700 Club

Analysis

700 Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Darlington. It was registered in June 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03191544). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 700 Club reported income of £3.2m and spending of £2.8m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £1.4m to £3.2m (+125%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, 700 Club sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Samuel Lewis Foundation (£3.2m), Signposts (Luton) (£3.2m) and Grimsby Cleethorpes and Humber Region YMCA (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Reserves of £479k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.