ACTIVE LUTON

Registered charity 1111804 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operation of sports facilities, development of sport in the community and assisting with the delivery of sport as part of the school curriculum. Also promoting the value of sport & physical activity in addressing the wider agendas of health improvement, lifelong learning & community well-being.Operates Library services.

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Latest income
£15.7m
Latest spending
£15.4m
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document is an excerpt from an Independent Auditor's Report and does not contain financial statements, trustee reports, or narrative commentary regarding the charity's financial health. Consequently, no facts regarding reserves, income, expenditure, or going concern status are available in the text to assess financial health.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Property (HM Land Registry)

8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£15.7m
Total spending
£15.4m
Reserves (reported)
£6.2m
Employees
217

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (74% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire · Luton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£15.7m£15.4m
31/03/2024£15.2m£14.4m
31/03/2023£14.7m£14.0m
31/03/2022£14.4m£13.5m
31/03/2021£10.4m£9.4m

Common questions

Is ACTIVE LUTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document is an excerpt from an Independent Auditor's Report and does not contain financial statements, trustee reports, or narrative commentary regarding the charity's financial health. Consequently, no facts regarding reserves, income, expenditure, or going concern status are available in the text to assess financial health. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds ACTIVE LUTON?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ACTIVE LUTON as a grant recipient include BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£30kLuton Rising Community Investment Fund
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£2kLuton Citizens Fund

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England13/01/2026£283kPlace Universal Offer - Beds
Sport England11/11/2025£216kPlace Universal Offer - Beds
Sport England10/09/2025£598kTransition Place- Luton
Sport England25/11/2024£104kSystem Partner Investment 2022-27
Sport England16/04/2024£26kMoving Communities
Sport England31/01/2024£178kNavigating Local Systems extension
Sport England17/10/2023£191kSport Welfare Officers
Sport England03/01/2023£40kTogether Fund – Phase 4
Sport England19/12/2022£20kTogether Fund – Phase 4
Sport England05/04/2022£2.6mSystem Partner Investment 2022-27
Sport England29/03/2022£138kTogether Fund – Phase 4
Sport England03/02/2022£8kMoving Communities
Sport England12/10/2021£36kB2022 Commonwealth Games: National Legacy
Sport England10/05/2021£55kPrimary Role 2018-21 (Tackling Inequalities Through System Partners).
Sport England23/03/2021£25kNavigating Local Systems extension
Sport England12/03/2021£155kOpening School Facilities Phase 2
Sport England17/12/2020£150kLewsey Pool Redevelopment
Sport England19/10/2020£454kActive Partnerships Funding 21-24 (Rollover)
Sport England17/09/2020£50kPrimary Role 2018-21 (Tackling Inequalities Through System Partners).
Sport England09/09/2020£8kActive Partnerships Funding 21-24
Sport England21/05/2020£50kPrimary Role 2018-21 (Tackling Inequalities Through System Partners).
Sport England06/02/2020£106kSatellite clubs
Sport England21/11/2019£7kCSP School Sport
Sport England22/08/2019£89kCSP School Sport
Sport England02/08/2019£8kCSP School Sport

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BERKHAMPSTEAD SCHOOL (CHELTENHAM) TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ACTIVE LUTON£15.7m——unclear—no doubt
BERKHAMPSTEAD SCHOOL (CHELTENHAM) TRUST LIMITED FY2025£5.4m——below—no doubt
YORKSHIRE HEALTH AND SPORT LIMITED FY2024£421k—0unclear—no doubt
Prout Bridge Project FY2025£180k——unclear—no doubt
SHENLEY LEISURE CENTRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£689k——unclear—no doubt
FLEETWOOD TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.