The Friends of Moat Mount Camp Site

Analysis

The Friends of Moat Mount Camp Site is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03130147). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Friends of Moat Mount Camp Site reported income of £54k and spending of £80k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £40k to £54k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Friends of Moat Mount Camp Site sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Read and Simonstone Village Hall (£54k), 1st Thurstaston Scout Group (£54k) and The Hope Edwardes Institute (£54k).

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.