Harlow and District Sports Trust

Analysis

Harlow and District Sports Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harlow. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00622773). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Harlow and District Sports Trust reported income of £6.3m and spending of £5.6m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £6.3m (+211%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 129%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Harlow and District Sports 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Writhlington Trust (£6.3m), Edhi International Foundation UK (£6.3m) and YMCA North Staffordshire Ltd. (£6.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and investments 4.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £5.2m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 44 people.