Robert B Massey Memorial Trust

Analysis

Robert B Massey Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in January 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Robert B Massey Memorial Trust reported income of £153k and spending of £247k, spending 162% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £109k to £153k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Robert B Massey Memorial Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blackburn Rugby Union Football Club (£152k), Hackney Rugby Football Club Limited (£153k) and Dudley Caribbean and Friends Association (£152k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.