The Nell Bank Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Nell Bank Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilkley. It was registered in July 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10887667). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Nell Bank Charitable Trust reported income of £665k and spending of £710k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £107k to £665k (+521%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 364%. Over the whole period it spent 113% 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 Nell Bank Charitable Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Entrain Space Trust (£663k), Adventure Sunderland Ltd (£666k) and Welsh Pony and Cob Society (£661k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 80%, donations and legacies 18% and investments 2.3%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 5.7%. Reserves of £315k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.