The Sports Trust

Analysis

The Sports Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Folkestone. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08623233). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Sports Trust reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.5m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £2.1m to £1.4m (-32%), an average of -9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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 Sports Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mangotsfield and Blackhorse Sports & Community Association (£1.4m), Port Vale Football Club Foundation (£1.5m) and Farnham Park Sports Fields (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 64%, charitable activities 18% and trading 18%. Charitable activities took 73% of spending and raising funds 27%. It employed 22 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.