The London Sports Trust

Analysis

The London Sports Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The London Sports Trust reported income of £669k and spending of £610k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £642k to £669k (+4.2%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The London Sports Trust 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 The National Pony Society (£669k), 1851 Marine Trust (£671k) and Warley Woods Community Trust Limited (£668k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88% and donations and legacies 12%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%.