The Ilchester Town Trust

Analysis

The Ilchester Town Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Yeovil. It was registered in August 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Ilchester Town Trust reported income of £109k and spending of £131k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £59k to £109k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 48%. 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, The Ilchester Town Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hatfield Town Cricket Club (£109k), Ellington Juniors Football Club (£109k) and Chiswick Rowing Trust (£109k).

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.