Bromsgrove and Redditch Network

Analysis

Bromsgrove and Redditch Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcestershire. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05814032). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bromsgrove and Redditch Network reported income of £526k and spending of £672k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £176k to £526k (+199%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bromsgrove and Redditch Network sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Basingstoke Bluefins Swimming Club (£524k), Cobtree Manor Estate (£527k) and Gloucestershire County Scout Council (£522k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £74k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.