The Tribune Trust

Analysis

The Tribune Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Tribune Trust reported income of £43k and spending of £79k, spending 181% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £62k to £43k (-30%), an average of -8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Tribune Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Cornforth and District Community Association (£43k), Islanders Youth and Community Centre (£43k) and 2nd Thundersley St Peters Scout Group (£43k).

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.