The Longford Neighbourhood Services Centre

Analysis

The Longford Neighbourhood Services Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warrington. It was registered in October 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Longford Neighbourhood Services Centre reported income of £60k and spending of £68k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £26k to £60k (+131%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 167%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Longford Neighbourhood Services Centre sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God Jesus People Parish (North Woolwich) (£60k), Jarvis Eleemosynary Charity (£60k) and The King's Community Church, Staines (£60k).