Wigton Youth Station

Analysis

Wigton Youth Station is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in December 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wigton Youth Station reported income of £69k and spending of £76k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £49k to £69k (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wigton Youth Station sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lympstone Village Hall CIO (£69k), Cockermouth Junior Football Club (£69k) and Wells Skatepark Community Group (£69k).