Highfield Park Trust

Analysis

Highfield Park Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Albans. It was registered in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03193779). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Highfield Park Trust reported income of £371k and spending of £414k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £230k to £371k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Highfield Park Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Open Spaces Society (£369k), Bulkington Village Centre (£371k) and The Racing Centre Ltd (£368k).

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.