Wormwood Scrubs Charitable Trust

Analysis

Wormwood Scrubs Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wormwood Scrubs Charitable Trust reported income of £1.5m and spending of £829k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.5m (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wormwood Scrubs Charitable Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Burton Albion Community Trust (£1.5m), Winter Sports Foundation (£1.5m) and Faversham Swimming Pools Management Committee Ltd (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 57%, trading 25%, donations and legacies 9.1% and investments 8.2%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £48k. Reserves of £2.8m would cover about 40 months of spending at that rate.