Oughtrington Community Centre

Analysis

Oughtrington Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in February 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05626686). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Oughtrington Community Centre reported income of £36k and spending of £70k, spending 196% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £52k to £36k (-31%), an average of -8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Oughtrington Community Centre sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Saye and Sele Foundation (£36k), 7th Harlow Scout Group (£36k) and Ravenstone with Snibstone Village Institute (£36k).

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.