Etchingham Trust for Sports and Recreation

Analysis

Etchingham Trust for Sports and Recreation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Etchingham. It was registered in July 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Etchingham Trust for Sports and Recreation reported income of £20k and spending of £27k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £56k to £20k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income dropped by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Etchingham Trust for Sports and Recreation sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxford Student Conferences (£20k), Fleckney Duckpond Players (£20k) and Caldicot Youth Group (£20k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.