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Wivenhoe & District Sporting Facilities Trust

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1068881ColchesterAmateur sport and recreation
Income£22k2025-03-31
Spending£19ksame year
Spent / received82%5-year average
Size in its cause54th pctAmateur sport and recreation
Registered1998Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Wivenhoe & District Sporting Facilities Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in March 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wivenhoe & District Sporting Facilities Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £19k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £24k to £22k (-6.9%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 389%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wivenhoe & District Sporting Facilities Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 4 Recreation Limited (£22k), The Houghton and Wyton Memorial Hall (£22k) and The Penrose Club for Adults with Special Needs (£22k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.

Income and spending

£0£5,912£12k£18k£24k2021 Income: £23,6462021 Spending: £11,27820212022 Income: £2,7062022 Spending: £12,28420222023 Income: £13,2382023 Spending: £12,32620232024 Income: £18,2022024 Spending: £10,52520242025 Income: £22,0142025 Spending: £18,9382025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Trust is established for the benefit of the inhabitants of Wivenhoe and the surrounding area by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities for recreation, sports and leisure-time occupations in the interests of social welfare and with the objects of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
4 Recreation LimitedNottingham£22k
The Houghton and Wyton Memorial HallHuntingdon£22k
The Penrose Club for Adults with Special NeedsEgham£22k
The Benllech and District Recreational AssociationIsle of Anglesey£22k