Bolton Community Leisure

Analysis

Bolton Community Leisure is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in December 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 04982682). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bolton Community Leisure reported income of £6.3m and spending of £6.9m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £4.5m to £6.3m (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 56%. 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, Bolton Community Leisure sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Universities and Colleges Sport Limited (£6.2m), Lady Barn House School Limited (£6.4m) and East Lancashire Light Railway Company Limited (£6.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £83k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 190 people.