Sports Partnership Herefordshire and Worcestershire

Analysis

Sports Partnership Herefordshire and Worcestershire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Henwick Grove. It was registered in July 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08822764). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sports Partnership Herefordshire and Worcestershire reported income of £768k and spending of £819k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £735k to £768k (+4.6%), an average of +1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Sports Partnership Herefordshire and Worcestershire sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Erewash Valley Gymnastics Club Ltd (£767k), Waveney Gymnastics Club (£771k) and Wodson Park Trust (£763k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 95% and charitable activities 4.6%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2,800. Reserves of £230k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.

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.