Active Nation UK Ltd

Analysis

Active Nation UK Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwickshire. It was registered in July 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03072216). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2023, Active Nation UK Ltd reported income of £14.4m and spending of £15.4m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2023, income grew from £8.5m to £14.4m (+69%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Active Nation UK Ltd sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Combat Stress (£14.3m), Arthur Rank Hospice Charity (£14.4m) and Self Help Services (£14.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82% and trading 2.7%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £3.9m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 266 people.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.