WEST OF ENGLAND SPORT TRUST

Registered charity 1114495 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WESPORT

Inspiring People, Empowering Organisations and Creating Opportunities through Sport and Physical Activity.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £3,656 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,283,253 and total expenditure of £1,279,597. The trustees confirm that the charity holds sufficient unrestricted reserves of £635,683 to meet its recurring commitments and maintain adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £250k - £500k (held: £636k)
“The Trustees will aim to maintain a balance of £250k £500k in reserves to cover working capital requirements and to allow for wind up costs should that occur.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wesport (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.3m
Reserves (reported)
£636k
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (84% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2024£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.8m£2.1m
31/03/2022£2.3m£1.5m
31/03/2021£874k£863k

Common questions

Is WEST OF ENGLAND SPORT TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £3,656 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,283,253 and total expenditure of £1,279,597. The trustees confirm that the charity holds sufficient unrestricted reserves of £635,683 to meet its recurring commitments and maintain adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bishop Fleming LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England14/11/2025£60kBristol Girls Can
Sport England29/01/2025£138kSystem Partner Investment 2022-27
Sport England02/05/2024£180kBristol Girls Can
Sport England19/03/2024£26kMoving Communities
Sport England10/11/2023£382kSport Welfare Officers
Sport England03/01/2023£101kTogether Fund - Phase 4
Sport England19/12/2022£49kTogether Fund - Phase 4
Sport England28/04/2022£462kTogether Fund - Phase 4
Sport England25/04/2022£2.7mSystem Partner Investment 2022-27
Sport England27/01/2022£8kMoving Communities
Sport England22/09/2021£36kB2022 Commonwealth Games: National Legacy
Sport England12/07/2021£310kPrimary Role 2018-21 (Tackling Inequalities Through System Partners).
Sport England12/03/2021£183kOpening School Facilities Phase 2
Sport England26/11/2020£13kCSP Daily Mile
Sport England09/10/2020£602kActive Partnerships Funding 21-24 (Rollover)
Sport England21/09/2020£80kPrimary Role 2018-21 (Tackling Inequalities Through System Partners).
Sport England09/09/2020£8kActive Partnerships Funding 21-24
Sport England02/06/2020£80kPrimary Role 2018-21 (Tackling Inequalities Through System Partners).
Sport England06/02/2020£159kSatellite clubs
Sport England03/02/2020£9kCSP Daily Mile
Sport England21/11/2019£7kCSP School Sport
Sport England20/08/2019£116kCSP School Sport
Sport England02/08/2019£8kCSP School Sport
Sport England08/05/2019£80kLocal Workforce Development
Sport England12/02/2019£129kSatellite clubs

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with West Wight Sports and Community Centre Trust Ltd.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WEST OF ENGLAND SPORT TRUST£1.3m——above—no doubt
West Wight Sports and Community Centre Trust Ltd FY2025£1.3m—0below—no doubt
WEST WARWICKSHIRE SPORTS COMPLEX LTD FY2025£383k—0above—no doubt
BRIDPORT AND WEST DORSET SPORTS TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
ENGLAND AND WALES CRICKET TRUST FY2026£41.7m—0above—no doubt
WRITHLINGTON TRUST FY2025£6.3m£90,001 - £100,000—unclear—no doubt

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