Pennywell Community Centre

Analysis

Pennywell Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sunderland. It was registered in December 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04552557). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Pennywell Community Centre reported income of £127k and spending of £122k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £46k to £127k (+178%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Pennywell Community Centre sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Poloafrica Development Trust (£127k), Bill Quay Pre-School (£127k) and Moretonhampstead Swimming Pool Trust (£127k).