Nene Park Trust

Analysis

Nene Park Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in February 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02288607). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Nene Park Trust reported income of £5.5m and spending of £8.2m, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £4.1m to £5.5m (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Nene Park Trust sits at the 100th 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Berkhampstead School (Cheltenham) Trust Limited (£5.4m), Basingstoke and Deane Community Leisure Trust (£5.6m) and Laureus Sport for Good Foundation (£5.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 51%, donations and legacies 31%, investments 14% and trading 3.4%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.4%. Reserves of £20.7m would cover about 30 months of spending at that rate. It employed 106 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.