01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC043119
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 24
- Postcode
- S10 3LF
OSCR note: Previous name - The King's Foundation from 26/04/2012 to 19/12/2023
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of public participation in sport
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
(a) to educate and assist young persons through their leisure time activities so to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society and that their condition of life may be improved. (b) the relief either generally or individually of young persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress by making grants of money or providing or paying for items, services or facilities calculated to reduce the need, hardship or distress of such persons. (c) the relief in cases of need of young persons who are sick, convalescent, disabled, handicapped or infirm by providing or paying for items, services or facilities which are calculated to alleviate the suffering or assist the recovery of such persons in such cases but are not readily available to them from other sources.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £2,749,061 | £2,886,868 | 24 | 16 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £2,812,484 | £2,818,947 | 24 | 26 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £2,937,135 | £2,767,014 | 24 | 11 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £2,526,116 | £2,155,353 | 24 | 11 August 2022 |
| 31 December 2020 | £1,119,752 | £1,488,324 | 24 | 14 September 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Osborne House, 47 Snaithing Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.kingsactive.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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