The Essex and Southend Sports Trust

Analysis

The Essex and Southend Sports Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in May 2002, 24 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Essex and Southend Sports Trust reported income of £272k and spending of £250k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £215k to £272k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 21%. 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 Essex and Southend Sports 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 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Langton Green Community Sports Association Ltd. (£272k), Empire Theatre Trust CIO (£273k) and Hedworthfield Community Association (£272k).