The Metcalfe Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Metcalfe Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottinghamshire. It was registered in December 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Metcalfe Charitable Trust reported income of £39k and spending of £114k, spending 288% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £60k to £39k (-34%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 253% 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 Metcalfe Charitable Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yatton Village Hall (£39k), Chipping and District Memorial Hall (£39k) and Berkeley Community Sports and Leisure Trust (£39k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.