Newcastle Fencing & Sports Trust

Analysis

Newcastle Fencing & Sports Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in November 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08696113). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Newcastle Fencing & Sports Trust reported income of £24k and spending of £31k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £91k to £24k (-74%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 137%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Newcastle Fencing & Sports Trust sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St George's Day Charity Club Watford and District (£24k), Shanti Charitable Trust (£24k) and The W P H Charitable Trust (£24k).

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.