Brighouse and Halifax Model Engineers

Analysis

Brighouse and Halifax Model Engineers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighouse. It was registered in June 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04343829). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Brighouse and Halifax Model Engineers reported income of £21k and spending of £27k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £21k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Brighouse and Halifax Model Engineers sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stalbridge Scout Group (£21k), Long Preston Playing Field Association (£21k) and Gaskell Recreation Ground Much Wenlock (£21k).