Sporting Penistone

Analysis

Sporting Penistone is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in July 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sporting Penistone reported income of £198k and spending of £215k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £252k to £198k (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Sporting Penistone sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kent & Medway Biological Records Centre (£198k), Rugby Borough Sports Trust Limited (£198k) and Bletchley Youth Centre (£198k).