Carn Brea Leisure Centre Trust

Analysis

Carn Brea Leisure Centre Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Redruth. It was registered in January 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03896891). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Carn Brea Leisure Centre Trust reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.3m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £942k to £2.5m (+161%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Carn Brea Leisure Centre Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Commonwork Trust (£2.5m), Humanity Without Borders (£2.5m) and Beyond Dementia (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85%, trading 8.5% and donations and legacies 5.1%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Reserves of £183k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 72 people.