Lancaster West Children's Community Network

Analysis

Lancaster West Children's Community Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03835048). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lancaster West Children's Community Network reported income of £289k and spending of £333k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £385k to £289k (-25%), an average of -6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lancaster West Children's Community Network sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Well Baptist Church (£289k), The Apostles' Continuation Church International Hackney/Seven Sisters Assembly (£289k) and Community in Partnership Knowle West (£289k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.