Cambridge Sport Lakes Trust

Analysis

Cambridge Sport Lakes Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in September 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02963773). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cambridge Sport Lakes Trust reported income of £508k and spending of £500k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £560k to £508k (-9.2%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Cambridge Sport Lakes Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ken Dodd Charitable Foundation (£508k), Ikon Church (£509k) and Belmont Abbey Mission CIO (£508k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £227k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.