Learning and Community Sport @ Worle Trust

Analysis

Learning and Community Sport @ Worle Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Weston-Super-Mare. It was registered in November 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08191371). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Learning and Community Sport @ Worle Trust reported income of £898k and spending of £940k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £350k to £898k (+157%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Learning and Community Sport @ Worle 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carers Trust Tyne & Wear (£897k), The Harrison-Frank Family Foundation (UK) Limited (£898k) and The Strettons Mayfair Trust (£897k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85% and trading 15%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £161k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.

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.