Lordswood Leisure Centre Limited

Analysis

Lordswood Leisure Centre Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chatham. It was registered in August 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04492639). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lordswood Leisure Centre Limited reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.3m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £496k to £1.4m (+187%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lordswood Leisure Centre Limited sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Charity (£1.4m), Dementia Research UK (£1.4m) and Solace Surviving Exile and Persecution (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 58% and charitable activities 41%. Charitable activities took 41% of spending and raising funds 58%. Reserves of £714k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 41 people.