The W O Bentley Memorial Foundation

Analysis

The W O Bentley Memorial Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in April 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The W O Bentley Memorial Foundation reported income of £66k and spending of £65k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £49k to £66k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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 W O Bentley Memorial Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Hertford Scout Group (£66k), The Central Norwich Hockey Consortium Limited (£66k) and Mansfield Harriers and Athletics Club (£66k).