Scaitcliffe Community Centre

Analysis

Scaitcliffe Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Accrington. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05237524). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Scaitcliffe Community Centre reported income of £108k and spending of £79k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £141k to £108k (-23%), an average of -6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 329%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Scaitcliffe Community Centre sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hull Yfc (£108k), Michael Lowe's and Associated Charities (£108k) and Redeemed Christian Church of God ("RCCG") Bethel Parish (£108k).