Barnham and Eastergate Community Trust

Analysis

Barnham and Eastergate Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bognor Regis. It was registered in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and other charitable purposes, 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.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Barnham and Eastergate Community Trust reported income of £281k and spending of £287k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £93k to £281k (+202%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 191%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Barnham and Eastergate Community Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Magog Trust (£280k), The Filmer Trust (£282k) and Sport Horse Breeding of Great Britain (£280k).

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.