The Will Mackaness Trust

Analysis

The Will Mackaness Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in June 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07594445). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Will Mackaness Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £34k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £15k to £22k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 Will Mackaness Trust sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cwmdare Miners' Welfare Hall and Recreation Ground (£22k), Coetmor Mill Trust (£22k) and Long Furlong Community Association (£22k).