Black Trail Runners

Analysis

Black Trail Runners is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Black Trail Runners reported income of £121k and spending of £107k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2025, income grew from £24k to £121k (+396%), an average of +70% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 123%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Black Trail Runners sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% 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 The Scullery (£121k), Knowle Park Trust (£122k) and Silverhill Playgroup (£121k).