Barrow Hill Community Trust

Analysis

Barrow Hill Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chesterfield. It was registered in December 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, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Barrow Hill Community Trust reported income of £323k and spending of £252k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £127k to £323k (+155%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 3542%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Barrow Hill Community Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sandylands Sports Centre (£323k), St Albans District Scout Council (£324k) and Surrey West County of the Guide Association (£322k).