The British Sporting Art Trust

Analysis

The British Sporting Art Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newmarket. It was registered in March 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The British Sporting Art Trust reported income of £84k and spending of £82k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £172k to £84k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The British Sporting Art Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sidmouth Town Band (£84k), Association for Sound Design and Production (£84k) and Thames Youth Orchestra (£83k).