Wallsend Boys Club

Analysis

Wallsend Boys Club is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wallsend. It was registered in May 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05540723). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Wallsend Boys Club reported income of £920k and spending of £548k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £369k to £920k (+149%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wallsend Boys Club sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harrow School of Gymnastics (£917k), Avon Navigation Trust (£922k) and Richmondshire Leisure Trust (£917k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 75%, trading 16% and charitable activities 8.9%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 8.4%. Reserves of £341k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.