Walton Firs Foundation

Analysis

Walton Firs Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in April 2006, 20 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 05695208). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Walton Firs Foundation reported income of £853k and spending of £772k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £391k to £853k (+118%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Walton Firs Foundation 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 Ocean Youth Trust South (£852k), New Era Foundation Ltd. (£854k) and The Shipwrights Charitable Fund (£851k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81%, donations and legacies 14% and trading 4.5%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Reserves of £279k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.