Thurrock Community Leisure Limited

Analysis

Thurrock Community Leisure Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Grays. It was registered in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03782811). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Thurrock Community Leisure Limited reported income of £6.7m and spending of £6.6m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.7m to £6.7m (+146%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Thurrock Community Leisure Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mental Health Foundation (£6.7m), The Royal Life Saving Society - U.k. (£6.7m) and Noah's Ark - the Children's Hospice (£6.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and trading 3.9%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 177 people.