Claremont First Step Community Centre

Analysis

Claremont First Step Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackpool. It was registered in October 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03911790). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Claremont First Step Community Centre reported income of £188k and spending of £193k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £338k to £188k (-44%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 253%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Claremont First Step Community Centre sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bostan Welfare (£188k), Thurrock Centre for Independent Living (£189k) and Stripes - The West Yorkshire ADHD Charity (£188k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.