Tonbridge and Malling Leisure Trust

Analysis

Tonbridge and Malling Leisure Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in December 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08447331). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Tonbridge and Malling Leisure Trust reported income of £11.2m and spending of £10.4m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.9m to £11.2m (+128%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Tonbridge and Malling Leisure Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Field Lane Foundation (£11.2m), The National Forest Company (£11.2m) and The Alongside Charity (£11.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.3m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 448 people.