Friends of Poloafrica Development Trust

Analysis

Friends of Poloafrica Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in August 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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, Friends of Poloafrica Development Trust reported income of £127k and spending of £85k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £33k to £127k (+284%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 158%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Friends of Poloafrica Development Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Moretonhampstead Swimming Pool Trust (£127k), Pennywell Community Centre (£127k) and Crawley Down Community Centre Association (£126k).