Hampton Pool Trust

Analysis

Hampton Pool Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampton. It was registered in April 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01870925). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hampton Pool Trust reported income of £668k and spending of £476k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £45k to £668k (+1388%), an average of +96% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 370%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Hampton Pool Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Colombo Street Community and Sports Centre (£667k), Rye Recreation & Wellbeing CIO (£668k) and Adventure Sunderland Ltd (£666k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 54%, donations and legacies 27%, charitable activities 15% and investments 3.9%. Charitable activities took 38% of spending and raising funds 60%. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 45 months of spending at that rate.