Desborough Sailing Club

Analysis

Desborough Sailing Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tw17 9lq. It was registered in December 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, 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 December 2025, Desborough Sailing Club reported income of £46k and spending of £51k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £63k to £46k (-27%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Desborough Sailing Club sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% 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 1st Arlesey Scout Group (£46k), UK Wallball Association Limited (£46k) and Roxton Parish Hall (£46k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.