Kirklees Active Leisure

Analysis

Kirklees Active Leisure is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huddersfield. It was registered in March 2002, 24 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 04331165). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kirklees Active Leisure reported income of £14.5m and spending of £14.2m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £11.2m to £14.5m (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Kirklees Active Leisure sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. 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 Keech Hospice (£14.5m), St Luke's Hospice (£14.5m) and Kidney Research UK (£14.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89% and trading 2.2%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.8%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 545 people.