The Claude Thompson Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Claude Thompson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Epsom. It was registered in May 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Claude Thompson Charitable Trust reported income of £34k and spending of £209k, spending 616% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £28k to £34k (+21%), an average of +4.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 251% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Claude Thompson Charitable Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kings Hill and District U3a (£34k), Whitley Village Hall CIO (£34k) and Gressingham Village Trust (£34k).