4ct Limited

Analysis

4ct Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in August 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04750811). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 4ct Limited reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.2m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £993k to £1.1m (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 4ct Limited 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Old Albanian Sports Association Limited (£1.1m), Gymnastics in Ipswich (£1.1m) and Notts Gymnastics Academy (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and trading 1.8%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 16%. Reserves of £93k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 51 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.