Wakoos Centre4children Ltd

Analysis

Wakoos Centre4children Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Billingshurst. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07180968). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wakoos Centre4children Ltd reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £746k to £1.2m (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wakoos Centre4children Ltd sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leisure Focus Trust (£1.2m), Greater Manchester Youth Network (£1.2m) and Essex Boys and Girls Clubs (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Reserves of £214k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 52 people.