Who we are
The Nick Maughan Family Foundation was set up in 2020 by the British-born Bahamian philanthropist Nick Maughan CBE to give a home to his growing charitable work. It builds and funds programmes that give young people a safe place, a structure and a way forward. Most of that work begins with sport.
October 2026 · The Bahamas-UK Sports Academy
I am delighted that the British High Commission is a founding strategic partner of The Bahamas-UK Sports Academy, and proud to have helped bring this exciting initiative to life.
What began as an idea just a few months ago has quickly become a reality, thanks to our shared ambition to create new opportunities for young people through sport, education and skills. With generous funding from Nick Maughan’s charitable foundation, the Academy has the resources it needs to begin its work and award its first grants.
The Academy brings a new dimension to the UK-Bahamas partnership, drawing on the strengths of both countries to develop sporting talent, build skills and create lasting connections between our communities.
Two Commonwealth realms, one sporting partnership.
Where we work
Our reach
- BoxWise, the youth charity Nick Maughan co-founded, now works in towns and cities across England and Wales, from Brixton and Birmingham to Manchester, Yorkshire and Pembroke Dock.
- Many thousands of young people have completed the BoxWise programme. Every session comes with a hot meal.
- BoxWise invests in local England Boxing clubs, so grassroots boxing grows stronger wherever it goes.
- It works with Violence Reduction Units, Youth Justice Services, local authorities and police forces.
- In Nassau, the Bahamas Boxing Academy gives young Bahamians a place to train, to study or simply to be safe.
- In Mbale, Eastern Uganda, the Nick Maughan Maternity Centre cares for many hundreds of mothers each month, free of charge, while local IT centres give technical training to local people. NMF also funds schools, general healthcare and wells supplying fresh water in the area.
What we do
Our pillars
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Sport
We found and fund youth sport programmes for young people at risk of exclusion, violence and homelessness. BoxWise in the UK and the Bahamas Boxing Academy in Nassau are among our projects.
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Education
We fund bursaries, build schools and support research that widens opportunity for young people.
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Communities
We serve the communities we can most benefit: young people facing homelessness and violence in the UK, and mothers and newborns in Eastern Uganda.
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Environment
We support wildlife conservation across Africa and coral restoration in the Caribbean.
Programmes
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Sport
BoxWise
BoxWise began in 2020 in a single gym in Brixton, South London. Childhood friends Nick Maughan and Rick Ogden founded it, and NMF met its costs alone in the early years. It now works in towns and cities across England and Wales, and abroad from Uganda to Brazil. It has since built a broad and sustainable base of generous donors, including a gift of one million pounds from the boxing promoter Frank Warren.
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Sport
Bahamas Boxing Academy
The Bahamas Boxing Academy on Celery Drive, Nassau, is a national youth boxing and community centre. It was established at the request of the Prime Minister of The Bahamas, the Hon. Philip Davis KC. Nick Maughan founded the Academy and chairs its board of trustees. He funded its new buildings in full and oversaw the rebuilding of the site personally, and the Prime Minister opened them in 2026.
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The Bahamas-UK Sports Academy
Two Commonwealth realms, one sporting partnership. The Bahamas-UK Sports Academy was incorporated in Nassau in October 2026, after extensive planning between the British High Commission, the Office of the Governor-General, the Office of the Prime Minister of The Bahamas and the Nick Maughan Family Foundation.
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Communities
The Nick Maughan Maternity Centre
Life in Mbale, Eastern Uganda, is hard, and clinics are scarce. With Spotlight on Africa, NMF has built and fully funds the Nick Maughan Maternity Centre, where every part of a mother's care is free. Nick Maughan is a regular visitor to Mbale, where he oversees the work in person.
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Nick Maughan CBE
Nick Maughan CBE is a British-born Bahamian philanthropist. He was born in London in 1980. He first studied Religion and Theology at the University of Manchester and then a master's degree in Investment Management from Cass Business School, now Bayes Business School. In his early twenties he moved to New York, where he worked as a researcher developing automated trading systems for the financial markets. He later built technology businesses with a particular focus on AI applications. He has long made his home in The Bahamas.
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