Redbridge Sports Centre Trust Limited

Analysis

Redbridge Sports Centre Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilford. It was registered in February 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01000490). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Redbridge Sports Centre Trust Limited reported income of £2.6m and spending of £3.0m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £2.6m (+121%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Redbridge Sports Centre Trust Limited sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kings Active Foundation (£2.5m), Coram's Fields and the Harmsworth Memorial Playground (£2.6m) and University of Huddersfield Students' Union (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £863k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 135 people.

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.