Skyway Charity

Analysis

Skyway Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, economic/community development/employment and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04335024). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Skyway Charity reported income of £613k and spending of £640k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £798k to £613k (-23%), an average of -6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Skyway Charity 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 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include City of Coventry Swimming Club (£611k), The Poppleton Community Trust (£614k) and Southport Gymnastics Club (£609k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 72%, donations and legacies 18% and trading 9.6%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £218k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.

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.