Essa Water Activities Centre

Analysis

Essa Water Activities Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Waltham Abbey. It was registered in September 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Essa Water Activities Centre reported income of £161k and spending of £176k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £229k to £161k (-30%), an average of -8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Essa Water Activities Centre sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 5ives Community Sports Club (£161k), Cliff House Trust Limited (£161k) and Oxshott Royals Football Club (£161k).