Leigh Youth and Community Development Trust

Analysis

Leigh Youth and Community Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in November 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04188718). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Leigh Youth and Community Development Trust reported income of £379k and spending of £322k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £360k to £379k (+5.2%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Leigh Youth and Community Development 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 Long Eaton United Football Club Limited (£377k), 4motion Darlington (£380k) and Kidlington Football Club (£377k).