Leisure Focus Trust

Analysis

Leisure Focus Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in June 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Leisure Focus Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £11.7m, spending 1000% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £3.1m to £1.2m (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Leisure Focus Trust 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Essex Boys and Girls Clubs (£1.2m), Wakoos Centre4children Ltd (£1.2m) and Bromham Community Hub (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 10%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 445 people.