The Clifton Centre Community Association

Analysis

The Clifton Centre Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Darlington. It was registered in September 2002, 24 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. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Clifton Centre Community Association reported income of £31k and spending of £34k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £49k to £31k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Clifton Centre Community Association sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Howe Croft Community Association (£31k), Brithdir Village Hall (£31k) and Drighlington Scouts (£31k).

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.