Wodson Park Trust

Analysis

Wodson Park Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ware. It was registered in December 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04757847). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wodson Park Trust reported income of £763k and spending of £902k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £499k to £763k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wodson Park Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 Nursery@aspire (£763k), Erewash Valley Gymnastics Club Ltd (£767k) and Saint John Southworth Foundation (£762k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92% and donations and legacies 1.6%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £85k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 44 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.