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Barn Elms Sports Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1135370BarnesAmateur sport and recreation
Income£384k2025-03-31
Spending£317ksame year
Spent / received71%5-year average
Size in its cause95th pctAmateur sport and recreation
Registered2010Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Barn Elms Sports Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnes. It was registered in April 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07025727). It says it provides other finance and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Barn Elms Sports Trust reported income of £384k and spending of £317k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £275k to £384k (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Barn Elms Sports Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Warwickshire Sports Complex Ltd (£383k), Wentworth Golf and Tennis Foundation (£384k) and The Warwick Percy Estates Community Projects (£383k).

Income and spending

£0£106k£211k£317k£423k2021 Income: £274,7642021 Spending: £200,78020212022 Income: £381,7572022 Spending: £232,78120222023 Income: £384,7592023 Spending: £256,52820232024 Income: £422,7412024 Spending: £300,75520242025 Income: £383,5742025 Spending: £316,6872025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Barn Elms Sports Trust (BEST) is a charitable trust dedicated to preserving Barn Elms Playing Fields, an open space in Barnes SW13 9SA in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames [LBRUT]. During the course of 2012 LBRUT decided to allow communities to manage their local sites. BEST was awarded a licence to manage Barn Elms from the beginning of September 2012 on a not for profit basis.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
West Warwickshire Sports Complex LtdWest Midlands£383k
Wentworth Golf and Tennis FoundationVirginia Water£384k
The Warwick Percy Estates Community ProjectsWarwick£383k
Plymouth Swallows School of GymnasticsPlymouth£385k