Boarshurst Educational Foundation

Analysis

Boarshurst Educational Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oldham. It was registered in July 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Boarshurst Educational Foundation reported income of £10k and spending of £0, leaving 100% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £62 to £10k (+16674%), an average of +260% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 3071%. Over the whole period it spent 1.3% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Boarshurst Educational Foundation sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The People's Park and Recreation Grounds (£10k), Recreation Ground and Playing Field (£10k) and The Gloucestershire Cricket Trust (£10k).