Petts Wood War Memorial Trust

Analysis

Petts Wood War Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Orpington. It was registered in May 1964, 62 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 trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Petts Wood War Memorial Trust reported income of £87k and spending of £106k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £77k to £87k (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Petts Wood War Memorial Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Unity Community Association, Liverpool (£87k), West End AFC (£87k) and Victoria Park, Buckfastleigh (£87k).

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.