Billinge Soccer Centre

Analysis

Billinge Soccer Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Helens. It was registered in January 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06729025). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending January 2022, Billinge Soccer Centre reported income of £20k and spending of £16k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2022, income fell from £49k to £20k (-59%), an average of -59% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2022, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Billinge Soccer Centre sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% 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 The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Christ Ambassadors Assembly (£20k), Glossop Family Trust (£20k) and Nurullahi Muslim Community Northampton (£20k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.