Tameside Sports Trust

Analysis

Tameside Sports Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hyde. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03531443). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Tameside Sports Trust reported income of £14.8m and spending of £15.3m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9.8m to £14.8m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Tameside Sports Trust sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Circadian Trust (£14.1m), Clayesmore School (£14.8m) and Cardiff University Students' Union (£14.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91% and investments 9.3%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 492 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.