Bob Carter Memorial Youth and Leisure Centre Trust

Analysis

Bob Carter Memorial Youth and Leisure Centre Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in September 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bob Carter Memorial Youth and Leisure Centre Trust reported income of £148k and spending of £188k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £140k to £148k (+5.7%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bob Carter Memorial Youth and Leisure Centre Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Oxford Community Association (£148k), Congleton Rugby Union Football Club Limited (£148k) and Amhurst Park Kids Network (£147k).

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.