Nice Time

Analysis

Nice Time is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bradford. It was registered in January 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03197785). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Nice Time reported income of £990k and spending of £801k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £847k to £990k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Nice Time sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Five Parks, Bournemouth I E Kings, Queens, Meyrick and Redhill Parks and Seafield Gardens (£988k), Landkey Mazzard Hall Trust (£1.0m) and Cricklade and District Community Association (£986k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 83%, trading 15% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £935k would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.