Sherborne Sports and Leisure Limited

Analysis

Sherborne Sports and Leisure Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sherborne. It was registered in November 2006, 20 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 05869779). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Sherborne Sports and Leisure Limited reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.3m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £820k to £1.3m (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Sherborne Sports and Leisure Limited sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bankside Open Spaces Trust (£1.3m), Hampshire County Scout Council (£1.3m) and Folkestone Parks and Pleasure Grounds Charity (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £66k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 55 people.