income of £12.2m. HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly toys, games and sports goods.

Who runs and controls the company?

1 of 1 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 19 Mar 2027.

Filed accounts2024/25–2025/26
2024/25 †2025/26 †
Cash at bank and in hand3,050,636488,604
Total assets9,979,7499,223,031
Total liabilities2,136,146—
Net assets / total equity7,843,6037,852,678
Average number of employees112112

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

5 contracts

YOUTH SPORT TRUST is named as a supplier in 5 public contract award notices from 5 public sector buyers since 2015. The 4 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £432k. 1 award is shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers5
Department for Education
1 contract · £300k
Milton Keynes Council
1 contract · £80k
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University…
1 contract · £32k
Public Health England
1 contract · £20k
BRITISH COUNCIL(THE)
1 contract
Contracts
  1. Development of the Daily Active8 Domains Resource‡NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University… · £32,034
  2. Physical Literacy in the Early years - AWARD‡Milton Keynes Council · £79,991
  3. PE SEND Programme‡Department for Education · £300,000
  4. UK_2020_EandS_Cultural relations through sportBRITISH COUNCIL(THE) · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £1,000,000 in total
  5. Action research to identify what works to supoport physical activity in girls aged 8-10‡Public Health England · £20,000

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

5 grants

YOUTH SPORT TRUST is recorded as the recipient of 5 central government grants since 2020, together worth £1.3m.

Funders
Department for Education
3 grants · £894.9k
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
1 grant · £247.1k
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
1 grant · £180k
Grants
  1. InclusionDepartment for Education · £404,699
  2. InclusionDepartment for Education · £190,234
  3. ALB-Sport England-System Partner Investment 2022-27Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £180,000 · System Partners
  4. Inclusion 2020Department for Education · £300,000
  5. FAITH RACE HATE - GRANT SCHEMEDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £247,079

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Registers and licences

Registered charityNo. 1086915
Registered with the Charity Commission
5 Jun 2001
Income, year to 31 Mar 2025
£12.2m
Spending
£13.5m

Improving the quality of PE & school sportDeveloping incl. PE & school sport to engage the least activeModernising competitive school sport to offer more young people the opp to competeEnabling & empowering young people to lead & be role modelsMaximising the experiences of elite athletes via mentor…

View on the register of charities

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 1 of the last 12 months on record, most recently September 2025. Main goods: toys, games and sports goods.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

3 events
  1. Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: net assets £7.9m, 112 employees
  2. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £7.8m, 112 employees
  3. Company incorporatedPrivate company limited by guarantee

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.