Eagles Community Foundation
Analysis
Eagles Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in February 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05400969). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.
In the financial year ending July 2025, Eagles Community Foundation reported income of £1.8m and spending of £2.0m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £974k to £1.8m (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.
Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Eagles Community Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Durham County Carers Support (£1.8m), Special Olympics Great Britain (£1.8m) and Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity (£1.8m).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 49%, charitable activities 45% and donations and legacies 5.9%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 10%. It employed 163 people.
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
- Donations 5.9%
- Charitable activities 45%
- Trading 49%
In the charity's own words
To promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for playing basketball.To provide facilities for sport and recreation for people who need such facilities andTo advance the education of children and young people through such means as the trustees think fit
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Durham County Carers Support | County Durham | £1.8m |
| Special Olympics Great Britain | London | £1.8m |
| Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity | Surrey | £1.8m |
| Get Kids Going | London | £1.8m |