Syke Community Base

Analysis

Syke Community Base is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rochdale. It was registered in June 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Syke Community Base reported income of £93k and spending of £66k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £23k to £93k (+311%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Syke Community Base sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Samaritans of Ipswich and East Suffolk (£93k), Oshwal Elderly Welfare Association CIO (£93k) and Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust General Charitable Fund (£93k).