Ascb Charitable Fund

Analysis

Ascb Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aldershot. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06569008). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ascb Charitable Fund reported income of £7.4m and spending of £8.8m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6.7m to £7.4m (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Ascb Charitable Fund sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Queen Mary University of London Students' Union Limited (£7.3m), Newcastle University Students' Union (£7.6m) and University of York Students' Union (£6.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 79%, trading 17% and donations and legacies 2.5%. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 25%. Reserves of £11.8m would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.