Avon Navigation Trust

Analysis

Avon Navigation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pershore. It was registered in October 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00857695). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Avon Navigation Trust reported income of £922k and spending of £709k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £877k to £922k (+5.1%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Avon Navigation 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wallsend Boys Club (£920k), Edenbridge and Oxted Agricultural Show (£934k) and Harrow School of Gymnastics (£917k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93%, investments 4.5% and donations and legacies 2.4%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £235k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.