Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre

Analysis

Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in March 1999, 27 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 03389636). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre reported income of £715k and spending of £664k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £473k to £715k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 37%. 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, Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Minver Community Hub CIO (£712k), The Cirdan Sailing Trust (Incorporating the Faramir Trust) Limited (£719k) and Whitefield Golf Club (£710k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, donations and legacies 8.7% and investments 2.9%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Reserves of £556k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.