West Wight Sports and Community Centre Trust Ltd

Analysis

West Wight Sports and Community Centre Trust Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Isle of Wight. It was registered in April 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01266607). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, West Wight Sports and Community Centre Trust Ltd reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.2m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £793k to £1.3m (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, West Wight Sports and Community Centre Trust Ltd sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% 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 Aed Donate (£1.3m), Development Aid From People to People UK (£1.3m) and Northamptonshire Health Charitable Fund (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 72%, donations and legacies 19%, trading 7.3% and investments 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,057. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 4.3%. Reserves of £554k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 54 people.