Diggle's First Fruits

Analysis

Diggle's First Fruits is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in April 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Diggle's First Fruits reported income of £27k and spending of £29k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £22k to £27k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 305%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Diggle's First Fruits sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wakefield Unit 343 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£27k), Thurston Village Hall (£27k) and Radwinter Village Hall Charity (£27k).

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.