Waterside Community Trust

Analysis

Waterside Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Isle Of Wight. It was registered in September 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 November 2025, Waterside Community Trust reported income of £773k and spending of £651k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £546k to £773k (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2024, when income rose by 45%. 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, Waterside Community Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 Barry Young Men's Christian Association (£771k), Lymington Community Association (£778k) and Great Driffield AFC (£771k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75%, donations and legacies 18%, investments 3.2% and trading 1.7%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.9%. Reserves of £798k would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 44 people.