Balkwell Community Welfare Association

Analysis

Balkwell Community Welfare Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Shields. It was registered in May 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Balkwell Community Welfare Association reported income of £40k and spending of £34k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £28k to £40k (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Balkwell Community Welfare Association sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lochaber Hall Community Association (£40k), Lowther Parish Hall (£40k) and Helston and St Keverne Young Farmers Club (£40k).