The Weight Lifting Foundation

Analysis

The Weight Lifting Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staines-upon-Thames. It was registered in October 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, 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 services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Weight Lifting Foundation reported income of £10k and spending of £6,371, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £8,865 to £10k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 149% 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 Weight Lifting Foundation sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Debden Recreation Ground (£10k), The Bugthorpe War Memorial Institute (£10k) and Meysey Hampton Playing Fields Committee (£10k).