The Hunslet Club

Analysis

The Hunslet Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in May 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 06530457). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Hunslet Club reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.7m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £613k to £1.8m (+192%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Hunslet Club sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% 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 The Boathouse Youth (£1.8m), Fields in Trust (£1.8m) and Birmingham City FC Foundation (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 59%, donations and legacies 31%, trading 5.0% and investments 4.5%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 4.0%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 58 people.