AFC Bournemouth Community Sports Trust

Analysis

AFC Bournemouth Community Sports Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06396310). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending November 2025, AFC Bournemouth Community Sports Trust reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.6m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £1.7m (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, AFC Bournemouth Community Sports Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include House of Praise Trust (£1.7m), The Borne Foundation (£1.7m) and Children on the Edge (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 74%, donations and legacies 21% and trading 4.7%. Charitable activities took 52% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 45 people.