Governance
SportsAid's charity number is 1111612 (full name: Sports Aid Trust). SportsAid is also a private company limited by guarantee (number: 5538901). The registered office is SportsAid, House of Sport, Marathon House, 190 Great Dover Street, London, SE1 4YB.
The charity also operates a wholly owned subsidiary called SAF Promotions Limited (company number: 2508698). The Directors of SAF Promotions are Heather Charrington Clark and Richard Glasson. The Company Secretary is Adam Joelson, SportsAid's Finance Manager.
Linked to SportsAid is an unincorporated society - the Sports Aid Foundation Society. The Society's committee members are the same as the Board of Trustees. The Chair is Mike Westcott and the Secretary is Adam Joelson. All other trustees of SportsAid are ordinary committee members. The Society is currently dormant.
Company Secretary
SportsAid's company secretary is Adam Joelson, who can be contacted via email or by calling him on 020 8017 2320.
Solicitors
SportsAid's solicitors are Eversheds LLP, One Wood Street, London, EC2V 7WS.
Auditors
SportsAid's auditors are Saffery, 71 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4BE.
Governance
Sports Aid Trust and SAF Promotions Limited are governed by their Memorandum and Articles of Association respectively. The Sports Aid Foundation Society is governed by its Rules and Objectives. Copies of these documents can either be downloaded below or are available upon request:
- Sports Aid Trust - Memorandum and Articles of Association
- SAF Promotions Limited - Memorandum and Articles of Association (please contact Adam Joelson)
- Sports Aid Foundation Society - Rules and Objectives
In addition to the SportsAid Board of Trustees, the SAF Promotions Limited Board of Directors and the Sports Aid Foundation Society Committee, SportsAid has a number of sub-committees and advisory groups. Details of the full structure can be downloaded here.
The terms of reference relating to each sub-committee and advisory group can also be downloaded below:
Board of Trustees
SportsAid's Board of Trustees is led by Mike Westcott - the charity's Chair. For full details of SportsAid's trustees, please see the Meet the Team section.
Minutes
Copies of minutes of board meetings, sub-committee meetings and advisory group meetings will be taken as per the terms of reference. Minutes will be published below once approved by the relevant board, sub-committee or advisory group.
SportsAid Trust Board
SAF Promotions Limited
SportsAid Foundation Society Committee
National Awards Committee
Audit and Risk Committee
Backing The Best Awards Panel
Trustee appointments
The Nominations Committee overseas appointments to the Board of Trustees. The process diagram, which can be downloaded here, details the steps taken.
Equality
SportsAid is a recognised equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, belief and gender. SportsAid has achieved the Preliminary Level of the Equality Standard for Sport.
In April 2017, the SportsAid Board of Trustees formally adopted a target of a minimum of 30% of each gender on its board. Furthermore, the board committed to progressing towards achieving gender parity and greater diversity on its board, including and not limited to ethnically diverse communities and disability. SportsAid’s Board Diversity Action Plan for 2017-18 can be downloaded here. Annual reports on progress against this plan will be published in future years.
Accounts
Copies of the latest Sports Aid Trust accounts are available on the Charity Commission website. Recently published accounts can also be downloaded from the links below:
- Sports Aid Trust Accounts 2018
- Sports Aid Trust Accounts 2019
- Sports Aid Trust Accounts 2020
- Sports Aid Trust Accounts 2021
Copies of the latest SAF Promotions Limited accounts are available on the Companies House website. Recently published accounts can also be downloaded from the links below:
- SAF Promotions LTD Accounts 2014
- SAF Promotions LTD Accounts 2015
- SAF Promotions LTD Accounts 2016
- SAF Promotions LTD Accounts 2017
- SAF Promotions LTD Accounts 2018
Copies of the latest Sports Aid Foundation Society accounts are not publicly available. If you would like to request copies of these accounts, please contact Adam Joelson, SportsAid's Finance Manager, via email.
