The Park Centre (Kingswood)

Analysis

The Park Centre (Kingswood) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in April 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 00510447). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Park Centre (Kingswood) reported income of £177k and spending of £143k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £93k to £177k (+91%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 44%. 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, The Park Centre (Kingswood) sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wisbech St Mary Sports and Community Centre (£177k), King George's Field Keighley (£178k) and The Hub at Westhoughton (£177k).