Clophill Heritage Trust

Analysis

Clophill Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in November 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07280273). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Clophill Heritage Trust reported income of £136k and spending of £195k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £104k to £136k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 153% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Clophill Heritage Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Leatherhead Community Association (£136k), Bristol Bridge Club (£136k) and Leafy Lane Playing Fields Ltd (£136k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.