Mike Thurston Water Activities Centre

Analysis

Mike Thurston Water Activities Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Walsham. It was registered in December 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Mike Thurston Water Activities Centre reported income of £30k and spending of £6,909, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £15k to £30k (+103%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 147%. Over the whole period it spent 37% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Mike Thurston Water Activities Centre sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dartington Village Hall Association (£30k), 1st Berkhamsted Scout Group (£30k) and Westonzoyland Village Hall (£30k).