COMMONWEALTH GAMES ENGLAND
Company number 01616941 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Commonwealth Games England is a well-run, asset-light Commonwealth Games Association whose balance sheet tracks the quadrennial Games cycle almost textbook-perfectly: accumulation to a £8.5m peak for Birmingham 2022, a £4.8m Games-year drawdown, a thin inter-Games trough at £1.65m, and a healthy £5.0m pre-Glasgow build funded largely by £3.7m of deferred income. Its liquidity, compliance and governance are sector-leading for its size, but free reserves are tighter than headline funds suggest, and the organisation's structural vulnerability is not financial but strategic — total dependence on an event whose hosting pipeline and commercial relevance are under genuine pressure. Within its niche, CGE is the dominant home-nation player, though its commercial programme remains modest next to Team GB and its fixed cost base bites hardest in the years between Games.
Shareholders' funds
£1,857,624
Balance sheet as at 2026-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Incorporated
- 1982-02-24
- Employees
- 18 (2026 accounts · was 13 in 2025)
- Registered office
- Tintagel House, 92 Albert Embankment, London, England, SE1 7TY
- Postcode
- SE1 7TY
- Accounts category
- Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-16
- Next due by
- 2027-07-30
Nature of business (SIC)
- 93199 Other sports activities
Officers 13 current · 48 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z1051114 (Tier 1), registered since 2009.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| COMMONWEALTH GAMES COUNCIL FOR ENGLAND(THE) | 2009-04-20 |
Previous registered addresses 8
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE DUTCH HOUSE 307 -308 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, WC1V 7LL | 2018-11-19 |
| PO BOX 36288 JUBILEE STAND, CRYSTAL PALACE NSC, LEDRINGTON ROAD, LONDON, SE19 2YY | 2012-10-26 |
| TAVISTOCK HOUSE SOUTH, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON, WC1H 9JZ | 2004-08-20 |
| TAVISTOCK HOUSE SOUTH, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON, WC1H 9JZ | 2004-08-20 |
| E OLD RECTORY, 29 MARTIN LANE, LONDON, EC4R 0AU | 1997-05-01 |
| THE OLD RECTORY, 29 MARTIN LANE, LONDON, EC4R 0AU | 1997-05-01 |
| CHURCH ROW, WANDSWORTH PLAIN, LONDON, SW18 1EH | 1990-07-03 |
| 1 CHURCH ROW, WANDSWORTH PLAIN, LONDON, SW18 1EH | 1990-07-03 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 171 similar companies in SE
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (18 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1982.
No.6 of the largest other sports activities companies in London →
Competitors London
This company ranks 6 among other sports activities in London.
The class of 1982
53%
of the 12,656 companies incorporated in 1982 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.