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PARKRUN GLOBAL LIMITED

Registered charity 1175062 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

parkrun organise free, weekly, 5km timed runs around the world. They are open to everyone, free, and are safe and easy to take part in. These events take place in pleasant parkland surroundings and we encourage people of every ability to take part; from those taking their first steps in running to Olympians; from juniors to those with more experience; we welcome you all.

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Latest income
£11.0m
Latest spending
£10.4m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 17.6% to £11.0 million, while total expenditure rose by only 7.7% to £10.4 million, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3.0 million, which the trustees assess as providing approximately 2.9 months of expenditure coverage against their policy target of three months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £160,001 - £170,000 — above the median for charities its size (£130k)
“£160,000 - £169,999 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: parkrun Trading Limited
“parkrun Global Ltd has a wholly-owned non-charitable subsidiary, parkrun Trading Limited, which undertakes parkrun’s commercial activities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Total income
£11.0m
Total spending
£10.4m
Cost of raising funds
£5.1m
Reserves (reported)
£3.7m
Employees
62

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (73% 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: 46.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Australia · Canada · Denmark · Eswatini · Finland · France · Germany · Ireland · Italy · Japan · Malaysia · Namibia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£11.0m£10.4m
31/01/2024£9.4m£9.6m
31/01/2023£7.2m£7.3m
31/01/2022£5.6m£4.3m
31/01/2021£4.3m£3.9m

Common questions

Is PARKRUN GLOBAL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased by 17.6% to £11.0 million, while total expenditure rose by only 7.7% to £10.4 million, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3.0 million, which the trustees assess as providing approximately 2.9 months of expenditure coverage against their policy target of three months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of PARKRUN GLOBAL LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £160,001 - £170,000 band.

Who funds PARKRUN GLOBAL LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PARKRUN GLOBAL LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED, GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£1.2mExpanding and developing Junior Parkrun
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£1.2mExpanding and developing Junior Parkrun
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PHILIP J MILTON AND COMPANY PLC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1—
BLUESPARK FOUNDATION1—
THE NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME1£863k
THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£715k
THE NISBET TRUST1£400k
THE ACCESS FOUNDATION1£303k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED1£202k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£200k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PARKPLAY LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PARKRUN GLOBAL LIMITED£11.0m£160,001 - £170,000—unclear—no doubt
PARKPLAY LTD FY2024£467k——unclear—no doubt
RUN KIDS RUN FY2024£389k—0unclear—no doubt
PARK VIEW 4U FY2025£180k—0unclear—no doubt
FITMUMS AND FRIENDS FY2024£236k—0unclear—no doubt
VICTORIA PARK HARRIERS AND TOWER HAMLETS AC FY2025£140k—0unclear—no doubt

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