Watford Fc's Community Sports & Education Trust
Analysis
Watford Fc's Community Sports & Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herts. It was registered in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04903645). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.
In the financial year ending June 2025, Watford Fc's Community Sports & Education Trust reported income of £3.0m and spending of £3.3m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £2.4m to £3.0m (+22%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.
Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Watford Fc's Community Sports & Education Trust 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Landau Limited (£3.0m), English Federation of Disability Sport (£3.0m) and The Greenbank Project (£3.0m).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, donations and legacies 7.5% and investments 3.8%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.9%. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 128 people.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Donations 7.5%
- Charitable activities 88%
- Trading 1.0%
- Investments 3.8%
In the charity's own words
- To promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing opportunities for the playing of association football and other sports;- To provide, and assist in providing, facilities for sport, recreation or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare;- To advance the education of children and young people through such means as the trustees think fit;
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Landau Limited | Telford | £3.0m |
| English Federation of Disability Sport | Loughborough | £3.0m |
| The Greenbank Project | Merseyside | £3.0m |
| Bayis Sheli Ltd | London | £3.0m |