Oldham Athletic Community Trust

Analysis

Oldham Athletic Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oldham. It was registered in September 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06035165). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Oldham Athletic Community Trust reported income of £464k and spending of £613k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £257k to £464k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Oldham Athletic Community Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cranbrook Sports Club (£463k), Highfield Community Association-Keighley (£464k) and The Swanage Pier Trust (£462k).