The Achilles Trust

Analysis

The Achilles Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woodford Green. It was registered in July 2013, 13 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 trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Achilles Trust reported income of £56k and spending of £39k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £19k to £56k (+200%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 414%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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 Achilles Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Thamesfield Youth Association (£56k), 1st Bradley Stoke Scout Group (£56k) and Ashfield Rugby Union Football Club Limited (£56k).