Applecast Limited

Analysis

Applecast Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wigan. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05758480). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Applecast Limited reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £714k to £1.1m (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Applecast 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 Gymnastics in Ipswich (£1.1m), Bath Recreation Limited (£1.1m) and 4ct Limited (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and donations and legacies 2.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 18 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.