Bridport and West Dorset Sports Trust Limited

Analysis

Bridport and West Dorset Sports Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridport. It was registered in August 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01218639). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bridport and West Dorset Sports Trust Limited reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £887k to £1.5m (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bridport and West Dorset Sports Trust Limited sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Winter Sports Foundation (£1.5m), Middlesex County Football Association Limited (£1.6m) and Wormwood Scrubs Charitable Trust (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, trading 3.2% and donations and legacies 2.6%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.1%. It employed 65 people.