Warley Woods Community Trust Limited

Analysis

Warley Woods Community Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in July 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04214547). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Warley Woods Community Trust Limited reported income of £668k and spending of £519k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £468k to £668k (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Warley Woods Community Trust Limited 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 Rye Recreation & Wellbeing CIO (£668k), The National Pony Society (£669k) and Hampton Pool Trust (£668k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 39%, donations and legacies 33%, trading 9.7% and investments 2.5%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. Reserves of £597k would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.