Ardagh Community Trust

Analysis

Ardagh Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in April 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, economic/community development/employment 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.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ardagh Community Trust reported income of £69k and spending of £61k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £133k to £69k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped 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, Ardagh Community Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shenstone Community Library Association (£69k), Haworth Village Hall Association (£69k) and Levenshulme Old Library (£69k).