Wembley National Stadium Trust

Analysis

Wembley National Stadium Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in November 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03667982). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Wembley National Stadium Trust reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.2m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £6,936 to £1.4m (+19906%), an average of +276% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 12761%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wembley National Stadium Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Golf and Leisure Trust (£1.4m), King's Reach (£1.4m) and The Sapphire Employability and Wellbeing Academy (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and investments 3.0%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £971k. Reserves of £2.0m would cover about 19 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.