One Mile Closer

Analysis

One Mile Closer is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in April 2020, 6 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, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, One Mile Closer reported income of £11k and spending of £16k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £600 to £11k (+1660%), an average of +105% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 2246%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, One Mile Closer sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stoke St Michael Community Field (£11k), Whitstable Unit 363 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£11k) and Redlynch Village Hall (£11k).