The Ongar Community Sports Trust

Analysis

The Ongar Community Sports Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport 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, The Ongar Community Sports Trust reported income of £44k and spending of £4,139, leaving 91% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £62k to £44k (-28%), an average of -7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 5.2% 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 Ongar Community Sports Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thursley Village Hall CIO (£44k), Cavendish Fields Sports Association (£44k) and Crosspool and District Youth Sports Trust (£44k).