The Old Albanian Sports Association Limited

Analysis

The Old Albanian Sports Association Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in January 2005, 21 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 company (Companies House number 05322409). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Old Albanian Sports Association Limited reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.4m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £547k to £1.1m (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 122% 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 Old Albanian Sports Association Limited 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Notts Gymnastics Academy (£1.1m), 4ct Limited (£1.1m) and Sussex County Sports Partnership Trust (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 66%, charitable activities 31% and donations and legacies 3.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £10k. Charitable activities took 37% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £4.2m would cover about 37 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.