CHIPPING SODBURY TOWN TRUST

Registered charity 274443 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of sports facilities (youth and adult participants) in Chipping Sodbury - golf, tennis, cricket, football, rugby. Also childrens play area and Millennium Garden for use of residents and visitors to the area.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME FOR THE UPKEEP OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY AND SUBJECT THERETO FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SODBURY AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: CIVIL PARISH OF SODBURY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Gloucestershire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£99k

Latest spending

£98k

Registered

1977

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £28,548, which are held for emergency use. The accounts state there is no pension liability and no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The financial position is described as fairly consistent from year to year, with principal risks identified as persistent non-payment of rents.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Government income: £4,519 — grants £4,519 (1); 5% of the £83,060 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Government income: £4,970 — grants £4,970 (1); 3% of the £178,084 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 03/07/2024, 246 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Chipping Sodbury Town Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Jane Lundchair
JULIA MAY BERNAU · trustee of 1 other charity
Josh Cox · trustee of 1 other charity
Kevin Pitman
MARTIN BYWATER · trustee of 1 other charity
MR PADDY SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity
Marian Gilpin
Michael Woodward
PHILIP RUMNEY
ROGER PENFOLD
Richard Wilson
Robert Banister
Scott Gibson

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

Operates in: South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£99k	£98k
31/12/2024	£83k	£133k
31/12/2023	£178k	£154k
31/12/2022	£107k	£122k
31/12/2021	£152k	£131k

Common questions

Is CHIPPING SODBURY TOWN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £28,548, which are held for emergency use. The accounts state there is no pension liability and no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The financial position is described as fairly consistent from year to year, with principal risks identified as persistent non-payment of rents. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	07/06/2013	£50k	Raised Pitch Drainage
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/11/2008	£40k	Land Drainage Scheme

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1.1m
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£60k
THE SURREY CRICKET BOARD	1	£19k
THE TORY FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KIRTON IN LINDSEY ACTIVELY SUPPORTING SPORT IN THE COMMUNITY.

KIRTON IN LINDSEY ACTIVELY SUPPORTING SPORT IN THE COMMUNITY income £29k
THE SUTTON COLDFIELD RECREATIONAL TRUST income £311k
The Sports Trust income £1.4m
Kettering Town F.C. Community Trust income £157k
SOUTHWARK COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST income £259k
RECREATION GROUND, MORCHARD BISHOP income £27k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHIPPING SODBURY TOWN TRUST	£99k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KIRTON IN LINDSEY ACTIVELY SUPPORTING SPORT IN THE COMMUNITY FY2025	£29k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SUTTON COLDFIELD RECREATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£311k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
The Sports Trust FY2025	£1.4m	£70,001 - £80,000	—	below	—	no doubt
Kettering Town F.C. Community Trust FY2025	£157k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTHWARK COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST FY2025	£259k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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