Torpoint Bowling Club
Analysis
Torpoint Bowling Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in November 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Torpoint Bowling Club reported income of £24k and spending of £26k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £25k to £24k (-2.8%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.
Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Torpoint Bowling Club sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 15th Airedale (St Oswald's) Scout Group Guiseley, Leeds (£24k), Paft Charitable Organisation (£24k) and Taffs Well Village Hall (£24k).
Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
EXTENSION TO CLUB HOUSE. PLANNING PERMISSION OBTAINED AND BUILDING REGS PASSED TO BUILD EXTENSION. GRANTS OF -ú39.000 OBTAINED WORK COMMENCED NOVEMBER 2010. NEW EXTENSION COMPLETED APRIL 2011. DOUBLED THE SIZE OF THE CLUB, CAN NOW HOLD SHORT MAT BOWLS, SKITTLES AND MORE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS. .
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| 15th Airedale (St Oswald's) Scout Group Guiseley, Leeds | Leeds | £24k |
| Paft Charitable Organisation | London | £24k |
| Taffs Well Village Hall | Cardiff | £24k |
| 17th Epping Forest South Scout-Group | London | £24k |