Louth Navigation Trust

Analysis

Louth Navigation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06128940). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Louth Navigation Trust reported income of £19k and spending of £8,318, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £14k to £19k (+33%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 507%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Louth Navigation Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Edward's Royal Free Psa (£19k), 8th Darlington (Cockerton Green) Scout Group (£19k) and Measham Community Centre Fund (£19k).