Active Lincolnshire

Analysis

Active Lincolnshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05252701). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Active Lincolnshire reported income of £1.0m and spending of £884k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £724k to £1.0m (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Active Lincolnshire 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 Moor Allerton Golf Club (Leeds) (£1.0m), Huntingdon Gymnastics Club Limited (£1.0m) and Landkey Mazzard Hall Trust (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and trading 1.7%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £29k. Reserves of £573k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.