Bournemouth School Charitable Trust

Analysis

Bournemouth School Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in October 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03383674). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bournemouth School Charitable Trust reported income of £107k and spending of £79k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £66k to £107k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bournemouth School Charitable Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CLWB Rygbi Dinbych (£107k), Barlborough Miners Welfare Recreation Ground and Institute (£108k) and Naphill Village Hall and Playing Fields (£107k).