The Willow Road Community Centre Project

Analysis

The Willow Road Community Centre Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Darlington. It was registered in November 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Willow Road Community Centre Project reported income of £45k and spending of £53k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £22k to £45k (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Willow Road Community Centre Project sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Care Rights Project (£45k), Lincolnshire Wolds Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving (£45k) and The Harenc Community Trust (£45k).