Paddle Trust UK

Analysis

Paddle Trust UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in November 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06194565). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Paddle Trust UK reported income of £24k and spending of £74k, spending 314% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £28k to £24k (-16%), an average of -4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 263% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Paddle Trust UK sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Longbenton Youth Project (£24k), Remo Charitable Trust (£24k) and Christ Disciples Fellowship London (£24k).

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.