England Athletics Annual Report 2025
We have continued to make good progress in a number of areas of our established strategy “Athletes and Runners at the heart” (2020-2032) and we continue to prioritise five key areas, each interdependent on each other’s success and he domestic sport as a whole:
- Participation
- Clubs
- Coaches and Officials
- Competition
- Talent
During the year, the number of affiliated clubs and member bodies has reached an all-time high and registered athlete levels continue to grow year on year.
The number of coaches and officials gaining qualifications has seen growth in the last 12 months.
Strategic plan
We have continued to make good progress in a number of areas of our established strategy “Athletes and Runners at the heart” (2020-2032) and we continue to prioritise five key areas, each interdependent on each other’s success and the domestic sport as a whole:
Participation
- Membership increased during 2024/25 to 177,441 registered athletes and runners.
- The funetics programme for 4–11-year-olds continues to be a strategic priority.
- Our RunTogether social running programme continued to grow with 250,000 participants in around 3,500 leader led groups.
- RUN:EA targeting individual unaffiliated runners was launched in January.
Clubs
- 1,900 clubs and member bodies affiliated to EA during 2024/25 to access support, insurances, access to competition for their athletes, discounted coaching courses and other benefits.
- Our club support team remains in place across England and is supporting clubs across several work areas such as Compliance/Safeguarding/Welfare, Club Standards, Facility & Club Development, Volunteering, Coaching
Coaches and Officials
Competition
Talent