Richmondshire Leisure Trust

Analysis

Richmondshire Leisure Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in October 2005, 21 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 05095316). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Richmondshire Leisure Trust reported income of £917k and spending of £1.0m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £886k to £917k (+3.6%), an average of +0.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Richmondshire Leisure 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Melton Mowbray Town Estate (£905k), Harrow School of Gymnastics (£917k) and London Youth Games Foundation (£904k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £94k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 31 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.